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Coronavirus Outbreak

Hawaii sees 2,660 new coronavirus cases, bringing statewide total to 204,933

Hawaii sees 2,660 new coronavirus cases, bringing statewide total to 204,933

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VIDEO: Gov. David Ige proposes $100 for every taxpayer — or $400 for a family of four — in State of the State speech

VIDEO: Gov. David Ige proposes $100 for every taxpayer — or $400 for a family of four — in State of the State speech

Hawaii’s COVID-19 boosted numbers rise slightly, while overall vaccinated data dips after review

Hawaii’s COVID-19 boosted numbers rise slightly, while overall vaccinated data dips after review

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VIDEO: Hawaii Pacific Health’s Dr. Melinda Ashton joins the Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s ‘Spotlight Hawaii’

VIDEO: Hawaii Pacific Health’s Dr. Melinda Ashton joins the Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s ‘Spotlight Hawaii’

Red Hill Water Crisis

Column: Navy should do what’s right, not what’s easy at Red Hill

Column: Navy should do what’s right, not what’s easy at Red Hill

Report shares how 7 schools are struggling with the Red Hill water contamination crisis

Report shares how 7 schools are struggling with the Red Hill water contamination crisis

Navy completes initial flushing of water system lines serving Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam

Navy completes initial flushing of water system lines serving Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam

Off the News: Storing jet fuel a complicated task

Off the News: Storing jet fuel a complicated task

Photo Galleries

Mutiny hurls Burkina Faso into chaos

Mutiny hurls Burkina Faso into chaos

Tensions high as Russia threatens incursion into Ukraine

Tensions high as Russia threatens incursion into Ukraine

New York mourns officer shot and killed while on duty

New York mourns officer shot and killed while on duty

Hawaii women’s basketball team beats Cal State Bakersfield

Hawaii women’s basketball team beats Cal State Bakersfield

Will you be getting free N95 masks when they become available this week?

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Hawaii News

Caucuses multiply in Hawaii, focusing on specific legislation

Caucuses multiply in Hawaii, focusing on specific legislation

By Andrew Gomes agomes@staradvertiser.com
Today
Updated 9:23 a.m.

State has yet to release new rules cracking down on beach revetments

Updated 7:54 a.m.

Federal grand jury probes Hawaii campaign donations

Updated 7:57 a.m.

Attendance rises for virtual exercise classes as COVID-19 cases remain high

Updated 10:53 p.m.

Army breaks ground on new maintenance hangar at Wheeler Airfield

Updated 10:55 p.m.

Sports

Abraham Elimimian and Jacob Yoro expected to be retained as University of Hawaii football assistants

Abraham Elimimian and Jacob Yoro expected to be retained as University of Hawaii football assistants

By Stephen Tsai stsai@staradvertiser.com
Today
Updated 12:33 a.m.

Dave Reardon: Timmy Chang is no June Jones just yet, but he’s better than having Todd Graham

Updated 11:12 p.m.

Prep football special: The best of the best in Honolulu Star-Advertiser All-State 2021

Former quarterback Timmy Chang is named Hawaii head coach following a drama-filled hiring process

Chiefs rally past Buffalo 42-36 in OT in wild playoff game

Editorial

Editorial: Don’t consolidate law enforcement

Editorial: Don’t consolidate law enforcement

Letters: Lawmakers grandstand at university’s expense; Headline failed to show two sides to TMT issue; Increase inspections for fireworks shipments

Letters: Lawmakers grandstand at university’s expense; Headline failed to show two sides to TMT issue; Increase inspections for fireworks shipments

Column: Parents have pivotal role in shaping Hawaii education

Column: Parents have pivotal role in shaping Hawaii education

Off the News: Welcome gift from Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan

Off the News: Welcome gift from Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan

Hawaii Prep World

Arquette goes for 30 as No. 1 Saint Louis bounces back from loss

Arquette goes for 30 as No. 1 Saint Louis bounces back from loss

June Jones wishes Timmy Chang well after his Mauka team falls in Polynesian Bowl

June Jones wishes Timmy Chang well after his Mauka team falls in Polynesian Bowl

Coach of the Year Sterling Carvalho molded talent into a state title for Kahuku

Coach of the Year Sterling Carvalho molded talent into a state title for Kahuku

‘Iolani enjoyed sweeping success in all-ILH Division I/Division II

‘Iolani enjoyed sweeping success in all-ILH Division I/Division II

Entertainment

‘Spider-Man’ comes back swinging, takes No. 1 from ‘Scream’

‘Spider-Man’ comes back swinging, takes No. 1 from ‘Scream’

