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Man, 19, charged for using stolen credit cards at Waikiki store
HONOLULU (Island News) - A 19-year-old man was arrested and charged after Honolulu Police Department (HPD) officers found him with stolen credit cards. HPD detectives say Milton Henry Haliniak used the credit cards on Monday at a Waikiki store on Kaiulani Avenue. The owner of the cards reported them stolen after receiving a notification that they were being used at the store. The 50-year-old man called the police and was able to locate the suspect.
Realtor claims he was harassed out of plan to house Maui fire survivors, residents respond
KAHANA, Hawai'i (Island News) -- A reported confrontation between several men at a beach in Kahana likely ended a plan to house Lahaina fire survivors, according to realtor Gary Mooers. If Mooers' client bought an empty property in the area, he said the potential buyer considered placing a modular home...
Popular Korean restaurant expanding to East Oahu
HONOLULU (Island News) -- Hangang Korean Grill House is opening a new location at the Niu Valley Shopping Center in East Oahu, restaurant officials confirm to Island News. The popular restaurant already has one location in the Ala Moana area on Waimanu Street. Its second restaurant is expected to open...
Proposed West Oahu homeless village stirring controversy
WAIANAE, Hawaii (Island News) -- Every day is a struggle for Scott Thomas who's been living on the beaches of Waianae for the past decade. He dreams of one day having a place of his own. "Rest my head. Keep myself safe," he said. "That'll be nice." That's why the...
Moanalua Valley Park Welcomes Visitors Again Amid Haiku Stairs Dismantle
Residents of Honolulu's Moanalua Valley can breathe a sigh of relief as the Moanalua Valley Neighborhood Park reopens its gates to the public. Officials reinstated access Tuesday morning following local pushback over the prolonged closure, which had been implemented as an effort to curb trespassers from invading the nearby Haiku Stairs during its dismantling phase. As reported by NY1, the re-opened park comes with a caveat: should there be a spike in illegal trail activity, officials are prepared to close it off once more.
Q&A: Expert on the world’s first academic ethnomathematics program
Linda Furuto, a professor of mathematics education at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, started teaching ethnomathematics at UH West Oʻahu in 2007. She helped to develop the world’s first academic program in ethnomathematics at the UH Mānoa College of Education in 2018. Recently, the...
Pedestrian pinned in-between vehicle and parked car
HONOLULU (KHON2) — Honolulu Emergency Medical Services responded to a pedestrian-vehicle collision in Punaluu. The crash happened on Kamehameha Hwy, where a 63-year-old male was hit by a vehicle and became pinned in-between the vehicle and a parked car. EMS treated both the pedestrian and the driver – a 72-year-old male – of the vehicle […]
Pedestrian, driver taken to hospital in serious condition after crash in Punaluu
PUNALUU, Hawaii (Island News) -- Two men are in serious condition following a pedestrian crash in the Punaluu area of Oahu on Wednesday. Emergency crews were called out to the scene in the 53-500 block of Kamehameha Highway around 3 p.m. According to Honolulu Emergency Medical Services (EMS), a pedestrian...
Police seek public’s help in finding attempted kidnapper
HONOLULU (KHON2) — CrimeStoppers and the Honolulu Police Department are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a male suspect wanted for Attempted Kidnapping following an incident on Sunday, July 21 in the Ewa Beach. According to authorities, at approximately 10:45 a.m., two juvenile females were standing on Puhiko Street in the Ewa Beach area when […]
Kona collision claims life, charges filed
HONOLULU (KHON2) — A Kailua-Kona man has been charged with negligent homicide after allegedly operating a vehicle under the influence, killing a man in Kona Monday, July 22. Hawaii Island police have 34-year-old Garrett Aadom Duran in custody at the Kealakehe Police Station for their belief of his involvement in a single-vehicle collision. Police said […]
HSTA lists the most needed supplies in the classroom
HSTA president Osa Tui, Jr shares a list of the most needed school supplies in the classroom to help students succeed. Providing school supplies for keiki in need will keep teachers from pulling out of their own pockets as they often do when they see that a child in the class is without necessary supplies. Can you help? http://kitv.com/schooltools.
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