Following a two-month examination of the issues related to Mauna Kea, a University of Hawaii Board of Regents committee did not recommend any change in its support for the controversial Thirty Meter Telescope. Read more
Hawaii often gets rapped as being unfriendly to business over regulations, taxes and litigation. Now a new layer to this perception may be forming as activists inhibit construction of three development projects. Read more
The company planning to build a wind farm in Kahuku “should be allowed to proceed,” Gov. David Ige’s office said Tuesday as protesters continued to rally at the construction site. Read more
In February 1994, Bumpy Kanahele and members of the Ohana Council held a peaceful protest in Waikiki telling tourists, very plainly, to go home. Read more
Tulsi Gabbard came under attack for her stances on Syria during Tuesday’s presidential debate, marring what needed to be a strong performance for the Hawaii congresswoman, who has struggled to gain traction in her bid for the presidency. Read more
Kealoha cited irreconcilable differences in filing for divorce in state court, according to Rustam Barbee. Read more
A couple visiting Kailua Beach Park discovered they were sitting atop a turtle nest when hatchlings began emerging from the sand beneath their beach towel in broad daylight. Read more
Question: We applied for and received a vehicle pass for the restricted portion of Kaena Point. Read more
Sea Life Park Hawaii announced Tuesday the death of Kina, the false killer whale who had been a beloved part of its family since 2015. She was about 44 years old. Read more
The state Health Department has fined a bubble tea shop at Puck’s Alley in Moiliili $2,000 for unlawfully and intentionally removing a yellow placard, which stands for a conditional pass, from their facility. Read more
The East-West Center Board of Governors has elected former Punahou School President James K. Scott as chairman. Read more
Protesters gathered Monday night on a road in Kahuku to block an Oahu wind farm developer from delivering heavy equipment to begin construction in a scene reminiscent of the months-long telescope protests on the Big Island. Read more
New protests aimed at the Kahuku windmill project and the Sherwood Forest park development may be alarming to some state leaders, but among some activists there is a sense that a grassroots momentum has been building as the nonviolent protest strategy known as kapu aloha spreads from one community to the next. Read more
Hawaii health officials said they will “strictly enforce” a law prohibiting medical marijuana dispensaries from selling vape cartridges made with outside ingredients. Read more
Gabbard, a major in the Army National Guard, has made foreign policy a cornerstone of her long-shot bid for the presidency. Read more
Total enrollment at the 10-campus University of Hawaii system dipped by 2% this semester compared with last fall, with only Windward Community College notching an increase in its student body. Read more
Defense lawyer Myles Breiner says the deputy prosecutor who admitted shoving him tried to have a relationship with a woman who was the complaining witness in two domestic violence cases he was prosecuting, drafted legal documents for her civil case while he was still working as a Maui deputy prosecutor, went to her home in the middle of the night while drunk and assaulted her adult son. Read more
Hawaiian Electric Co. is partnering with Elemental Excelerator and Enel X to study how electric vehicle charging during different times of the day affect the power grid. Read more
A 49-year-old Washington state man died Sunday after being found unconscious while snorkeling off Poipu, Kauai police said. Read more
An overturned vehicle ended up in the front yard of a home in Kalihi Monday morning, according to the Honolulu Fire Department. Read more
The Hawaii Department of Public Safety is asking for the public’s help in locating a Women’s Community Correctional Center extended furlough inmate who failed to return to her furlough home this morning in Makiki. Read more
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