Honolulu News

There's no Burger King or Starbucks at the Honolulu airport's bare-bones Commuter Terminal, but it's a favorite of travelers because the ground-level, open-air parking lot is only a short walk to the check-in counters and luggage carousels, and lines through the metal detector and gates are short.

City refuse pickup service will not be picked up on Christmas or New Year's Day, the only two days of the year municipal collection is not done.

HONOLULU - Hawaii Development Consultants Inc. and company President Stanforde K. Sagum have pleaded guilty to failing to file annual general excise tax returns for three years.

Associated Press A Hawaii health maintenance organization is warning of a scam involving fake checks of as much as $3,900. AlohaCare spokesman George Irion said today the nonprofit with 70,000 members first learned of the scam when a North Carolina resident inquired about a check bearing AlohaCare's name.

AFP US First Lady Michelle Obama greets Santa Claus during a visit to the Children's National Medical 2 hrs 42 mins ago WASHINGTON US President Barack Obama will head to Hawaii with his family on Christmas Eve , the White House said, after lawmakers moved up a key vote on health care reform legislation.

When you're out and about on the great island of Hawaii in Honolulu, it only seems to fit to want some place great to eat.

The Honolulu Symphony filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy last Friday. Its last performance was on October 24 and it had cancelled all scheduled performances for 2009, putting 64 full-time orchestra members out of work.

Governor Linda Lingle Monday proposed suspending the distribution of hotel taxes to Hawaii's four counties to help the state balance its budget.

The Honolulu Medical Examiner's Office on Monday identified the motorcyclist killed over the weekend in Halawa.

KAPOLEI The City of Honolulu Monday broke ground on an expansion to the city's H-POWER waste-to-energy facility in Campbell Industrial Park.

Honolulu Symphony orchestra members gathered at the Blaisdell Concert Hall yesterday to show their support for keeping the orchestra going despite the symphony's bankruptcy filing.

Musicians from the Honolulu symphony stood side-by-side to make an announcement --- the show must go on.

Choir Boys The Honolulu Boy Choir will present a free concert at The Royal Hawaiian hotel's Monarch Room , Tuesday from 7 to 7:45 p.m. Themed 'The Merriest Hawaiian Christmas,' the evening will offer open seating.

Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann will be in Washington, D.C., tomorrow to meet with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and other federal officials about Honolulu's rail transit project, city spokesman Bill Brennan said.

More than a month after announcing plans to seek bankruptcy protection, the Honolulu Symphony made it official: It filed for Chapter 11 reorganization in federal court yesterday.

HONOLULU U.S. Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer 2 Thomas Moore dresses as Santa Claus and participates with other members affiliated with the 14th Coast Guard District's Partnership in Education program by passing out gifts to the students of Kuhio Elementary School, Dec.

Christmas trees in Honolulu may not be quite gone yet, but they're going fast. Some sellers are already out.

Honolulu police motorcycle officers are practicing drills today around downtown Honolulu and East Honolulu in preparation for President Obama's Christmas vacation, police said today.

From time to time, we revisit restaurants we haven't checked out in a while. This time, we felt like Indian food.

Hundreds of Oahu residents without a Christmas tree lined up on Thursday for a chance to buy ones flown in from the Pacific Northwest.