Posts Categorized: O’ahu

Case grows against sex assailant

Case grows against sex assailant DNA links Mark Heath to an unsolved crime that occurred in 2007 By Gene Park POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 18, 2008 A man who has already pleaded guilty to burglary and sexual assault at the University of Hawaii at Manoa pleaded no contest yesterday to another sexual assault case…. Read more »

Two killed in collision near airport

Honoluluadvertiser.com December 17, 2008 Two killed in collision near Honolulu Airport Advertiser Staff Two men were killed early today when a speeding motorcycle broadsided a car near Honolulu International Airport, according to police vehicular homicide investigators. The horrific impact of the 12:45 a.m. collision at the intersection of Kamehameha Highway and Camp Catlin Road left… Read more »

Soldier on motorcycle crashes into car, 2 dead

Motorcycle and Car Flip, 2 Killed Written by Tim Sakahara – tsakahara@kgmb9.com December 17, 2008 05:06 PM The crash happened at 12:45 Wednesday morning. One man involved lived in Salt Lake. The other is a soldier from Florida. It’s one of the worst crashes police have seen in a while. The Nissan Altima was town… Read more »

Monitoring Depleted Uranium

Note: This is an old article, but it is still relevant. The Army is refusing to clean up the DU contamination in Schofield Barracks. Monitoring depleted uranium Protecting the public against exposure By Kristine Kubat Wednesday, February 28, 2007 9:10 AM HST While weapons made with depleted uranium can penetrate any substance known to man,… Read more »

Shad Kane: Pu’uloa: Where once there was life…

This essay from the Honolulu Advertiser blog by Shad Kane gives a history and cultural interpretation of Ke awa lau o Pu’uloa (aka Pearl Harbor). >><< http://culturalkapolei.honadvblogs.com/2008/12/01/pu%E2%80%99uloa-where-once-there-was-life%E2%80%A6/ Pu’uloa: Where Once There Was Life… December 1st, 2008 by Shad Aia i Keawalauopu’uloa he kai hāuliuli ….. ‘o neia lā he pōuliuli There at Pu’uloa the sea… Read more »

Kaneohe Marine arrested for burglary, auto theft

Posted at 11:27 p.m., Tuesday, October 21, 2008 Kaneohe Marine accused of burglary, auto theft Advertiser Staff A 19-year-old Marine based at Kane’ohe was charged yesterday with multiple offenses stemming from an alleged burglary early Sunday in Kaka’ako. Joseph Striegel was charged with second-degree burglary, first-degree criminal property damage, auto theft, leaving the scene of… Read more »

100 attend hearing on Army’s Makua use

100 attend hearing on Army’s Makua use By Leila Fujimori POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Oct 07, 2008 Thirteen-year-old Kauhi Maunakea-Forth says the Army’s live-fire training is “kind of like sad that they’re doing that to our land” because of cultural sites at Makua Valley. MORE PUBLIC MEETINGS Other public meetings on the Army’s supplemental environmental… Read more »

Army settles Hawaii culture lawsuit

The Associated Press Posted : Tuesday Nov 18, 2008 6:09:54 EST HONOLULU — The Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the Army announced Monday that they have settled an OHA lawsuit filed in 2006 over the establishment of a Stryker brigade and its impact on Native Hawaiian cultural resources. OHA representatives and a neutral archaeologist accompanied… Read more »

Fire ruins special forces mini submarine

A six-hour blaze damaged a special-warfare minisub Sunday Navy to start probe of sub fire By Gregg K. Kakesako POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Nov 11, 2008 The Navy will begin investigating today a battery fire that damaged the nation’s only special-warfare minisub, a costly and problem-plagued stealth boat that was getting a recharge at Pearl… Read more »