Waipahu News

Scaling back and saving millions... tonight rail planners are offering a first look at what the new train stations could look like.

Bernard Andrade Sr. May 23, 2013 Bernard Andrade Sr., 87, of Waipahu, a retired Matson Navigation Co.

The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation on Tuesday released renderings of three proposed rail station designs, and it plans to hold a series of public meetings next week to gather input on the designs.

For the first time this year, the number of solar photovoltaic permits issued on Oahu in one month - May - were fewer by more than 200, when comparing the same month in 2012.

WAIPAHU, Hawaii - They don't make power couples like this very often: He is a self-proclaimed whistle-blower, the focus of international headlines and Obama administration ire.

In the days since the Guardian and the Washington Post published leaked government documents that exposed evidence of the National Security Agency's sweeping domestic surveillance program, the dramatic news has raised more questions than those involved have provided answers.

The glamorous dancer girlfriend of NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden has revealed her devastation at his decision to go on the run without her.

'I don't expect to see home again': NSA whistle-blower faces life on the run as US tries to extradite him from Hong Kong The NSA whistle-blower behind one of the most explosive government leaks in US history has revealed he does not 'expect to see home again' as he faces the rest of his life on the run.

Edward Snowden, NSA whistleblower , former CIA worker and more-recent employee of defense contractor, Booz Allen, may also have contributed money to Ron Paul's presidential campaign during the 2012 election season.

A 59-year-old pedestrian was seriously injured this afternoon when he was struck by a motor vehicle at Paiwa Street and Farrington Highway in Waipahu.

Angeles Rivera Aceret May 6, 2013 Angeles Rivera Aceret, 97, of Ewa Beach, a Del Monte retiree, died in Mililani.

Senior Airman Alan Bufala, Tactical Air Control Party Airman with the 25th Air Support Operations Squadron, died on Sunday, June 2 as a result of an off-duty vehicle mishap in Ewa, according to military officials.

The Honolulu Medical Examiner's Office has released the names of two men killed in traffic-related crashes over the weekend.

A 28-year-old man is in police custody after he allegedly threatened three people during a fight Sunday night.