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First Kaimuki, now Makakilo residents dealing with flat tires
MAKAKILO, Hawaii (Island News) -- From East to West Oahu, it's a screwed-up problem affecting dozens of residents, this time on Panana Street. Island News first reported about the ongoing problem of nails and most recently, screws, scattered across roads in Kaimuki. Now, Makakilo residents are complaining about the exact same problem.
Covid cases in Hawaii are on the rise, take these precautions
"Right now, it's COVID that is showing us in the red or the high zone," said Dr. Sarah Kimble, State Epidemiologist. "What that means is we're seeing higher test positivity. So the percentage of tests being performed is high and it's still going up."
Suit: State failed to conduct proper screening before placing child in same home where girl starved to death
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A new lawsuit accuses the state and Catholic Charities Hawaii of negligently placing another child in the same home where a little girl was allegedly tortured to death. Foster child advocates say he never should have been there. “The child suffered terrible, terrible abuse,” said licensed foster...
Lawsuit Accuses State Of Negligence In Placing Boy In Household Where Geanna Bradley Died
A lawsuit filed Tuesday on behalf of a 5-year-old boy alleges the state failed to adequately screen and supervise the couple who fostered and then adopted him in a Wahiawa home where he suffered malnutrition and abuse and witnessed the violent death of another child. The couple, Thomas and Brandy...
Honolulu Finally Fires Electrical Inspector Who Approved His Own Jobs
A Honolulu electrical inspector caught approving his own company’s work was terminated more than a year after Civil Beat exposed the conflict of interest. Arthur Suverkropp was officially let go as of April 29, according to his former employer, the Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting. He had been on administrative leave since January of last year when Civil Beat reported he was the designated electrical inspector on jobs done by his own company, K&A Electric.
Hawaii student named finalist in ‘Doodle for Google’ contest
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A Mililani Ike Elementary School student has advanced to the national finals of the “Doodle for Google” contest. Katherine Bursack is the winner of the kindergarten through 3rd grade “Imagination Award” and a top-5 national finalist. Her artwork is entitled “Ocean in Motion.”...
State Lawmaker Wrongly Claims Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars In Property Tax Exemptions
State Rep. Micah Aiu appears to be violating city law allowing homeowners to claim a tax exemption for their primary residence. Aiu, an attorney in his first term in the House, has owned a Kinau Street apartment near downtown since 2018 but has been living with his mom, state Sen. Donna Kim, in Moanalua since 2021 — nearly seven miles away.
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