Posts Categorized: O’ahu

This is good news for the ‘aina.  The Gill family and another investor bought 4000 acres from the former Campbell Estate to keep in conservation and agriculture.  This will benefit part of the Wai’anae coast and the forest areas of the southern Wai’anae range, which is an important conservation area for endangered Hawaiian species.  The… Read more »

The Honolulu Star Bulletin notes that the expansion of the war and counterinsurgency in Afghanistan is “disturbingly similar to the “hearts and minds” strategy that failed in Vietnam”, yet in the end, sides with Senator Inouye to support a troop buildup in Afghanistan.    The people need to raise our voices to end the wars!  No… Read more »

http://www.starbulletin.com/columnists/20091010_Flight_control.html KOKUA LINE Flight control The Thunderbirds and other military craft get waivers for shows By June Watanabe POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Oct 10, 2009 Question: I don’t know if they were the Thunderbirds or not, but military jets kept flying over Moanalua Gardens, making a big racket and shaking houses, on Friday afternoon, Sept…. Read more »

Updated at 3:05 p.m., Monday, September 28, 2009 Grenade practice round found near bus stop on Leeward coast Advertiser Staff Police today recovered what appeared to be a rocket-propelled grenade practice round from an area near a bus stop at the intersection of Laaloa Street and Farrington Highway near Honokai Hale on Oahu’s Leeward shore…. Read more »

UH Study Shows Thousands of Weapons Buried at Sea Reported by: Gina Mangieri Email: gmangieri@khon2.com Last Update: 9/25 7:46 pm A U.H. study of weapons buried at sea decades ago is yielding interesting results both for what is and is not being found. Army records say within miles of Oahu’s coast 16,000 chemical munitions were… Read more »