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Peter Ingram, CEO and President of Hawaiian Airlines (L) and Ben Minicucci, CEO and President of Alaska Airlines shake hands after exchanging maile lei at the Ho’okupu Center in Kakaako on Sunday afternoon. The airlines announced that Alaska Airlines acquired Hawaiian Airlines today. Also pictured at center is Kumu Hula Mehana Hind.

Editorial: Hawaii residents need quality air carriers

Today

It’s time for cautious optimism, as the highly consequential takeover of kamaaina company Hawaiian Airlines by Alaska Airlines gets underway. Read more

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A speed bump installed along Keaolani Street near Meheula Parkway in Mililani as a part of traffic calming measures.

Off The News: Speed humps a reminder to slow down

JEFF KUWABARA
A male uhu (bullethead parrotfish, Chlorurus spilurus) cleans algae from dead coral, making space for new coral to grow.

Column: Who will save our coral reef saviors?

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Honolulu mayor Rick Blangiardi speaks during a news conference on Monday, April 5, 2021, in Honolulu. Blangiardi and stakeholders including Catholic Charities Hawaii and the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement announced the start of the Rental and Utility Relief Program which will help thousands of Oʻahu households that have been financially impacted the most by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Off The News: Rental, utility relief reopens on Oahu

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A skyline of condominiums and single family homes in Honolulu.

Letter: Property tax credit should be permanent

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A skyline of condominiums and single family homes in Honolulu.

Letter: Property tax credit should be permanent

Today

Can the Honolulu City Council make permanent a yearly reduction of property taxes based on increases in inflation? It should make the basis for the changes reasonable and understandable to Oahu resident homeowners. Read more

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View of Diamond Head.

Letter: George Cooper changed narrative of Hawaii

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Pali Hwy roadwork. Cones near Jack Lane area.

Letter: State’s roadways among the worst-maintained

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Letter: For peace in Israel, Netanyahu must go

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor is shown before administering the oath of office to members of the Texas Supreme Court,in 2003, in Austin, Texas.

Letter: O’Connor, Faith Evans broke new ground

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Alaska Airlines, left, and Hawaiian Airlines planes were seen at the gates at Kahului International Airport on Sunday.

Letter: Alaska, Hawaiian have shared pioneering spirit

2015 AUGUST 20 FTR Chef Mavro and Chef de Cuisine Jeremy Shigekane. They are making a hamachi, ice cake, and lomilomi dish. SA photo by Craig T. Kojima

Letter: Graffiti, destruction mar spirit of the holidays

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Peter Ingram, CEO and President of Hawaiian Airlines (L) and Ben Minicucci, CEO and President of Alaska Airlines shake hands after exchanging maile lei at the Ho’okupu Center in Kakaako on Sunday afternoon. The airlines announced that Alaska Airlines acquired Hawaiian Airlines today. Also pictured at center is Kumu Hula Mehana Hind.

Editorial: Hawaii residents need quality air carriers

Today

It’s time for cautious optimism, as the highly consequential takeover of kamaaina company Hawaiian Airlines by Alaska Airlines gets underway. Read more

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Pictured is an overall looking west of the center of Makua Valley.

Editorial: Give Makua Valley back to Hawaiians

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State Capitol building.

Editorial: Capitol needs new waterless design

CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM

Editorial: Maui goes after vacation rentals

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Board of Water Supply (BWS) comment on Red Hill Cost Recovery. Ernest Lau, Board of Water Supply Manager and Chief Engineer.

Editorial: DoD has duty to fix years of fuel leaks

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Ala Wai Canal. Army Corps of Engineers unveils its “prospective plan” for Ala Wai flood control ahead of Monday’s public meeting. It includes those controversial 6-foot walls around the Ala Wai Canal but excludes another contentious item: turning Manoa District Park into a detention basin.

Editorial: Protect Waikiki from huge flood

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A Navy P-8A plane that overshot a runway at Marine Corps Base Hawaii and landed in shallow water offshore sits on a reef and sand in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023.

Editorial: Inform public on Navy plane probe

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Column: Who will save our coral reef saviors?

Column: Who will save our coral reef saviors?

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Updated 8:58 p.m.

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