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In this photo provided by the Morgan & Morgan law firm, utility contractors remove a charred Hawaiian Electric utility pole stump on Aug. 29 in Lahaina, Maui.

Off The News: HECO delays time-of-use project

Today

More fallout from the Maui wildfire emergency: Hawaiian Electric’s pilot project to test variable time-of-use rates has been postponed for Oahu, Hawaii island and Maui. Read more

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US Navy Admiral John Wade outside of US Navy Commander Bill Jakuboxicz outside of the Red Hill Fuel Storage Facility in Halawa Valley.

Off The News: Red Hill defueling will go on

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The shell of vehicles stand by a destroyed home in Lahaina, Hawaii.

Editorial: Improve defenses against wildfires

Rourk Reagan operates Pukana La Farms in Waiohinu, Hawaii.

Column: Hawaii farmers and home cooks deserve a chance to grow

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A new security camera was installed by the city at Pauahi and Maunakea streets in Chinatown.

Letter: Cameras will improve safety, lives of residents

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GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE@STARADVERTISER.COM
A new security camera was installed by the city at Pauahi and Maunakea streets in Chinatown.

Letter: Cameras will improve safety, lives of residents

Today

Kudos and mahalo to Mayor Rick Blangiardi for the new Chinatown surveillance cameras (“City installs new surveillance cameras,” Star-Advertiser, Sept. 26). Read more

JAMM AQUINO/JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
Honolulu mayor Rick Blangiardi.

Letter: Has Blangiardi lived up to his promises?

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A man holds a marijuana bud before smoking it.

Letter: Marijuana smokers ruin Aloha Festivals

CRAIG T. KOJIMA/CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM
Pali Highway, Honolulu.

Letter: Speeding motorcyclists put other drivers at risk

JAMM AQUINO/JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
A friendly and inquisitive dog peers out of its owner’s car window in Honolulu.

Letter: Motorists with pets need to drive more safely

CRAIG T. KOJIMA/CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM
Shopping carts block sidewalk at Pawaa In-Ha Park.

Letter: ACLU should find better ways to help homeless

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In this April 12, 2012 photo provided by Forest and Kim Starr, axis deer are shown in upcountry Maui near Makawao, Hawaii.

Letter: Learn from mistakes to deal with axis deer

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The shell of vehicles stand by a destroyed home in Lahaina, Hawaii.

Editorial: Improve defenses against wildfires

Today

It is frightening to realize that what happened to Lahaina could just as easily, and quickly, happen to any number of towns and districts around Hawaii. Read more

HONOLULU POLICE DEPARTMENT
Honolulu police seized 16 gambling machines and cash during a raid at an illegal game room in Liliha.

Editorial: Toughen penalties for illegal gambling

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An urban search and rescue crew member searches for human remains at a home destroyed by the West Maui Fire, in Lahaina on the island of Maui, Hawaii Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023.

Editorial: Maui fundraisers need oversight

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U.S. Navy Adm. John Wade, leader of Joint Task Force Red Hill, speaks during a press conference on Friday, May 5, 2023, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam in Honolulu. The Joint Task Force Red Hill announced the findings of the Aqueous Film Forming Foam concentrate spill investigation that occurred in 2022, which has strained an already fragile situation with the U.S. Navy’s fuel spill situation at Red Hill.

Editorial: Navy should pay for Red Hill mess

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UH President David Lassner spoke at commencement on May 14, 2022.

Editorial: UH’s Lassner sets example to follow

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Unused rental cars fill a dusty field near Kahului Airport on Sept. 1.

Editorial: Tourism one part of Maui recovery

CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
A developer is planning to build a gin and vodka distillery on the old Waialua Sugar Co. site along with a farm processing facility, commercial kitchen and farmers market for small north Shore farmers to use. Pictured is a view of the former mill’s smoke stack on Friday, January 22, 2021.

Editorial: Preserve what’s best of ‘Mill Camp’

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