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People walk near a lit up Al Wasl Dome at Expo City at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit on Friday in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Column: Ke pi‘i ka wela, āhea e iho mai ai?

By na Laiana Wong
Today

Synopsis: A conference is being held in Dubai to discuss ways to reduce the burning of fossil fuels worldwide. This smells a little gassy. Read more

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Letter: Lower threshold for hydrocarbons in water

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Letter: Change Skyline’s name to more appropriate one

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Letter: Liz Cheney has ability to serve as president

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Preparing for the upcoming Honolulu City Lights, Honolulu Parks and Recreation employees Alex Ching, left, Kerry Terukina and Kevin Park placed a finishing touch to the Shaka Santa and Tutu Mele display to Honolulu Hale on Tuesday morning, Nov. 28.

Off The News: Honolulu City Lights includes a tribute

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Letters to the Editor

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Letter: Lower threshold for hydrocarbons in water

Today

Since the November 2021 Red Hill crisis, the impacted community has urged the Hawaii Department of Health to lower its environmental action levels (EALs) for total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) in water. Read more

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Letter: Change Skyline’s name to more appropriate one

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Letter: Liz Cheney has ability to serve as president

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Former President Jimmy Carter greeted attendees as he departed Wednesday’s funeral service for his wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, at Maranatha Baptist Church, in Plains, Ga.

Letter: Carters have shown much aloha for others

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Gov. Josh Green has released $15 million in general obligation bonds so that the Hawai’i Convention Center can shore up a leaky rooftop terrace deck — but it’s just a temporary fix and costs to permanently repair the roof are projected over the next three years to escalate by at least another 35% to $88 million.

Letter: Convention center can’t delay repairs to roof

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Onlookers pause to watch a spectacular sunset at the promenade of the Kakaako Waterfront Park.

Letter: True gratitude comes from God, not evolution

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Palestinians visit their houses destroyed in the Israeli bombings in Al-Zahra, on the outskirts of Gaza City, on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. during the temporary ceasefire between Hamas and Israel.

Letter: Israel must commit to a two-state solution

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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

Dec. 1, 2023

Two news stories breaking on Tuesday underscore, very concerningly, the uncertainty of chemical dangers that lurk below Hawaii’s picture-perfect environs. Read more

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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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Park Kaleiwahea, left, Senate Asst. Sgt at arms and Taylor Date, from the office of Rep. Scott Nishimoto, were starting a delivery to Waikiki of donations to a family from Maui displaced by the fire. The basement of the Capitol is crowded with Maui donations.

Editorial: Give generously to those in need

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In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, Rear Adm. John Korka, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC), and Chief of Civil Engineers, leads Navy and civilian water quality recovery experts through the tunnels of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, near Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 23, 2021.

Editorial: Navy must pay for Red Hill mess

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Maui residents waited outside of the new Maui Distribution Center in Kahului, which is designed to be like a shopping center for those impacted by the fires, on Nov. 9.

Editorial: State’s budget priorities: Maui, and nuch more

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Shoppers are seen during Black Friday at Ala Moana Center, Friday, Nov. 25, 2022, in Honolulu.

Editorial: Shop creatively, and always local

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Island Voices

Column: Empower Hawaii’s youth to take action on climate change

Column: Empower Hawaii’s youth to take action on climate change

By Sophie Pager and Audrey Lin
Nov. 30, 2023

Column: Close loop on ‘Singapore model’ housing

Column: Expand interstate licensure compacts

Column: Independent policy research essential

Column: Second Amendment, on gun carry, isn’t sacred writ

Off the News

Off The News: Honolulu City Lights includes a tribute

Off The News: Honolulu City Lights includes a tribute

By None
Dec. 1, 2023

Off The News: Testing for lead at Puuloa Range

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Off The News: Hilo Medical Center gets helping hand

Off The News: Water bills will rise starting Feb. 1

Insight

Readers share appreciation for the things they’re grateful for

Readers share appreciation for the things they’re grateful for

By None
Nov. 26, 2023

Column: Delegates in Congress are all-in for Maui’s people

Column: Distress can exacerbate domestic violence

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5 Questions: Elizabeth Pickett, of Hawaii wildfire group

5 Questions: Elizabeth Pickett, of Hawaii wildfire group

By SDOWNES
Nov. 3, 2023

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