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Hawaii military projects in Trump’s crosshairs

By William Cole wcole@staradvertiser.com on March 19, 2019 • Updated on  March 19, 2019 at 8:25 am

Hawaii military projects in Trump’s crosshairs
By William Cole wcole@staradvertiser.com on March 19, 2019 • Updated 8:25 a.m.

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Freshman applications to University of Hawaii-Manoa soar 66 percent

By Star-Advertiser staff on March 17, 2019
By Star-Advertiser staff Posted on March 17, 2019
The number of students applying as undergraduates to the University of Hawaii at Manoa this year jumped 32 percent over last year, with applications for freshmen soaring a whopping 66 percent. Read More

911 Report

Search continues for missing fisherman off Oahu

By Leila Fujimori lfujimori@staradvertiser.com on March 18, 2019
• Updated on  March 19, 2019 at 1:00 am
By Leila Fujimori lfujimori@staradvertiser.com Posted on March 18, 2019
• Updated on  March 19, 2019 at 1:00 am
The Coast Guard is continuing to search for a 39-year-old boater, who went overboard Sunday morning after hooking a fish. Read More

Vital Statistics

Vital statistics

 Posted on March 17, 2019 • Updated on  March 16, 2019 at 5:50 pm
Each week, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser publishes Oahu statistics for marriage licenses and birth certificates filed with the state Department of Health’s Vital Statistics System. The dates indicate when the information was filed. Read More

Kokua Line

Kokua Line: Names of judicial applicants kept secret unless they clear panel as nominees

By Christine Donnelly cdonnelly@staradvertiser.com on March 19, 2019
• Updated on  March 18, 2019 at 10:30 pm
By Christine Donnelly cdonnelly@staradvertiser.com Posted on March 19, 2019
• Updated on  March 18, 2019 at 10:30 pm
Question: I noticed in the “Legal Notices” section of the Honolulu Star-Advertiser that the state Judiciary expects vacancies for the position of Family Court judge. Interested applicants have an April deadline for applying. Read More

Lee Cataluna

Lee Cataluna: Biggest problem, fewest ideas

By Lee Cataluna lcataluna@staradvertiser.com on March 17, 2019
• Updated on  March 16, 2019 at 10:29 pm
By Lee Cataluna lcataluna@staradvertiser.com Posted on March 17, 2019
• Updated on  March 16, 2019 at 10:29 pm
Everyone agrees on the problem. Nobody knows how to solve it. Impatience is growing that we’re stuck. Read More

Incidental Lives

Incidental Lives: Family-run business thrives on a set of old-school values

By Michael Tsai mtsai@staradvertiser.com on February 19, 2019
• Updated on  February 18, 2019 at 10:19 pm
By Michael Tsai mtsai@staradvertiser.com Posted on February 19, 2019
• Updated on  February 18, 2019 at 10:19 pm
If you want to do business with Miller Industries, you’ll need to pick up the phone and have an actual conversation with an actual human being or, better, stop by the shop on Kalihi Street, where you can have that same actual conversation face to face with one of those human beings. Read More

fl(ASH)back

David Shapiro: Our birdbrains of Alcatraz fill up federal court docket

By David Shapiro, Special to the Star-Advertiser on February 24, 2019
By David Shapiro, Special to the Star-Advertiser Posted on February 24, 2019
It’s the last Sunday in February and time to “flASHback” on the month’s news that amused and confused: Read More

Facts of the Matter

Column: Complex systems keep air breathable on Earth

By Richard Brill, Special to the Star-Advertiser on February 15, 2019
By Richard Brill, Special to the Star-Advertiser Posted on February 15, 2019
Outside the window, 7 miles up, the wings of the jet airliner slice through the invisible air that seems magically to keep it aloft. It reminds me that we are immersed in Earth’s invisible atmosphere all of the time. Read More

Volcanic Ash

Volcanic Ash: Police chief owes answers on expensive lawsuit deal

By David Shapiro, Special to the Star-Advertiser on March 17, 2019
By David Shapiro, Special to the Star-Advertiser Posted on March 17, 2019
Ballard offered no comment on the settlement, and we’ve heard little from the Police Commission, which knew of the lawsuit when it appointed Ballard chief. Read More

Skywatch

Skywatch: Program grants Hawaiian names to celestial objects

By Chad Kalepa Baybayan and Emily Peavy, ʻImiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii on February 24, 2019
• Updated on  February 23, 2019 at 10:36 pm
By Chad Kalepa Baybayan and Emily Peavy, ʻImiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii Posted on February 24, 2019
• Updated on  February 23, 2019 at 10:36 pm
Kekaomakali‘i, the Canoe Bailer, is now filling the western region of the sky. In this starline we can make out the recognizable stars that make up Kaheiheionakeiki, also well known as Orion the Hunter. Read More

Ocean Watch

Ocean Watch: Finding Dory … or her similarly blue-colored cousin

By Susan Scott on March 16, 2019
• Updated on  March 15, 2019 at 10:40 pm
By Susan Scott Posted on March 16, 2019
• Updated on  March 15, 2019 at 10:40 pm
While sorting through photos from our recent snorkeling trip in Zanzibar, I came across a dozen terrible pictures of blue tangs. Read More

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