Off the news: UH meet-and-greet enters digital age
The last time the University of Hawaii hired a new president was in 2014, when folks were far less acclimated to virtual meetings. Read more
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Off the news: Honoring Borge, her housing legacy
State and city officials joined neighbors and admirers of homeless advocate Twinkle Borge in a memorial service Sunday, recognizing her legacy: showing that a self-governing, cooperative model for living in sheltered groups could succeed. Read more
Editorial: Zero tolerance on political violence
So many key details about the second alleged attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump have yet to emerge, but what is known says nothing good about society. Read more
Column: Teacher-student relationships critical
Now that they have settled into the school term, I hear the students I know chattering about the teachers they “got” this year: the good ones and the ones “everybody hates.” Read more
Letter: Spur more public-private projects for housing
As the issue of affordable housing continues to permeate Hawaii, one way the government has addressed this is by working with the private sector to more efficiently build new housing. Read more
Letter: Priority issue of climate got short shrift in debate
While watching the Kamala Harris/Donald Trump debate last week, I waited for their responses to what I consider the most important issue: the climate crisis. Read more
Letter: Pickleball noise at park not good for residents
As neighbors of the Manoa Valley District Park, we ask the city Parks and Recreation Department to return the pickleball courts back to their original and intended use, as volleyball and multi-use courts. Read more
Letter: Both renewable energy, carbon cashback needed
The recent launch of AES Hawaii’s Kuihelani solar-plus-storage project is a remarkable achievement, moving Hawaii closer to its 2045 Clean Energy Initiative goal (“AES launches state’s largest solar power facility on Maui,” Star-Advertiser, Sept. 9). Read more
Letter: So much more could be done to improve Waikiki
There are several things that the governor and the city could do to improve optimism for Waikiki’s visitor and tourism numbers. Read more
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Off the news: Conservationists act to save Kauai akikiki
The akikiki, or Hawaiian honeycreeper, maintains a tenuous remnant population in the high native forests of Kauai and Maui, but mosquitoes carrying avian malaria have penetrated these last places of refuge, leading to an extinction-threatening decline for the tiny birds. Read more
Editorial: Give e-bike rules, regulations a jolt
Hawaii government response to emerging transportation trends is generously described as lethargic. Read more
Off the news: Nisei heroes to be honored at Punchbowl
Help honor the nisei hero soldiers of World War II in an annual public ceremony to be held Sept. 29 at 9:30 a.m. at the National Cemetery of the Pacific-Punchbowl. Read more
Letter: Kapiolani lockout threat is not good negotiation
The spokesperson for Kapiolani Medical Center doesn’t see anything wrong with locking out the nurses after the one-day strike. Read more
Letter: State blundered position in affordable condo loan
The Star-Advertiser’s Sept. 13 article, “State grapples with uncertainty over Kakaako affordable condo project debt,” quotes Albert Palmer, Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corp.’s development section chief, as telling the board, “As is always the case with all loans, there is always a risk of not recovering the full amount.” Read more
Letter: Mull donation instead of dressing up dorm room
What a shame to read that students are spending as much as $10,000 to decorate their dorm rooms. Read more
Letter: Arming populace is no solution to gun violence
Another day, another shooting. Is the only logical solution to reduce gun violence to allow everyone to be armed everywhere at all times, as many people claim? Read more
Letter: Socialism, communism just empty buzzwords
Applause to the person who wrote in about recent letters carelessly and ignorantly throwing around accusations of “socialism” and “communism” (“Claims of socialist Dems lack necessary evidence,” Star-Advertiser, Letters, Sept. 6). Read more
Column: Empower Hawaii families, supports against suicides
As we observe Suicide Prevention Month this September, it’s important to confront a silent crisis affecting our communities: suicide. Hawaii faces its own set of challenges, including geographic isolation, mental health stigmas and disparities in health care access. Read more
Our View: Cautiously craft isle gun policy
The effort to contain the use of guns, along with gun violence, has become more complicated and difficult since 2022, when the U.S. Supreme Court upended accepted jurisprudence with New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen. Read more
Column: It’s past time to extend Makakilo Drive
More than a year ago, our commentary involving the completion of 4,000 linear feet of roadway for Makakilo Drive to the H-1 Kualakai Parkway Interchange was published (“A critical need for a second access to Makakilo,” Star-Advertiser, Island Voices, Aug. 31, 2023). Read more
Column: Youth vote alive, but not priority for all
Reading the Sept. 5 commentary, “America’s youth must vote to save democracy in November” (Star-Advertiser, Island Voices), I understand the urgency of the youth vote in the upcoming presidential election. Read more
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