More news is breaking on this, but as of now this is what we know. The body of a 17-year-old boy was found late Tuesday night in a stream behind a Taco Bell on Farrington Highway in Waianae, police said today. The teen may have fallen down a 15-foot concrete embankment into Kaupuni Stream behind […]
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Gas Prices in Hawaii Refuse to Drop
Gas prices all over the nation are continuing to fall, but the prices in Hawaii refuse to drop. Motorists in Hawaii are paying as much or more as they have since this past May. The average gas price in Hawaii rose to $4.23 a gallon Tuesday, a full 75 cents more than the national average […]
Bryant Moniz Named WAC Player of the Week Again
University of Hawaii quarterback Bryant Moniz has been named WAC player of the week for the second time this season. This after his 424-yard and seven-touchdown effort in the first half of what became a 56-14 rout of UC Davis. This is the second time this year already that Moniz has got the weekly conference […]
Ponzi Scheme Reaches Hawaii as Kauai Man Guilty of Defrauding 140 People
A Ponzi scheme has finally shown its ugly face in Hawaii. A 60-year-old Kauai man faces life in prison after a federal jury found him guilty of defrauding about 140 people in a Ponzi scheme. David Ruskjer was found guilty of 22 counts of money laundering, 12 counts of mail fraud, four counts of wire […]
Hawaii’s Community Colleges Will Receive $25 Million in Federal Grants
A little bit of good news has come out of the educational arena for Hawaii. University of Hawaii’s community colleges will receive a total of right around $25 million dollars that will be designated for training and workforce development. The award for Hawaii community colleges is part of the nearly $500 million in total grant […]
Wyndham Vacation Opens New Royal Garden Timeshare Unit in Waikiki
Waikiki was just flooded with 140 new timeshare units, as Wyndham Vacation Ownership opened the 140-unit property at 440 Olohana St., between Kuhio Avenue and the Ala Wai Canal, to its time-share customers last week, and plans to begin sales of time-share interests at the Royal Garden within the next month. This will be the […]
“Battleship” Returning to Hawaii for More Filming
Summer of 2012 is still a ways away, and I guess that is good because the big budget “Battleship” movie is set to return to Hawaii for two extra days of filming on Oahu in November. According to local casting director Katie Doyle, Battleship director Peter Berg “is coming back to re-shoot some pivotal scenes […]
Income Growth in Hawaii Ranks in the Bottom 5 of Nation
Salaries and other income of Hawaii residents has failed to keep pace with the rest of the nation, according to a report that was released by U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal income in Hawaii grew by 0.9 percent in the second quarter from the first quarter, putting the state in the bottom 10 percent […]