Good morning, Honolulu.

The American flag flies again at the 100th Infantry Battalion Memorial Building in Honolulu after apprentices from the Hawaii Laborers Apprenticeship and Training Program and Green Thumb Landscape installed a new flagpole to replace a rusted one that would have cost the veterans group thousands to repair.

A new flagpole now stands at the 100th Battalion Memorial Building (the veteran group's clubhouse) in Honolulu to display the American flag again.

Authorities captured a 45-inch illegal ball python near Camp Waianae over the weekend and are testing its sex to check if a breeding pair may be in the area; officials remind residents that owning snakes is illegal in Hawaii.

Students at Kaimuki High School have built the Theatre of Terrors: OZ haunted house at the school’s Performing Arts Center.

It will run (6 to 9 p.m.) Friday through Sunday and Oct. 28 through Oct. 30, with general admission at $20 and a low scare option available.

The Papahānaumokuākea Marine Debris Project wrapped up its five-year (Catch Up and Keep Up) cleanup initiative when it returned to Honolulu on Oct.

8 after crews removed over 1.3 million pounds of debris; the group seeks new funding for future removal.

State regulators warn families struggling with mortgage payments that scammers may offer fake debt relief by asking for upfront fees.

Hawaii Banking Commissioner Dwight Young advises homeowners to verify offers with their lender or HUD-certified counseling (contact details available on state websites).

Officer Christopher Ross and his K-9 Trina located 70-year-old David Arai after his nearly two-day disappearance Monday night in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park; Arai from Oahu was hospitalized for dehydration and exposure.

Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi declared Oct.

20 'Pamela Foster Day' to honor nurse Pamela Foster (founder of the AED Institute of America) for her work promoting CPR training and placing over 10,000 AEDs that saved 86 lives at local airports during National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month.

The University of Hawaii football team will travel — their first matchup in Illinois — to face the Northern Illinois Huskies Saturday morning at 9 a.m. Hawaii time as they seek to end a four-game losing streak.

UH volleyball star Tali Hakas announced Tuesday that she will forgo her final college season with Rainbow Wahine to pursue a pro volleyball career—she ranked third on the team in kills this season after returning from a shoulder injury.