Posted by Wendy Osher (Update: 9:30 p.m. 5/3/10) Firefighters remain on the scene of a brush fire in Ukumehame / Olowalu that burned at least 100 acres since it was first reported at around 2:30 p.m. on Monday April 3, 2010. For safety reasons, all helicopter operations ended at nightfall. There are still no evacuations [...]

Hawaii has been selected as an early launch site for the Nissan LEAF Electric Vehicle.  As a selected launch state, the all-electric Nissan LEAF will be available to Hawaii consumers before the other locations.  The initial U.S. launch is targeted for the early part of 2011. Nissan earlier announced that the LEAF would have a [...]

(Posted by Wendy Osher) The Hawai‘i Department of Labor and Industrial Relations has activated its Rapid Response Team to assist Hotel Hana Maui employees.  Ohana Hotel Company sold the 70-room hotel to Amstar Group LLC, a Denver-based real estate investment and development company.  The hotel is being managed by Amstar’s subsidiary, Green Tea LLC. Officials [...]

By Wendy Osher Federal stimulus funds are credited for creating more than 2,566 jobs in Hawaii in the first quarter of the year—that according to the clearinghouse that tracts the data.  442 of the jobs were created through federal stimulus contracts, with the remaining 2,124 jobs created through stimulus grant funding in the first quarter [...]

The Department of Education is alerting residents of a scam in which false solicitations are being made for monetary donations to assist with the recent fire at Kahului School. Reports have been made by residents in the Kihei area who claim a male and female couple in their 30’s, along with a child, have been [...]

Hawaii ranked seventh in a list of states that have the highest fraction of roads in poor or mediocre condition.  The study released by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group included data indicating that Honolulu motorists pay an extra $688 in operating costs annually due to rough road conditions.  Statewide, that figure was $503 in [...]

The Civil Defense monthly test of the statewide outdoor siren warning system, coordinated with the test of the live audio broadcast segment of the Emergency Alert System, is scheduled for Monday, May 3, 2010, at 11:45 a.m. The Siren Test is a steady 45-second tone on all sirens.  The steady tone is used to alert [...]

Three Hawaii organizations were awarded a total of $737,047 in federal funds from the U.S. Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.  Recipients include Hawaii First FCU, the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, and the Kanu o ka Aina Learning Ohana. The funding is aimed at better addressing the community development and capital access needs of [...]

Shane Victorino’s grandslam homer sparked a nine-run outburst by Philadelphia in an 11-5 win over the New York Mets.