Thursday, September 02, 2010
News
Rocky road led Tam into public service
Like many teenagers, when he first learned how to drive, Rod Tam borrowed his parents' car. Story »
Voters to decide on housing office
Voters will get a chance to decide whether the city should re-establish a housing office that would tackle homelessness and affordable-housing issues. Story »
Ballot error distresses candidates
Democratic candidates for the state Senate whose names were left off some absentee ballots in District 25 said they were concerned the error might hurt their chances for winning. Story »
Bills aid property owners affected by rezoning
City Council members took the first steps to providing immediate help for a "gap group" of 247 residents who saw sizable increases in property tax bills due to a reclassification of their property from residential to commercial/industrial. Story »
- Suspect killed by police in standoff had Hawaii ties
- Life sentence for Kahanaoi
- City starts process of replacing temporary Waikiki sewer line
- High court upholds state land-use decision
- American Samoa to ban plastic bags
- Rev. Felix Vandebroek: Kalaupapa pastor was well-loved
Newswatch
For Thursday, September 2, 2010Leadership shift • Recktenwald confirmation expected • Threatening acts draw indictment • Deputy to serve 1-year jail term • Plant species thought to be extinct found • Hawaii-Hilo identifies key study fields
Police and Fire
For Thursday, September 2, 2010Help sought in catching bank robber • Truck accident victim identified • Arson ruled in Waialua wildfire
Obituaries
For Thursday, September 2, 2010Irineo Briones Asuncion • Norman Christopher Borges • James Henry Chaney Jr.
Vital Statistics
For Sunday, August 29, 2010Each Sunday, the Star-Advertiser publishes Oahu vital statistics for marriage licenses and birth certificates filed with the state Department of Health's Vital Statistics System. The statistics cover the five-business-day period ending the Thursday of the previous week. The dates listed do not necessarily reflect the actual marriage or birth date, just when the information was filed. Marriage licenses do not represent all those filed, only those who consented to the release of the information.
Columns
Candidates dump bird in hand to chase feathers in bush
The more you hear candidates for lieutenant governor talk about why they want the job, the more you wonder why they're running for it. Story »
Hawaii's image glowed best in radiance of Waipio team
Never mind that the announcers called them "Wipe-O" instead of Waipio and mangled almost everyone's name. Story »
Candidates are off and running into squabbles
The candidates are in, the fight is on and the punches are flying as we set tongue in cheek and "flASHback" on the week's news that amused and confused. Story »
Humans, their brains still a grand mystery
Everybody has a brain and nobody knows how it works, although neuroscience researchers are finding some surprising aspects about how we think. Story »
1,200-mile cycling odyssey just latest trek for teenager
When Sarah Elizabeth Gall returns to St. Andrew's Priory this morning for the start of her senior year, she'll have one whale of a what-I-did-this-summer story. Story »
Absentee ballots being mailed and are due by 6 p.m. Sept. 18
Q: When will we receive our absentee ballots? We haven't received them yet and are concerned. Story »
Beaked whales not rare but are seldom seen in isles
Two weeks ago when federal biologists, University of Hawaii researchers, a couple of veterinarians, about 30 volunteers, some flatbed truck drivers and the pilots and crew of a Coast Guard C-130 joined forces to get an ailing beaked whale to a marine mammal hospital on the Big Island, a lot of us Hawaii residents had one burning question: What is a beaked whale? Story »
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