Last Thursday was a big day in the Hawaii State House Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection (EEP). In addition to tackling our state’s cesspool crisis, we also took a critical step toward ...

It has been wonderful to start the new year with you—talking story with kūpuna groups, joining rallies, attending town halls, and seeing the amazing commitment and passion of our diverse community. To ...

Many of us have heard that a non-profit will renovate and expand the old plantation ‘Mill Camp’ for low-income housing. Only 67 of the original 300 homes remain, mostly in a state of poor repair. Dole ...

On January 29th Waialua High and Intermediate School’s very own Wing Sing Lion Dance Team toured shops up and down Hale‘iwa spreading new year’s good luck and cheers! With an explosive bang from their ...

Bill Romerhaus’ connection to Hawaii through photography is as vast and deep as the ocean in which so many of his experiences and images revolve around. As a boy Bill grew up in town watching Duke ...

When the Waialua mill stack was suddenly demolished last November, everyone noticed. There was consternation and sadness. Without being used an old landmark structure or site will languish. It’s like ...

Many have wondered: where were the camps, how many were there, and what was life like in a workers’ camp during the 98 years of the Waialua Agricultural Company’s North Shore operations? I recently ...

Established in 1918 by Rev. Gido Ikeda, the Hale’iwa Shingon Mission is based upon the principles of Shingon Mikkyo Buddhism, founded by Kobo Daishi in Koya-san, Japan, in 816. Members of the ...

Anyone visiting Waialua town would naturally ask – what is that building with the columns across from the library? This neo-classical structure, with prominent Ionic columns and high entry arch, was a ...

For over ninety years, the Miura family ran the iconic H. Miura Store. Husakichi Miura emigrated from Yamaguchi, Japan in the late 1800s to work on the sugar plantation. Learning to sew from his ...

If the walls of the Ishimoto Store could talk, we could have a more complete picture of the beginning of a Haleiwa family business that spanned four generations. Perhaps the walls could tell us who ...

Community and residents are being asked to help stop the spread of the Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle (CRB) along the Pupukea bike path. The shade and greenery that many path users enjoy is at risk of ...