#Waipahu

Governor Josh Green today announced the appointment of Daisy Hartsfield to serve as the State Representative for House District 36, filling the vacancy created by the appointment of former Rep. Rachele Lamosao to the Senate seat for District 19.

The three names have been selected to be sent to Gov. Josh Green for his consideration to fill the vacancy created by the appointment of former State House District 36 Representative Rachele Lamosao to Senate District 19.

Honolulu police officers came across a live, non-venomous ball python in a Waipahu home on Saturday morning, while conducting a wellness check for a man who passed away, according to the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture.

The Hawaiʻi Dental Service Foundation has awarded scholarships totaling $110,000 to 18 aspiring dental professionals, eight who want to be dentists and 10 who want to become dental hygienists.

Governor David Ige appointed Luella Costales to the state House of Representatives, District 39. Costales fills the vacancy left by former Representative Ty Cullen, who resigned on Feb. 8, 2022. 

Enrollment at Hawaiʻi’s public and charter schools for the 2021 – 2022 school year decreased to 171,600 students, compared with an enrollment of 174,704 students at the start of last school year — a difference of 1.7%.

Ikaika Kang is charged with providing a drone and military clothing and equipment and combat training to undercover agents he believed was affiliated with ISIS.

Kumu hula of Halau Hula ‘O Hokulani, Marlene Hokulani DeRego passed away on July 1, after a six-month battle with stage-four cancer. She was 57-years-old.

Justice Department officials say HPD detectives obtained a search warrant for the phone, and found approximately 482 images that depicted children engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

The hometown Baldwin Bears will attempt to end Punahou’s six-year reign as the state’s prep high school champion.

A 13-2 romp past Campbell, moved Baldwin into the semifinals of the state Division-I baseball tournament.

Walgreens will open its first full-service store on Maui in Lahaina on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009.  The store will begin grand opening festivities at 11 a.m. and will open at 11:45 a.m. The 15,238-sq. ft. store, located at 342 Keawe Street, will be the fifth full-service store in the state of Hawaii; the other four […]

Governor Michael Marcos Keon of Ilocos Norte, Philippines will visit Maui and Oahu in an effort to familiarize himself with the Ilocanos community in Hawaii. More than 400 people are expected to attend a speaking event at the Waipahu Filcom Center tonight, with an additional 100 people on a waiting list. The Maui visit begins […]

BIG ISLAND POLICE BRIEFS: BODY OF WOMAN FOUND FLOATING IDENTIFIED Hawaii Police Department Detectives have identified a woman found floating near the Hilo breakwater on December 28, 2008. She has been positively identified as 56-year-old Debra Giamario of  Hilo. On Thursday, January 8, an acquaintance of Giamario’s initiated a missing person report stating that the woman had […]