By Associated Press
Jan. 23, 2022

Arnold Schwarzenegger ‘fine’ after four-car crash in Los Angeles

Why Pete Davidson and Colin Jost just bought a Staten Island ferry for over $280K

Meat Loaf, ‘Bat Out of Hell’ rock superstar, dies at 74

Louie Anderson, Emmy-winning comedian, dies at 68

Crave

Keep calm and curry on

Keep calm and curry on

By Kelli Shiroma Braiotta
Jan. 18, 2022

New year, new tasting menu

Brown-butter icing meets toffee textures

This seafood stew is endlessly riffable

Stay cheesy

Latest Columns

On Politics: Legislators’ $600 million idea for Native Hawaiian homes is latest twist in ongoing saga

On Politics: Legislators’ $600 million idea for Native Hawaiian homes is latest twist in ongoing saga

By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser

Kokua Line: Can I get a booster if my first shots were outside the U.S.?

Kokua Line: Can I get a booster if my first shots were outside the U.S.?

By Christine Donnelly cdonnelly@staradvertiser.com

David Shapiro: Want to know the secret to marriage? A sense of humor

David Shapiro: Want to know the secret to marriage? A sense of humor

By David Shapiro, Special to the Star-Advertiser

Dave Reardon: The fix was in, but Hawaii’s football program is still broken

Dave Reardon: The fix was in, but Hawaii’s football program is still broken

By Dave Reardon dreardon@staradvertiser.com

COVID-19 Resources

Kokua Line: Can I get a booster if my first shots were outside the U.S.?

Kokua Line: Can I get a booster if my first shots were outside the U.S.?

Proof of COVID-19 booster shot needed to be considered ‘fully vaccinated’ on Maui

Temporary homeless shelter opens to isolate those infected with COVID-19

Kokua Line: How do I get the free COVID-19 tests without internet access?

Waianae Health Center to distribute reserved at-home COVID test kits to community

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Lawmakers grandstand at university’s expense; Headline failed to show two sides to TMT issue; Increase inspections for fireworks shipments

Letters: Lawmakers grandstand at university’s expense; Headline failed to show two sides to TMT issue; Increase inspections for fireworks shipments

Letters: U.S. should support global vaccinations; Children learn better in classroom; Mayor should take position on Red Hill

Letters: Losing voting rights affects everyone; Welcoming communities nourish seeds of hope; 5G cell antennas could pose a risk to health

Letters: Please don’t change Pagoda Hotel treasures; Plan, decisive leaders needed to fight COVID; Caldwell can’t lose stink of Honolulu rail project

Letters: Public officials must address huge problems; UH lacks will to compete at football’s top level; Legalize recreational marijuana, state lottery

Politics

U.S. Supreme Court justices to hear challenge to race in college admissions

U.S. Supreme Court justices to hear challenge to race in college admissions

Vice President Harris touts replacing lead lines during Milwaukee stop

Vice President Harris touts replacing lead lines during Milwaukee stop

U.S. Supreme Court justices to weigh limits on reach of Clean Water Act

U.S. Supreme Court justices to weigh limits on reach of Clean Water Act

Georgia judges approve special grand jury in Trump election-fraud probe

Georgia judges approve special grand jury in Trump election-fraud probe

FEATURES

Honolulu firefighter and filmmaker Jeff Wallace took 10 years to create his award-winning indie film ‘Angel by Thursday’

Honolulu firefighter and filmmaker Jeff Wallace took 10 years to create his award-winning indie film ‘Angel by Thursday’

By Steven Mark smark@staradvertiser.com
Jan. 23, 2022

‘Five-0’ star Beulah Koale to appear on ‘NCIS: Hawai‘i’

Honolulu Zoo doo cultivates local gardens, no-waste attitude

Retired Maj. Gen. Robert Lee to speak at Congressional Gold Medal luncheon

Compilation honors Prince Kuhio in regal style

New York Times

How Xi Jinping is staging the Olympics on his terms

How Xi Jinping is staging the Olympics on his terms

By New York Times
Jan. 22, 2022

Heard, felt but barely seen: How a volcano severed Tonga from the world

Tongan man swept away by tsunami survived after 26 hours afloat

Reporter is hit by car during live broadcast, striking nerve with TV journalists

Stocks drop again, dragging S&P 500 to biggest weekly loss in nearly 2 years

Education

U.S. Supreme Court justices to hear challenge to race in college admissions

U.S. Supreme Court justices to hear challenge to race in college admissions

Waiakea High School science teacher is finalist for National Teacher of the Year

Waiakea High School science teacher is finalist for National Teacher of the Year

Hawaii public school teacher absences ease slightly but still high

Hawaii public school teacher absences ease slightly but still high

Report shares how 7 schools are struggling with the Red Hill water contamination crisis

Report shares how 7 schools are struggling with the Red Hill water contamination crisis

Business

Bankoh posts big jump in earnings, plans to give employees 5% raise

Bankoh posts big jump in earnings, plans to give employees 5% raise

By Dave Segal dsegal@staradvertiser.com
Today
Updated 6:46 p.m.

