Monday, June 04, 2012
New taro team will take over operation OHA is giving up
A new generation is taking control of Kauai's struggling Makaweli Poi Mill with the dream of inspiring young taro farmers to continue producing a brand of poi they consider more appealing to traditional Hawaiian tastes throughout the islands.
Developers want condo conversion at Pagoda
Part of the Pagoda Hotel in Pawaa could become a residential condominium under a plan by Kamehameha Schools and developer Peter Savio to satisfy an affordable-housing requirement tied to building new condo towers in nearby Kakaako.
Paddling: Lanikai surges to Pa'aina victory
In what turned into a game of numbers, Lanikai Canoe Club had all the right equations. Through 29 of 42 races, Lanikai trailed Outrigger Canoe Club by 18 points, and paddlers all over the beach at Keehi Lagoon could be heard uttering, "Where'd they come from?"
5 Things We Love
New Edition goes old school with 30th-anniversary concert • Promote peace and fight thirst with nuke-inspired bottle opener • Koa wood, Kauai tobacco add richness to humidor, cigars • Scotch whisky promises to be smoky and silky • Dad can hit the links and root for UH with logo-emblazoned golf balls
Ocean Watch: Witnessing a weird octopusis a real treat on the reef
I am rarely spooked by anything in the ocean anymore, but last week a reef animal caused me to leap from the water with a cry of alarm.
Part of the Pagoda Hotel in Pawaa could become a residential condominium under a plan by Kamehameha Schools and developer Peter Savio to satisfy an affordable-housing requirement tied to building new condo towers in nearby Kakaako.
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WASHINGTON >> U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka speaks at a college sophomore level, according to an analysis of his speeches by the Sunlight Foundation, a Washington group that pushes for government transparency. Story »
- Island Images: Raku Hoolaulea, Camp Mokuleia
May 25-28, 2012 - Island Images: June 2012
- Page One Collection: June 2012
- Island Images: Windward brush fire
- Memorial Day Lantern Floating Hawaii ceremony [Part 2]
- Memorial Day Lantern Floating Hawaii ceremony [Part 1]
- Island Images: May 2012 [Part 3]
- Memorial Day at the Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery
- Island Images: Memorial Day at Punchbowl, May 28, 2012
- Island Images: Arizona Memorial 50th Anniversary Commemoration
- Island Images: 24th Annual Memorial Day Commemoration
- Island Images: Marines remember
- American Idol Finale Show
- Island Images: Rush-hour traffic, May 22, 2012
The chancellor of Kapiolani Community College says he is committed to ensuring instructors in its noncredit program are paid on time and has asked anyone who is overdue paychecks to call the administration.
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In the climactic scene of the movie "Battleship," the 68-year-old USS Missouri returns to service in a last-ditch effort to save Earth from alien invaders. For the past 13 years, the Mighty Mo, as the Missouri is affectionately known, has been moored at Pier F5 in Pearl Harbor as a floating museum called the Battleship Missouri Memorial. Story »
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SUMTER, S.C. >> Sen. Lindsey Graham rode last week like Paul Revere from South Carolina’s wooded upstate to its gracious Lowcountry to its sweltering midsection, offering a bureaucratic rallying cry for his military-heavy state — the defense cuts are coming.
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