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6 candidates ‘seriously interested’ in Honolulu mayor’s race
Several big-name candidates have emerged as serious contenders for Honolulu mayor with now less than a year to go until Hawaii’s 2020 primary election day. Read more
Several big-name candidates have emerged as serious contenders for Honolulu mayor with now less than a year to go until Hawaii’s 2020 primary election day. Read more
A report that faulted Hawaii’s public schools for suspending students far longer than the rest of the country was wrong and the Aloha State is actually near the national norm, according to Schools Superintendent Christina Kishimoto. Read more
Paul Simon performed two environmental benefit concerts on the island earlier in the week. Read more
The opponents of the Thirty Meter Telescope who are demonstrating on Mauna Kea are getting logistical support from some major Hawaii institutions. Read more
Greg Chun’s job is to improve UH’s stewardship of the mountain, to update the master plan, environmental impact statement, administrative rules, and to look at the longer term management structure. Read more
Mayor Kirk Caldwell and the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation have been notoriously bad at taking care of taxpayer money while building the grossly over-budget Oahu rail line. Read more
The new 418-foot Coast Guard national security cutter Midgett, paced by sister ship Kimball off Oahu, sailed into its new home port in Honolulu Friday, setting the stage for future missions to the four corners of the Pacific. Read more
Former airline and tourism executive David H. Uchiyama has been named the first chief operating officer of the Honolulu rail authority. Read more
Terence Richard Knapp, a prolific actor, director and educator perhaps best known for his one-man show on Father Damien, died Monday at Saint Francis Hospice. He was 87. Read more
Police have opened a murder investigation after a 65-year-old man was found unresponsive with stab wounds early Saturday in downtown Honolulu. Read more
An Aiea man’s TV exploded Friday night, igniting a fire that caused his house to go up in flames, a neighbor said. Read more
A 42-year-old man was arrested Friday after he threatened his sleeping wife with a machete in Waialua, police said. Read more
Rapid ohia death has not been rediscovered after being found on Maui for the first time earlier this year, officials said. Read more
Hawaii Congressman Ed Case is taking up an effort to provide state and municipal governments some federal help combating illegal vacation rentals. Read more
The 25th annual Made in Hawaii Festival is expected to draw more than 60,000 locally minded shoppers to the Neal S. Blaisdell Center over the weekend. Read more
A Hawaiian blessing was held Friday morning for the new Kaneohe Joint Outreach Center, a medical clinic now serving the homeless on the Windward side of Oahu. Read more
A Russian surveillance plane flew multiple passes over Hawaii this week, likely snapping up imagery from the Kaneohe Bay Marine Corps base, as part of the Treaty on Open Skies. Read more
Bullying and harassment will be treated as among the most serious offenses for high school students in Hawaii under a revised discipline code passedby the Board of Education. Read more
Kia Motors America said it will recall more vehicles if a second investigation finds that an engine defect caused a 2019 Kia Soul to burst into flames on the H-3 freeway, critically injuring two Hawaii tourists. Read more
Would you like for a family member or caregiver to be able to call Medicare on your behalf? Read more
Elisia Flores is succeeding her father, Eddie Flores Jr., as chief executive officer of Honolulu-based L&L Hawai‘i. Read more