The Honolulu Salary Commission Tuesday adopted a nearly 3.6% pay boost for the mayor, managing director, the nine-member City Council and other appointed, high-level city officials for the city’s fiscal year 2025 salary schedule, which begins July 1.
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Laguna Jabola-Ing, a second grader from Ewa Elementary School, won his primary school division of the 2024 Guy Ontai State K-12 Scholastic Chess Championship tournament over the weekend.
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Beekeeping in Hawaii dates to 1857, when the first hives were introduced from California. In 2024, honeybees and their keepers face tremendous pressures.
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Voter notification cards have been mailed by the state Office of Elections.
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Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen is making an overtime plea to state lawmakers for more Lahaina wildfire recovery funding.
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Ronald McDonald House Charities of Hawaii has named Ed Nishioka president, succeeding Jerri Chong, who retired after serving the organization for 23 years.
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The full state Senate on Monday killed the last chance this legislative session to make marijuana use more lenient by increasing amounts of possession while reducing fines.
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A federal magistrate judge ordered prominent Hawaii businessman and political donor Dennis Mitsunaga to remain jailed for the duration of his public corruption trial because of alleged witness tampering.
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Marielle Magdirila, a Waipahu High School senior, visited the Marriott Vacations Worldwide booth at the speed-dating-styled job-exposure fair Monday during LEI, a signature workforce development event for the nonprofit ClimbHI, which specializes in connecting Hawaii high school students with career opportunities in the hospitality industry.
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On Earth Day, Honolulu officials rode the city’s driverless, all-electric Skyline trains to not only tout the benefits of mass transit but laud current and future sustainable projects along the West Oahu line.
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If you’re thinking of taking the “Stairway to Heaven,” it could lead you on a path to the courthouse.
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A state loan program helping Hawaii households acquire rooftop solar and energy storage systems that lower their electric bills is being pumped up for a second year in a row.
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Question: I saw they are hiring for Summer Fun. When does this program start and when can we sign up our kids?
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First Hawaiian Bank has announced the following promotions.
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Hawaii’s regenerative push is an offset to the long-held concern that group trips to Hawaii may be perceived as a boondoggle.
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It’s been 11 months of anguish since Patricia Arde’s 86-year-old father wandered off and vanished in Kapolei near Home Depot and Costco.
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The new version of the bill hasn’t had the constitutionally required three readings each in the Senate and House of Representatives on a similar subject matter.
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When Scott Hoen ran to be the chief election official of Carson City, Nev., two years ago, he campaigned on “election integrity,” promising to make sure voter registration lists were accurate.
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