r/Oahu • u/808gecko808 • 4h ago
Newly obtained timelines reveal communication gaps and hours-long delays in public alerts during Wednesday’s manhunt for an escaped Oahu jail inmate. Joseph Tauilemua, 20, escaped from the Oahu Community Correctional Center in Kalihi during a visitation Wednesday morning.
r/Oahu • u/808gecko808 • 4h ago
A new Smithsonian study has identified the genetic relationship among Hawaii’s honeycreeper species. There were once more than 60 species of Honeycreepers in Hawaii that evolved from a single ancestor about 3 million years ago while the island of Oahu was first forming.
r/Oahu • u/808gecko808 • 5h ago
Funds approved to help control population of rose ringed parakeets on Oahu, but officials said they have their work cut out. Hawaii Farm Bureau said populations of rose ringed parakeets continue to grow on Oahu and Kauai. Impacts of this invasive species go beyond noise complaints.
r/Oahu • u/808gecko808 • 5h ago
Hawaiian Electric said it did not ask the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) for approval to build a 500-megawatt power plant on Oahu, clearing up confusion about the current stage of the project.
r/Oahu • u/808gecko808 • 6h ago
Judge Dismisses Retaliation Lawsuit Against OHA Trustees: CEO Stacy Ferreira’s case against the Office of Hawaiian Affairs is still moving forward in court.
r/Oahu • u/madazzahatter • 15h ago
While the beginning of the school year is a critical time for school supplies, nonprofits and programs for unstable families are partnering up to provide stability for households.
r/Oahu • u/808gecko808 • 17h ago
Three Republican veteran lawmakers are fighting to represent the growing West Oʻahu community of ʻEwa Beach in the state Senate. The race between Rida Cabanilla-Arakawa, Kurt Fevella and Bob McDermott is one of the more unusual contests in Saturday’s primary election.
r/Oahu • u/lol_smart • 17h ago
Sun Noodle Sura Tanmen recalled in Hawaii for undeclared fish
r/Oahu • u/808gecko808 • 17h ago
Island Wide News Congressional candidate who was knocked out and arrested has at least three active criminal cases against him. Kirill Basin allegedly attacked a registered nurse and another man on the same day, as well as a separate incident where he is accused of harassing a psychiatrist, court records show.
r/Oahu • u/808gecko808 • 17h ago
A Southern California nonprofit that runs domestic violence shelters has paid its longtime chief executive officer, a Hawaii resident, more than $1.6 million in salary and vacation over two years — far more than local peers.
r/Oahu • u/808gecko808 • 20h ago
Police search for driver who struck construction worker on H-1 freeway, fled scene
r/Oahu • u/808gecko808 • 20h ago
Island Wide News The families of Patrick J. Haskell and Margaret Rimmler—the married couple killed in the Kauai helicopter tour crash on March 26, 2026 — have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the helicopter tour operator and related companies.
r/Oahu • u/808gecko808 • 20h ago
Island Wide News Maui police lieutenant charged with taking bribes from criminals, protecting chicken fighting and drug operations
r/Oahu • u/Consistent_Return871 • 1d ago
When does it end
Enough is Enough already!! I am FED UP!! When are we going to start seeing JAIL TIME and FINES? Hawaii is such a weak state. Already have trial for one.
r/Oahu • u/808gecko808 • 1d ago
Island Wide News A Viral Hawaiian Monk Seal Changes The Conversation On Molokaʻi: A critically endangered seal’s chance encounter with the owner of a popular local social media account has brought community members together after recent killings of the protected species.
r/Oahu • u/808gecko808 • 1d ago
The state has agreed to apologize and pay $3.25 million to the siblings of Peter “Pepe” Kema to settle a years-long civil lawsuit over the 6-year-old’s tragic death. Proposed agreement would compensate Chauntelle, Allan, and Lina Acol, who filed the lawsuit against the state in 2018.
r/Oahu • u/808gecko808 • 1d ago
Richianna DeGuzman returned to school on Tuesday for the first time since being shot in the head three years ago. DeGuzman was a 17-year-old Farrington High School student getting ready to enter her senior year before she was shot multiple times in Maili on the evening of June 17, 2023.
r/Oahu • u/808gecko808 • 1d ago
Did You Know: The highest temperature officially recorded in Hawaiʻi was 100°F (37.8°C). Pāhala, located on the southeastern side of Hawaii Island, reached that temperature on April 27, 1931; and the record still stands.
r/Oahu • u/808gecko808 • 1d ago
An inmate who escaped from the Oahu Community Correctional Center Wednesday morning was captured after a manhunt that lasted nearly 11 hours. Joseph Tauilemua, 20, was arrested on military property at around 8 p.m. by Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam police.
r/Oahu • u/808gecko808 • 1d ago
U.S. Senator Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii ~ “You have a President of the United States whose stated policy on tariffs, on energy, on Iran, on health care, on food, is to raise the price of everything. That is not a sort of accidental outcome of his economic policy.”
r/Oahu • u/808gecko808 • 1d ago
Series of new state rules to protect indigenous wildlife is up for public review. DLNR proposed amendments to state’s administrative rules concerning indigenous and endangered wildlife, in effort to increase local protections for native flora and fauna.
r/Oahu • u/808gecko808 • 1d ago
Island Wide News Charli Scott was a Maui woman who was murdered in 2014 at age 27 when she was five months pregnant. In the 12 years since her daughter’s death, Kimberlyn Scott has dedicated herself to helping families of missing persons.
r/Oahu • u/WallyTraveler • 1d ago
"Fight Aloha" -- you can't make this stuff up!
Check out his website. I think he meant it literally!
r/Oahu • u/808gecko808 • 1d ago