Wahiawa News

Helemano Farms in Whitmore Village will be selling thousands of Norfolk pine trees and locally-made wreaths starting the day after Thanksgiving, with 6-foot pines at $40 and wreaths for $25. The Norfolk trees range from 5 to 20 feet tall and and visitors to Helemano Farms can choose their trees, which will be cut, wrapped and loaded by farm ...

Ho'ala School announces a service-oriented Furlough Friday program for public school students in grades K-8. The program will run from 7 a.m. til 2 p.m. with extended care available for K-6 children until 5:30 p.m. for an additional fee.

A prominent House Democrat joined a group of minority Republicans calling for all sides to return to the bargaining table to restore public school days being cut because of state worker furloughs.

During the 1950s and '60s, variety shows hosted by Ed Sullivan, Lawrence Welk, Arthur Godfrey and others were among the most popular programs on television.

'Aloha Shorts,' a locally produced radio program of writings from Bamboo Ridge Press, is taking on the theme of 'Man-Kine.' The live taping, set to begin at 6:45 p.m. Sunday in Atherton Performing Arts Studio, offers a peek at the soon-to-be-released Issue No.

A 20-year-old Wahiawa woman was arrested late Saturday night after she punched and scratched a police officer at the Kapolei Police Station following her earlier arrest on suspicion of drunken driving, police said.

Police were looking for a 27-year-old man who allegedly stabbed a man in his 20s yesterday in Mililani.

As many as five vehicles appear to be stuck in a flash flood that occurred in Waikane today that closed Kamehameha Highway at Waikane Valley Road.

Have you visited Wahiawa Botanical Garden since its big "makeover" in 2006? One of the most dramatic improvements: it's easy to find.

The Navy will test its "Giant Voice" mass notification system tomorrow at 1 p.m. near Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Pacific in Wahiawa.

Two Honolulu attorneys filed lawsuits on Wednesday aimed at stopping the furloughs of public school workers that would give students about 17 fewer days of educational instruction.

Dole Food Co. has expanded its effort to sell land it owns in Hawaii, according to a recent securities filing in which the California-based firm said it is planning or contemplating the sale of 11,000 acres on Oahu.

State Sen. Robert Bunda yesterday announced his campaign in the Democratic primary for lieutenant governor, saying his experience as a lawmaker would help him bridge the gap between the next governor and the state Legislature.

"Back in the Day," appearing every Sunday, takes a look at articles that ran on this date in history in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Hawaii's oldest continuously published daily newspaper.

Robert Bunda is touting his experience as he announces a run for lieutenant governor.

The Navy identified yesterday a 29-year-old man killed Sunday in a head-on motorcycle collision outside Wahiawa as Petty Officer 3rd Class Nigel C. Kennedy, a hospital corpsman.

The Wahiawa Lions will hold its 64th annual Veterans Day Parade Nov. 11 along California Avenue in Wahiawa.

A 29-year-old motorcyclist died yesterday in a head-on collision outside Wahiawa.

A man believed to be in his 20s died today in a motorcycle crash in Wahiawa. Police said the motorcyclist collided with a vehicle about 1:15 p.m. and closed Kaukonahua Road between Kamananui Road and Wilikina Drive to investigate.

Police are investigating a report of 5-year-old boy being sexually assaulted 'in a child care environment' in the Wahiawa area on Friday.