Local News Premium http://www.staradvertiser.com/newspremium RSS Feed for NewsPremium en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 18:48:36 GMT Kim disputes Greenwood's account of pressure http://www.staradvertiser.com/newspremium/20130522__Kim_disputes_Greenwoods_account_of_pressure.html State Senate President Donna Mercado Kim acknowledged Tuesday that she called University of Hawaii President M.R.C. Greenwood last spring to ask about the status of her son's application to law school, but she denied that she was angry or claimed law school administrators were incompetent. Missing woman's body found in Waianae http://www.staradvertiser.com/newspremium/20130522__Missing_womans_body_found_in_Waianae.html A body found on the Wai­anae Coast has been identified as that of 29-year-old Ivanice "Ivy" Harris, who was last seen early Thursday morning in Waikiki. Agent was not helping swimmer when he died http://www.staradvertiser.com/newspremium/20130522__Agent_was_not_helping_swimmer_when_he_died.html Police said Tuesday that a vacationing U.S. Border Patrol agent was not trying to rescue a swimmer when he died Sunday at Wai­mea Falls. Man indicted in eye-gouging try http://www.staradvertiser.com/newspremium/20130522__Man_indicted_in_eye_gouging_try.html A McCully man was charged Tuesday with felony attempted assault for allegedly trying to gouge out the eye of a University of Hawaii graduate student. All imported bulls must be tested http://www.staradvertiser.com/newspremium/20130522__All_imported_bulls_must_be_tested.html All beef and dairy bulls coming into Hawaii or moved between herds here must be tested for bovine trichomoniasis, under a quarantine order Tuesday from the state Department of Agriculture. Lawmakers will seek answers from DHHL after audit http://www.staradvertiser.com/newspremium/20130522_Lawmakers_will_seek_answers_from_DHHL_after_audit.html Officials from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands are to address concerns of lawmakers raised by a state auditor's report in April that said the agency lacks clearly defined roles and responsibilities for trust adminstration and kept insufficient data on loan delinquencies and other programs. Trial jury clears trio of extortion http://www.staradvertiser.com/newspremium/20130522__Trial_jury_clears_trio_of_extortion.html A federal jury found three men accused of extortion involving The Shack Waikiki restaurant not guilty Tuesday of all charges. 3 condo towers planned to rise at Ward Centers http://www.staradvertiser.com/newspremium/20130522__3_condo_towers_planned_to_rise_at_Ward_Centers_.html An emerging condominium development boom in Kakaako got a lot bigger Tuesday, with the owner of Ward Centers announcing it will build 900 units in three towers — at the same time. 'Rainbow Warriors' decision a rare problem-solving win http://www.staradvertiser.com/newspremium/20130522__Rainbow_Warriors_decision_a_rare_problem-solving_win.html It's always welcome news when local officials manage to solve a problem, and University of Hawaii athletic director Ben Jay appears to have done so on the weighty matter of naming UH sports teams. Trumpeter made isles his home http://www.staradvertiser.com/newspremium/20130522_Trumpeter_made_isles_his_home_.html Oliver "Ollie" Mitchell, a big-band trumpet player who performed and recorded with such stars as Elvis Presley and B.B. King before moving to Hawaii in the 1980s and launching successful bands on Oahu and Hawaii island, died May 11 at his home in Puako, Hawaii. He was 86.