Leeward Community College News
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- $5.5B Rail Project Closer To Groundbreaking (KITV Honolulu)
posted on November 18, 2009 at 05:48:07 am
Oahu's $5.5 billion rail transit project is another step closer to its groundbreaking. - Dining for dollars (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
posted on November 4, 2009 at 11:43:50 am
If a tree falls in a forest and no one hears it, does it make a sound? If there are no losers, can there be winners? While such ponderings usually fall to those of the meditative persuasion, those philosophical folk will feel their workload lighten as organizers of Restaurant Week Hawaii hustle to prove that karma-free, win-win situations do exist. - Honolulu rail project raises company's profile (Honolulu Advertiser)
posted on November 2, 2009 at 12:03:56 pm
Kiewit Pacific Co. finally got its piece of a Honolulu rapid transit project — it just took nearly two decades. - Text: Hannemann's State Of Transit Address (KITV Honolulu)
posted on October 30, 2009 at 02:38:19 am
[Video] Now this is a commute: Riding in air-conditioned comfort. It’s quiet, quick, and always on time . . . and traveling above traffic. Wow, look at this fantastic view! - Honolulu rail audit urges openness (Honolulu Advertiser)
posted on October 27, 2009 at 12:03:57 pm
The city needs to improve the way it documents commuter rail contract awards to improve transparency and public confidence in the project, according to a study by city auditor Les Tanaka. - Police and Fire (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
posted on October 25, 2009 at 12:41:37 pm
Hawaii Newspaper - Hawaii coverage and reports on news, sports, business, entertainment, and events - HPU hosts annual Halloween Hoopla (Honolulu Advertiser)
posted on October 25, 2009 at 12:01:30 pm
Hawaii Pacific University Athletics and the Center for Student Life and First-Year Programs will host the HPU seventh annual Halloween Hoopla starting at 5 p.m. Friday in the makai parking lot of the Blaisdell Arena. - Honolulu awards rail transit contract (KPUA AM 670 Hilo)
posted on October 22, 2009 at 02:40:11 pm
HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann says the city's first major rail transit construction contract has been awarded to Kiewit Pacific Co. - 1st Honolulu rail contract goes to Kiewit Pacific at $483M (Honolulu Advertiser)
posted on October 22, 2009 at 12:03:01 pm
Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann yesterday awarded the first construction contract for the city's planned $5.5 billion elevated commuter rail line. - City awards first rail contract (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
posted on October 22, 2009 at 11:49:05 am
Mayor Mufi Hannemann plans to start building the first two phases of the $5.3 billion rail transit system with city funds collected from the 0.5 percent increase in the general excise tax on Oahu. - Honolulu awards first construction contract for rail-transit project (Honolulu Advertiser)
posted on October 21, 2009 at 11:07:07 pm
Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann announced today that Kiewit Pacific Company was awarded the design-build contract for construction of the first segment of Honolulu's rail-transit project and that it will save the city $90 million. - Islam Day honors commonality (Honolulu Advertiser)
posted on September 25, 2009 at 12:04:15 pm
When the Hawai'i Legislature approved a resolution declaring Sept. 24 "Islam Day," the measure set of a firestorm of debate because the day fell so close to the date of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States. But yesterday, politics was set aside as hundreds of people packed the McCoy Pavilion at Ala Moana Beach Park to celebrate Hawai'i's first Islam Day. - Community Calendar (Honolulu Advertiser)
posted on September 23, 2009 at 06:31:18 am
LEEWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE, 6 p.m., open house at the student lounge; learn about degree and certificate programs, campus layout and financial aid; free. 454-4772. - Second rail station design workshop takes place today (Honolulu Advertiser)
posted on June 29, 2009 at 12:37:33 pm
The city and county holds its second rail station design community workshop in Kapolei today as part of the Honolulu Rail Transit project. The meeting, the second of three in West O'ahu, is planned from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Kapolei High School, 91-5007 Kapolei Parkway. - Community workshop on rail transit design to be held Monday in Kapolei (Honolulu Advertiser)
posted on June 29, 2009 at 12:25:47 am
The City and County holds its second rail station design community workshop in Kapolei Monday as part of the Honolulu Rail Transit project. - New emphasis on motorcycle safety after a record number of fatalities (KHNL News 8 Honolulu)
posted on June 17, 2009 at 02:14:35 am
It's been a deadly year so far for motorcycle riders. A third of the 31 fatal accidents on Oahu involved bikers. The 11 deaths so far, quadruple the ... - Community Calendar (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
posted on March 11, 2009 at 11:44:09 am
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