Heavy rains trigger flooding, landslides on Maui

• By Gregg K. Kakesako
• Sept. 14, 2016

The Valley Island is cleaning up today after being slammed Tuesday night by a persistent rain storm that flooded highways, caused landslides, and forced some evacuations. Read more

Retired officer gets probation in death of Mililani pedestrian

• By Gregg K. Kakesako
• Sept. 14, 2016

A 73 year-old retired Honolulu police major with more than 30 years of service was sentenced in Circuit Court this morning to five years of probation in the death of a jogger in Mililani last year. Read more

Paroling Authority appointee had long career in corrections

• By Gregg K. Kakesako
• Sept. 11, 2016

Gov. David Ige has appointed Edmund (Fred) Hyun to be the interim chairman of the Hawaii Paroling Authority. Read more

Deputy AG over Hawaii charities arrested for alleged DUI

• By Gregg K. Kakesako
• Sept. 9, 2016

Deputy Attorney General Hugh R. Jones, the state’s leading authority on the regulation of thousands of local charities and trusts, was arrested for driving under the influence of an intoxicant on the H-3 freeway Thursday morning. Read more

No touching during jail visits

• By Gregg K. Kakesako
• Sept. 9, 2016

Families of inmates at Oahu Community Correctional Center will be able to schedule visits once during the week instead of waiting for the traditional visitation days of Saturdaysand Sundays, but will no longer be able to touch them. Read more

‘Distraught’ man who sets off UH alert is taken into custody

• By Gregg K. Kakesako
• Sept. 9, 2016

The University of Hawaii at Manoa was on high alert for several hours Thursday as police and security crews searched for a man who was described as “distraught,” possibly armedand headed to the campus. Read more

OCCC to implement new visitation policy

• By Gregg K. Kakesako
• Sept. 8, 2016

Families of inmates at Oahu Community Correctional Center will be able to schedule visits up to seven days in advance beginning Oct. 10, according to the Department of Public Safety. Read more

Newly discovered butterflyfish named in honor of diver

• By Gregg K. Kakesako
• Sept. 7, 2016

Scientists have named a new species of butterflyfish discovered in the deep reefs of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument after a veteran Kona diver who has assisted in collecting reef fishes in the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands for numerous scientific studies and educational displays. Read more

Scientists name new fish species found in Papahanaumokuakea

• By Gregg K. Kakesako
• Sept. 6, 2016

Scientists have named a new species of butterfly fish discovered in the deep reefs of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument after a Kona diver who has assisted in the collection of reef fishes for numerous scientific studies and educational displays in the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Read more

3-star general embraced nisei heritage

• By Gregg K. Kakesako
• Sept. 3, 2016

Retired Lt. Gen. Allen K. Ono, the Army’s first three-star Asian-American general, was buried with full military honors Friday at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl. Read more

Police looking for suspect in Mililani bank robbery

• By Gregg K. Kakesako
• Sept. 2, 2016

Police are looking for a man who robbed a bank in Mililani Thursday afternoon. Read more

Army’s first 3-star Asian-American general buried at Punchbowl

• By Gregg K. Kakesako
• Sept. 2, 2016

Retired Lt. Gen. Allen Kenji Ono, the Army’s first three-star Asian-American general, was buried with full military honors today at the National Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl. Ono, 82, died Aug. 1. Read more

Copter marred in Kona landing, NTSB reports

• By Gregg K. Kakesako
• Sept. 2, 2016

A four-seat Big Island tour helicopter was substantially damaged last week after landing at Kona Airport, according to a preliminary study by the National Transportation SafetyBoard. Read more

NTSB releases report on helicopter hard landing in Kona

• By Gregg K. Kakesako
• Sept. 1, 2016

A four-seat Big Island tour helicopter was substantially damaged last month after landing at Kona Airport, according to a preliminary study by the National Transportation Safety Board. Read more

State seeks larger zone for ban on swimming with dolphins

• By Gregg K. Kakesako
• Aug. 25, 2016

The state wants to expand the proposed ban on swimming with dolphins to 200 miles from shore. Read more

Air Force sergeant is killed in crash

• By Gregg K. Kakesako
• Aug. 25, 2016

A 28-year-old Air Force sergeant died of multiple blunt force injuries when he was thrown from his motorcycle after failing to make it around a curve in the road and hitting a barrier Sunday near Hickam Air Force Base, according to the Honolulu medical examiner’s office. Read more

Air Force sergeant killed in crash near Hickam was ‘true wingman’

• By Gregg K. Kakesako
• Aug. 24, 2016

The Medical Examiner’s Office said the 28-year-old Air Force sergeant died of multiple blunt force injuries when he was ejected from his motorcycle after failing to make a turn Sunday near Hickam Air Force Base. Read more

Mililani school cafeteria worker tests positive for hepatitis A

• By Gregg K. Kakesako
• Aug. 24, 2016

Lunches for the 590 students at Kipapa Elementary School are being prepared at another school after a kitchen worker was confirmed to have contracted hepatitis A this week. Read more

State to maintain status quo on its use of private prisons

• By Gregg K. Kakesako
• Aug. 21, 2016

State prison administrators say the decision by President Barack Obama to phase out the use of private prisons will not affect Hawaii’s program, which was renewed this month, to send inmates to Arizona. Read more

2 detained after flight returns to isles

• By Gregg K. Kakesako
• Aug. 19, 2016

Two Hawaiian Airlines passengers were detained by federal authorities Wednesday after behaving suspiciously on a flight to Seoul that was forced to return to the islands. Read more

Tax preparers targeted in new phishing scam

• By Gregg K. Kakesako
• Aug. 18, 2016

A new scam targeting professional tax preparers aims to trick them into making unnecessary payments as well as giving up sensitive information such as passwords, Social Security numbers and credit card numbers belonging to clients, the IRS said Tuesday. Read more