Editorial

Kevin Chang is the executive director of Kuaʻaina Ulu ʻAuamo (KUA).

Column: Talk-story sessions with candidates can help voters decide

By Kevin Chang
Today

The avalanche of advertising this election season, much of it negative, is making many voters hold on to their ballots until the last minute. Read more

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Active-shooter response training by the company Blue Line Solutions Hawaii includes presentations where educators learn to use a “run, hide, fight” strategy if they encounter an attacker, as well as hands-on sessions where they practice skills such as building barricades with desks. Blue Line is the only local private company contracted to train faculty and staff at Hawaii public schools, a spokesperson said.

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PHOTO COURTESY DLNR/JACOB MUISE
Axis deer on Maui.

Off the News: Time to hunt axis deer on Lanai

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Members of Mobile Diving Salvage Unit One look at a live feed of the mission from the Red Hill Well pump room.

Editorial: Get facts straight on Red Hill water

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TMT against backdrop of other Mauna Kea telescopes.

Off the News: Offer your comments on TMT

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COURTESY BLUE LINE SOLUTIONS HAWAII
Active-shooter response training by the company Blue Line Solutions Hawaii includes presentations where educators learn to use a “run, hide, fight” strategy if they encounter an attacker, as well as hands-on sessions where they practice skills such as building barricades with desks. Blue Line is the only local private company contracted to train faculty and staff at Hawaii public schools, a spokesperson said.

Letters: Get proactive to prevent school shooting tragedy; City agencies should justify filling vacancies; Media overstate threat of monkeypox spread

Today

Get proactive to prevent school shooting tragedy; City agencies should justify filling vacancies; Media overstate threat of monkeypox spread. Read more

CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / JUNE 21
Rep. Sylvia Luke bluntly called out excessive spending and shady tactics by the carpenters’ political action committee.

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Letters: Higher property tax bills hit kamaaina homeowners hard; Ads from outside PACs undermine fair elections; COVID-19 data should not be based on speculation

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Ballots for Hawaii’s primary election were stored at the state Capitol prior to being processed.

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Campaign signs lined a fence at Pali Highway and Vineyard Boulevard.

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Campaign signs lined a fence at Pali Highway and Vineyard Boulevard.

Letters: PAC attack ads distort candidates’ records; Townhouse owners get bad break from DPP; Wildlife encounters can trigger long-term trauma

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Members of Mobile Diving Salvage Unit One look at a live feed of the mission from the Red Hill Well pump room.

Editorial: Get facts straight on Red Hill water

Today

By now it should be indisputable that for years the public has lacked sufficient information about what was going on in the aquifer below the Navy’s Red Hill underground fuel storage facility. Read more

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Covid-19 testing.

Editorial: Wastewater tests a key COVID tool

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Waikiki residents Chad Snater and John Deutzman talk on Tuesday as they pass one of many closed business fronts on Kalakaua Avenue. They toured recent areas of Waikiki that had incidents of crime with officials.

Editorial: A safe and sound Waikiki

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Editorial: Clearing classroom air

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Exposed rocks and burritos in front of beachfront homes at Sunset Beach.

Editorial: Cut red tape on beach protection

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Above, the old Aiea Sugar Mill site, where the planned Aloha Ia Halewiliko project would create 140 rental units for residents age 62 and over.

Editorial: City gets going on affordable homes

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Ballots are prepped before being tallied on a machine during the general election at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Editorial: Special interests skew election ads

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Island Voices

Column: Talk-story sessions with candidates can help voters decide

Column: Talk-story sessions with candidates can help voters decide

By Kevin Chang
Today
Updated 6:08 p.m.

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Off the News

Off the News: Time to hunt axis deer on Lanai

Off the News: Time to hunt axis deer on Lanai

By None
Today
Updated 6:12 p.m.

Off the News: Offer your comments on TMT

Updated 6:17 p.m.

Off the News: Competition for interisland travelers

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Off the News: Beware road closure at Kahana Bay

Insight

Column: Put focus on transportation, digital literacy, learning gap as students head back to school

Column: Put focus on transportation, digital literacy, learning gap as students head back to school

By Susan Maddox and Wally Lau
Aug. 7, 2022

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David Bissell: The CEO of Kauai Island Utility Cooperative shows how an island can have 100% renewable power

David Bissell: The CEO of Kauai Island Utility Cooperative shows how an island can have 100% renewable power

By Elizabeth Kieszkowski
Aug. 5, 2022

Laura H. Thielen: The director of the city’s parks department discusses progress in maintaining and improving Oahu’s recreational oases

Caroline Carl: The executive director of Hawai‘i Energy helps guide the public in saving energy and adopting renewables

Sam Aiona: Palama Settlement reopens its campus as it celebrates 125 years of service to the Kalihi-Palama community

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