#Island Of Oahu

Oceanic Cable television service restored to most of Maui by 2:46 p.m.

By Wendy Osher  (Update: 3:30 p.m. 7/27/10) Video service to Oceanic Time Warner Cable customers was back up and running for most of Maui by 2:46 Tuesday afternoon.  Company officials say there are still some areas with spotty internet connectivity though, and efforts to fully restore service continues.  The service outage was experienced statewide from […]

Oceanic Time Warner service disruption affects Maui, Molokai, Lanai and Big Island

By Wendy Osher  (Update: 3:30 p.m. 7/27/10) Video service to Oceanic Time Warner Cable customers was back up and running for most of Maui by 2:46 Tuesday afternoon.  Company officials say there are still some areas with spotty internet connectivity though, and efforts to fully restore service continues.  The service outage was experienced statewide from […]

Inouye becomes second longest serving U.S. Senator

U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye was honored on the floor of the U.S. Senate yesterday as one of the longest serving senators in U.S. History.  He passed former Senator Strom Thurmond to become the second longest serving Senator in the nation. Inouye took the oath of office in 1963, just a few years after Hawaii […]

Lanai Windfarm proposal raises concerns over balance and benefit

State Representative Mele Carroll of Maui raised concerns over plans for a proposed 400 MW wind farm on the island of Lanai, after visiting the site over the weekend.  While voicing support for renewable energy, Carroll questioned the logic in generating alternative energy at the risk of protecting natural resources, and questioned how the project […]