Pro Bowler Hosts Golf Tourney For Wounded
The Pro Bowl may have been Jan. 26, but Jared Allen, a defensive end for the Minnesota Vikings and a five-time Pro Bowl pick, hopes to channel remaining football fever into, of all things, a golf...
View ArticleYoung HPU Softball Team Hosts Doubleheader Friday In Kaneohe
The afterglow from Hawaii Pacific University’s 2010 national title run in softball still burns brightly. Sea Warrior head coach Bryan Nakasone is reminded of it every morning when he logs onto his...
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Focus on Windward Oahu
Castle High biology and marine science teacher Roy Huff put on his author's cap at a recent autograph party at Jelly's for 'The Rise of Mallory' (an evil-doer). The book is his third in the epic...
View ArticleMustangs Up For State Hoops
History has a way of repeating itself, which is a comforting thought for the Kalaheo basketball team as it begins play in the Division I boys state tournament this Wednesday to Saturday. No team from...
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Kahuku Claiming Yoga Crown Again
Kahuku’s Turtle Bay Resort will come alive at this year’s Wanderlust Yoga Festival with dozens of healthy, fun activities, workshops and adventures, all planned for Feb. 27-March 2. A mass exercise at...
View ArticleKailua Talk Set On Sea Level Rising
Hawaii shoreline specialist Andy Bohlander will discuss “Facing Our Future: Adapting to Sea Level Rise in Hawaii” Feb. 26 with Kailua residents. A collaboration between Hawaii Conservation Alliance and...
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Waha Nui – 2/19/14
Thanks, Doc. About 900 Kaiser Permanente staffers and friends descended on Heeia’s fishpond and lo’i – Paepae O He’eia, Kakoo ‘Oiwi and Papahana Kuaola – Jan. 20 for Martin Luther King Jr. Day of...
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Kahuku Health Center Handy To Hundreds Of Campus Patients
Health aide Margaret Iloa (left) and chief operations officer Oreta Tupola at the school health center’s reception area. Photo from Jorene Barut. Editor’s note: DOE Windward District communications...
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Turtle Bay Foundation Gives $50,000 To Windward Communities
Turtle Bay Foundation awarded $50,000 in grants and scholarships to nonprofits and college-bound students in Windward and North Shore communities Dec. 10 at the resort’s Surfer, The Bar. Big winner of...
View ArticleStore’s Windward Farming Network Translates To Fresh Products
By PAIGE TAKEYA Picking up a bag of groceries from the market is an everyday activity. But collected produce from Holoholo General Store is a little bit different. The Community Supported Agriculture...
View ArticleHPU Merger Speeds Up Marine Studies At Oceanic Institute
By JUNI WENDELIN FASTING The Jan. 7 merger between Oceanic Institute and Hawaii Pacific University should accelerate research efforts across the Pacific, officials say. Located next to Sea Life Park,...
View ArticleRoss For Less Is More At Club
Ross Stores Inc. has formed a partnership with Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii to strengthen Power Hour, the club’s interactive after-school homework assistance program. The national chain, which sells...
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Maeda’s Take On New OIA Football Team Realignments
Castle High football coach Nelson Maeda. File photo by Nathalie Walker, nwalker@midweek.com. For Windward’s three Division I prep football programs, each one’s schedule will have a new look next fall,...
View ArticleProject Grad Garage Sale Set For March 8
Family and Friends of Castle (FFC) will have its annual benefit sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 8 in the high school cafeteria to support Project Graduation. The sale should help keep student costs to...
View ArticleWhat’s Up in Windward Oahu
Wednesday February 19 Good posture Deadline is today to register for “Posture and Tai Chi,” set for 9:45 a.m. Feb. 26 in Hale Kuhina 115 at WCC. Fee is $12. Call 235-7433. Positive coaching A free,...
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Focus on Windward Oahu
Hawaii Job Corps students in Waimanalo conducted a white elephant sale prior to winter break and raised $755.35 for victims of Typhoon Haiyan. The sale helped students shop for Christmas presents for...
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Kokua Hawaii Green Programs Impress EPA
By PAIGE TAKEYA For some people, a lifestyle change can start with swapping a plastic bag for a reusable one. Kim Johnson and the Kahuku-based Kokua Hawaii Foundation truly believe it. “Some people,...
View ArticleFirst Wind Is Dynamic In Kahuku
The 12 turbines are up and running again. First Wind’s Kahuku Wind Project is reported at full capacity and once again producing enough power to light up 7,700 homes on Oahu. The project was grounded...
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Waha Nui – 2/26/14
The 2014 Pro Bowl brought together key players in the war against lung cancer. Meeting at Nico’s restaurant were Kaneohe’s Karen Latzka (a survivor) of the National Lung Cancer Partnership and NFL...
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Couple’s Latest Mission Is Ohana Medical Group In Kailua
Dr. Ken Filbeck and nurse Kathy Filbeck of Ohana Medical Group in Kailua. Photo by Chelsea Nichols. By PAIGE TAKEYA One of the strangest things that Dr. Ken Filbeck ever saw on the job occurred in...
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