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The larger island (on the left when looking from Lanikai) is referred to as Moku Nui and the smaller is Moku Iki, which translates literally to big island and small island. Some Native Hawaiian cultural practitioners note that there was likely a non-generic name given to the islands that have since been lost because neither Moku Nui nor Moku ...
The only government-supported civic engagement system in Hawaii, Oahu’s Neighborhood Board System was created in 1973 to assure and increase community participation in the decision-making process of government. The system applies the concept of participatory democracy, involving communities in the decisions that affect them.
In 1976, Eddie Flores, Jr. bought L&L Drive-Inn at 1711 Liliha St., Oahu, Hawaii for his mother, Margaret Flores. [4] He kept the name L&L, even while there was no relation to the current business, and remodeled the building as a small walk-up restaurant for his mother to operate. [ 5 ]
The following is a list of FCC-licensed radio stations in the U.S. state of Hawaii which can be sorted by their call signs, frequencies, cities of license, licensees, and programming formats. In addition, several stations in Honolulu also transmit their audio broadcasts on Spectrum Digital Cable for the entire state of Hawaii through local ...
Hawaii has the eighteenth highest per capita income in the United States of America, at $21,525 (2000). [ citation needed ] Its personal per capita income is $46,034 (2014). [ 1 ] The information is represented in the table below.
As of 2016 one correctional facility on the mainland is contracted to house Hawaii's prisoners: the Saguaro Correctional Center in Eloy, Arizona, operated by Corrections Corporation of America. Previously, female prisoners were at Otter Creek Correctional Center in Kentucky, but they were returned to Hawaii in 2009 after a sexual scandal. [3]
Hawaiian Telcom, Inc., is the incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) or dominant local telephone company, serving the state of Hawaii.In 2005, Hawaiian Telcom Holdco, Inc., was formed by The Carlyle Group, following its purchase of the Hawaiian Telcom Inc. assets of Verizon Communications. [1]
Outside of Honolulu, there are six hospitals on the island of Oahu: Adventist Health Castle (formerly Castle Medical Center) - Kailua, 160 beds [7] [1] Hawaii State Hospital - Kaneohe, 144 beds; Kahuku Medical Center, Kahuku, 21 beds [1] Pali Momi Medical Center - Aiea, 118 beds [1] The Queen's Medical Center West Oahu - ʻEwa Beach, 135 beds [1]