Sunday, February 12, 2012
Lawmakers push to mandate insurance coverage for autism
A bill that would require health insurance companies to cover diagnosis and treatment for autism is poised for passage next week by two Senate committees, a move intended to help youngsters get vital early therapy.
Rail support falls
Support for Honolulu's planned rail system from East Kapolei to Ala Moana Center has sagged to less than a majority, with only 43 percent of Oahu voters now saying they believe work should continue on the project, according to a new Hawaii Poll.
Motion of the ocean
Hawaii has the world's most famous surf, and someday those ocean swells might power your home. Wave power is the alternative energy source in Hawaii that is the least developed but has the most potential, according to a recent federal study.
Kahumoku Jr. maintains an intimate connection with the land
George Kahumoku Jr. guides "Hauoli Girl," his white four-wheel-drive Toyota Tacoma pickup, around the tight turns of the increasingly narrow road that leads to his farm in the remote Kahakuloa district of West Maui.
Basketball: Rainbows bump Bulldogs
There was no other way to put it: Zane Johnson was having an awful offensive game against Fresno State. Yet it was the Hawaii senior captain who had the ball at the top of the key on the decisive play of the game.
A key city official said the Carlisle administration is close to deciding how it will dispose of a 3.5-acre parcel across Kamehameha Highway from Haleiwa Beach Park that has the North Shore community deeply divided.
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Hawaii has the world's most famous surf, and someday those ocean swells might power your home.
Wave power is the alternative energy source in Hawaii that is the least developed but has the most potential, according to a recent federal study.
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Honolulu firefighters continue to battle a fire at the University of Hawaii's lower campus that has destroyed a portable, wooden building next to the Stan Sheriff Center. Story »
LOS ANGELES >> Whitney Houston's last days were spent surrounded by family, catching up with old friends and doing a bit of what she was best known for: singing Story »
- Sports Extras: DePaul vs. Hawaii softball
- Sports Extras: Fresno State vs. Hawaii basketball
- Sports Extras: State High School Swimming
- Sports Extras: Castle vs. Kahuku soccer
- Sports Extras: Mililani vs. Kapolei soccer
- Sports Extras: UH Baseball Alumni Game
- Sports Extra: Division I girls basketball
Feb. 10, 2012 - Island Images: CH-53D Sea Stallion Retirement
- Sports Extra: Division II girls basketball
Feb. 10, 2012 - Sports Extras: Kapolei vs. Kahuku
Feb. 10, 2012 - Sports Extras: Men's Volleyball
Feb. 10, 2012 - Ewa Elementary's Lincoln Day program, Feb. 10, 2012
- Island Images: Aliamanu House Fire
- Island Images: Police, family honor officer
A supreme pop songwriter who's never been snide or ironic, Diamond fell off trend as the '70s wound up and synth-pop, aggressive punk and metal fantasy dominated the public consciousness. But cycles cycle around again, and sincerity is now back in fashion (though some people never gave up on it). Story »
A bill that would require health insurance companies to cover diagnosis and treatment for autism is poised for passage next week by two Senate committees, a move intended to help youngsters get vital early therapy.
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There was no other way to put it: Zane Johnson was having an awful offensive game against Fresno State. Yet it was the Hawaii senior captain who had the ball at the top of the key on the decisive play of the game. Story »
One of the newest elements in the Kakaako waterfront's changing skyline is a terracotta-and-green tower that, Dr. Brian Issell hopes, will help to accelerate Hawaii's progress in the fight against one of the world's dread diseases.
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For the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's production of "To Kill a Mockingbird" last year, the set and costumes had to transport viewers back to 1930, the beginning of the Great Depression. Story »
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George Kahumoku Jr. guides "Hauoli Girl," his white four-wheel-drive Toyota Tacoma pickup, around the tight turns of the increasingly narrow road that leads to his farm in the remote Kahakuloa district of West Maui. Story »
WASHINGTON » From the moment he left business for politics, the issue of abortion has bedeviled Mitt Romney.
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