Waipahu News

Four years after buying the Schuman Carriage dealership, Pflueger Auto Group says it is selling the General Motors store at 1234 S. Beretania St.

Jon Riki Karamatsu is considering running for lieutenant governor next year. The Oahu Democrat who represents Waipahu and Waikele announced Sunday that he has authorized his campaign team to form an exploratory committee.

State Rep. Jon Riki Karamatsu is considering running for lieutenant governor next year.

State House Representative Jon Riki Karamatsu , announced on his website Sunday that he has authorized his campaign team, Friends of Jon Riki Karamatsu, to form a committee to explore his candidacy for Lieutenant Governor in the 2010 election.

You know Jon and Kate are a cultural phenomenon when two old dudes in line at the bank are talking about them.

WAIPAHU - A sold-out audience of 420 people greeted Gov. Michael Marcos Keon of the Philippine province of Ilocos Norte at a dinner last night at the Filipino Community Center, delighted to connect with the area where many Filipinos in Hawai'i have family roots.

An emergency call for firefighters to respond to a traffic crash ended in a cautionary tale for everyone who cooks food when the firefighters got a second call to put out a fire - back at their own station house in Waipahu.

Oahu firefighters have been issued a reminder to be sure to turn off cooking equipment when responding to emergencies.

After realizing that young women are increasingly being targeted by the tobacco industry, a Waipahu student decided to take action.

KHNL and K5 News has learned that the polling place near you might not be open next year.

The Medical Examiner's Office has been unable to determine the cause and manner of death of Gail Yoshida, who was missing in May after going hiking on a Pearl City trail.

Fire investigators said a child playing with a lighter ignited a blaze at a Waipahu apartment Friday.

A Friday night fire in a Waipahu apartment was caused by a child playing with a lighter, Honolulu fire Capt.

WAIPAHU - A family of 12 escaped injury last night after a fire destroyed their Waipahu apartment.

A woman living at Lanihuli Elderly Apartments in Kailua escaped a fire in her apartment yesterday after resting an ironing board against her stove and leaving the unit to get something from her car.

A dozen people are displaced after an apartment caught fire in Waipahu Friday. Flames damaged a second-floor unit in a three-story structure along Pupuole Street.

A Waipahu man was taken to a hospital for smoke inhalation last night after a neighboring apartment was damaged by fire, said Honolulu fire Capt.

At an off-work meeting with cabinet members and supporters tonight, Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann authorized supporters to form an exploratory committee for his run for governor in 2010.

Police arrested a 31-year-old Waipahu man Sunday night for allegedly beating and threatening his girlfriend.

The island's first obon event of the season happens Saturday at Hawaii's Plantation Village in Waipahu.