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  • 1 week ago | kitv.com | Kristen Consillio

    WAHIAWA, Hawaii (Island News) -- What's been described as a shameful act of vandalism has turned into an example of a community's resilience and aloha. "I was really sad that someone burnt it down," said eight-year-old Keala Mattos. "I love that it has more colors."After an arsonist destroyed a newly-renovated playground at the Wahiawa District Park, city workers and dozens of volunteers rallied to rebuild and restore the joy for our keiki.

  • 1 week ago | kitv.com | Kristen Consillio

    HONOLULU (Island News) -- Dozens of illegal game rooms continue popping up across Oahu, even as authorities race to shut them down. "We take out one and then they open up someplace else,” Maj. Ray Ikehara notes. “And it's just kind of like we find the community sends us our complaints, and then we start going. It's a nonstop chase, chasing."Authorities have shut down 60 game rooms over the past year, but there are still 60 in operation. Sen.

  • 1 week ago | kitv.com | Kristen Consillio

    PUNALU'U, Hawai'i (Island News) -- The Punalu'u community is grieving the loss of two of their own — young women killed in a head-on collision on Kamehameha Highway. Family identified them as cousins, 19-year-old Miana Haiola and 28-year-old Katrel Plunkett, who were on their way to work when their vehicle crossed into the oncoming lane, flipped over, colliding head-on with a 17-year-old driver. "The damages were catastrophic, significant injuries to the parties involved in the first vehicle.

  • 1 week ago | kitv.com | Kristen Consillio

    The Punaluu community's grieving the loss of two of their own — young women killed in a head-on collision on Kamehameha Highway. Family identified them as cousins, 19-year-old Miana Haiola and 28-year-old Katrel Plunkett, who were on their way to work when their vehicle crossed into the oncoming lane, flipped over, colliding head-on with a 17-year-old driver.

  • 1 week ago | kitv.com | Kristen Consillio

    The state's opening 50 more pre-K classrooms over the next two years, including one at Kalihi Elementary School. "Ninety percent of our families are challenged financially and so because of that often preschool is out of reach," said principal John Hamilton. And that's why the state's public pre-K programs are mostly in neighborhoods with high poverty. "These classrooms are in communities where the need is greatest," said Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke.

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Kristen Consillio
Kristen Consillio @kconsillio
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Kristen Consillio @kconsillio
31 Dec 22

Thousands of people are leaving the islands because they can no longer afford life in paradise.. That includes my favorite chocolate dipper @onoberries 😭 Like many other kamaʻāina, she’s hoping to eventually make it back to her island home🌈 #hawaii #costofliving #paradise https://t.co/4fiIpmRL4r

Kristen Consillio
Kristen Consillio @kconsillio
11 Dec 22

Dec. 7, 1941 — Life in the islands was forever changed following the attack on Pearl Harbor. Many Hawaiians witnessed the bombing firsthand, including my 92-year-old grandfather, Solomon Niau. (We did this story together a year ago) #pearlharbor #worldwar2 #hawaiian https://t.co/rnSDHIeBRw