D.C., 3 states sue Google saying it invades users’ privacy

Updated Noon

Sarah Palin tests positive for COVID-19, delaying libel trial against New York Times

Updated 8:28 a.m.

Stocks recover as investors jump in after big sell-off

Updated 11:21 a.m.

Cruise ship changes course after U.S. judge orders seizure

Updated 7:15 a.m.

Obituaries

Pete DuPre, World War II veteran known for playing his harmonica, dies at 98

Pete DuPre, World War II veteran known for playing his harmonica, dies at 98

By Associated Press
Today
Updated 3:59 p.m.

Meat Loaf, ‘Bat Out of Hell’ rock superstar, dies at 74

Louie Anderson, Emmy-winning comedian, dies at 68

French actor and Chanel perfume model Gaspard Ulliel, 37, dies after skiing accident in Alps

Women’s basketball pioneer Lusia Harris dies at 66

National news

Social media influencer gets home detention in U.S. Capitol riot case

Social media influencer gets home detention in U.S. Capitol riot case

By Associated Press
Today
Updated 2:03 p.m.

Florida man suspected of human smuggling has been released without bond

Updated 2:02 p.m.

Oxford High School reopens nearly 2 months after shooting in Michigan

Updated 1:32 p.m.

Georgia judges approve special grand jury in Trump election-fraud probe

Updated 12:40 p.m.

4 killed, 1 hurt in ‘ambush’ shooting at house party near Los Angeles

Updated 11:45 a.m.

World news

At least 6 reported dead in crush at African Cup soccer game

At least 6 reported dead in crush at African Cup soccer game

By Associated Press
Today
Updated 5:03 p.m.

Student kills 1, wounds 3 in shooting at German university

Updated 5:08 p.m.

Snow blankets Athens, Greek islands and Turkey’s Istanbul

Updated 1:03 p.m.

U.S. puts 8,500 troops on heightened alert amid Russia-Ukraine tensions

Updated 5:10 p.m.

Taliban hold first talks in Europe since Afghan takeover

Updated 1:29 p.m.

Live Well

How-to resources on writing an obituary for a loved one

How-to resources on writing an obituary for a loved one

The ‘Great Retirement’ trend

Alzheimer’s disease: New blood tests offer hope

Give your family a great gift: Get your own affairs in order

‘Senior cohousing’ seeks to combat loneliness

Focus on Japan

PHOTO: Orange Delicacies

PHOTO: Orange Delicacies

University nurtures entrepreneurial students

Quarantine sites near airports packed

Photo: Springtime in the Winter

5G project launched to help remote inexperienced farmers

Travel

Travelers can discover a trifecta of tasting possibilities on Kentucky’s Bourbon Trail

Travelers can discover a trifecta of tasting possibilities on Kentucky’s Bourbon Trail

Signs of Hawaiian Life – January 23, 2022

Las Vegas Advisor: Grammy Awards to broadcast live from MGM Grand Arena

Signs of Hawaiian Life – January 16, 2022

Wellness vacations offer a respite from physical and mental stress

Recipes

Keep it saucy

Keep it saucy

A twist on french fries

A ‘fun’ side

Morning brew

Mango-nificent

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Special Sections

Dining Out

Hawaii Renovation

Virtual Career Expo – Jan 26-27, 2022

2021 Aloha Aina Awards

STORIES WITH VIDEO

Video

VIDEO: Former UH Warrior and CFL great Chad Owens hosts Star-Advertiser sports show ‘The CO2 RUN DWN’

VIDEO: Former UH Warrior and CFL great Chad Owens hosts Star-Advertiser sports show ‘The CO2 RUN DWN’

VIDEO: Hawaii Pacific Health’s Dr. Melinda Ashton joins the Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s ‘Spotlight Hawaii’

VIDEO: Gov. David Ige proposes $100 for every taxpayer — or $400 for a family of four — in State of the State speech

U.S. puts 8,500 troops on heightened alert amid Russia-Ukraine tensions

Britain warns Russia seeks to replace Ukraine government

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