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 ...

As the days grow longer and summer quickly approaches, people from all over the island flock to the North Shore for activities suited for long and hot days. The stunning beaches, rich cultural history ...

“The early 1970s were a tumultuous time in the United States, but I have always believed that in the middle of difficulty lies opportunity,” Diana Bonsignore, founder of Rainbow Schools, recollects.

For decades at the Waialua Sugar’s company store on the central square of Waialua town, thousands of sugar workers could get food, clothing, and supplies, usually on a charge account keyed to the ...

It was an honor to join Councilmember Scott Nishimoto at our February Council meeting in recognizing Howard Okamura for his extraordinary dedication to public service. Howard is officially the longest ...

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 ...

This unique masonry building features hand-cut blocks of lava stone. The front façade is covered with plaster and paint leaving the stone of the remaining exterior walls exposed. It was built by ...

What is Historic About Hale‘iwa? The State bypass signs direct people to “historic Hale‘iwa,” but there is little information in the town to tell people WHY it is historic. Recently, the North Shore ...

Kapo‘o, also known as Sharks Cove, is part of the protected Pupukea Marine Life Conservation District, and is a refuge for fish and other marine species. It provides critical habitat for a diverse ...

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 ...

Three generations of the Takahashi family have lived and worked on this property since family patriarch Yoshitaru Takahashi and his wife Mayo moved here at the beginning of Yoshitaru’s long tenure ...

The 1931 Hale’iwa Theatre a beautiful lava rock building was the biggest building in Hale’iwa with a concrete face and storefronts on either side of the entrance. Tomitaro Konno, proprietor of the ...