State, Military Investigate Freeway Crash by Minna Sugimoto HONOLULU (KHNL) — Both the state and military are investigating the freeway crash, which severed the main traffic artery linking downtown Honolulu to Leeward and Central Oahu. A freeway fiasco. “It’s going to be a huge bill,” Scott Ishikawa, state Department of Transportation, said. State officials expect… Read more »
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Military trailer rig smashes into overpass, snarls traffic for hours
JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARBULLETIN.COM Motorists were still snarled in heavy traffic late last night on the H-1 freeway near Middle Street in Kalihi. STUCK » A structural accident on an H-1 overpass snarls traffic for hours » Officials are unsure if westbound lanes will reopen this afternoon By Mary Adamski madamski@starbulletin.com Work at the site… Read more »
Snakes on a Plane
Snakes on a plane Frogs in your plants. Invasive species will find a way. But while Hawai’i bungles the job, New Zealand gets serious. Joan Conrow Aug 23, 2006 Hawai’i’s airports and harbors are ticking time bombs-and we’re not talking about the kind that do predictable stuff, like blow up, maim, destroy. No, this catastrophe… Read more »
Waianae compost plan hits turbulence
StarBulletin.com Vol. 11, Issue 229 – Thursday, August 17, 2006 Waianae compost plan hits turbulence The firm faces a chicken-and-egg dilemma By Diana Leone dleone@starbulletin.com An Oahu company wants to turn household garbage into compost in Nanakuli but faces opposition from Waianae residents, skepticism from city officials and questions from state health officials. Bedminster Oahu… Read more »
Navy wife arrested over baby’s death in Hawai’i
http://www.kitv.com/news/6164302/detail.html Woman Arrested In Ohio Over Baby’s Death In Hawaii Authorities Say Mother Smothered Infant POSTED: 5:22 pm HST January 16, 2006 HONOLULU — Authorities arrested a military wife in Ohio wanted for the murder of her baby in Hawaii. It involves a cold case from a few years ago. Initially authorities didn’t have enough… Read more »
Nonstop war duty tests Marines
Nonstop war duty tests Marines By William Cole Advertiser Military Writer KANE’OHE BAY – Less than four months ago, Lt. Col. Norm Cooling and his 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines were getting ready to leave Afghanistan after a seven-month deployment. Many of the 1,000 Hawai’i Marines humped heavy loads through remote mountain valleys, camping for days… Read more »
University vulnerable to pitfalls of secret experiments
http://archives.starbulletin.com/2005/03/27/editorial/special2.html Sunday, March 27, 2005 University vulnerable to pitfalls of secret experiments By Beverly Deepe Keever Special to the Star-Bulletin It was 37 years ago that James Oshita and William Fraticelli were regularly drenched with the cancer-causing Agent Orange on the Kauai Agriculture Research Station. They performed the core part of the University of Hawaii’s… Read more »
National Guard Sgt. accused of terroristic threatening of wife
Wednesday, January 26, 2005 Suspected infidelity led to alleged threats A former police recruit is accused of threatening his wife with a handgun By Debra Barayuga dbarayuga@starbulletin.com The wife of an ex-Honolulu police recruit said her husband threatened to put a bullet in her head, apparently because he believed she was fooling around. Sherly Gomez,… Read more »
Winona LaDuke: More Land For The Military Than For Hawaiians
http://rense.com/general56/homesles.htm From Indian Country Today and Rense.com: Homeless In Hawaii More Land For The Military Than For Hawaiians Part One of Two By Winona LaDuke, Guest Columnist August 3, 2004 It’s summer in Hawaii, the state is considering another generous land donation to the military and has made homelessness a crime. Under the cover of… Read more »
Soldier with ‘perfect military record’ threatens wife with gun
Tuesday, June 8, 2004 CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARBULLETIN.COM Former Honolulu Police Department recruit Ernie Gomez, right, headed into court yesterday with his attorney, Victor Bakke. Gomez will be arraigned June 21. Ex-HPD recruit to be arraigned His wife says that he put a gun to her head, threatening to kill her By Debra Barayuga… Read more »
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