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2018 March 15 BSN - Hawaiian Telcom Main Building Sign.

Hawaiian Telcom to buy firm’s fiber assets for $50M

By Dave Segal dsegal@staradvertiser.com
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Hawaiian Telcom has signed a definitive purchase agreement to buy interisland submarine and middle-mile terrestrial fiber infrastructure assets currently owned by the bankruptcy estate of Paniolo Cable Co. for $50 million. Read more

2008 September 23 BSN - Honolulu Star-Bulletin business columnist John Agsalud. SB photo by George F. Lee

Column: Wi-Fi network’s safety depends on connection

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Kahu Malama nurse Maile Toyama on Monday instructed Honolulu residents Arisa Hagiwara, left, and Nick O’Har.

Hawaii nurses, sans contract, claim unsafe working conditions

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Hawaii residents Ryan Sidlow, center, carries his son Maxwell as their family boards a United Airlines flight to Hawaii at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Thursday.

Post-arrivals test urged to shorten quarantine for travelers

2015 July 6 EDT - Christine Donnelly, Honolulu Star-Advertiser Kokua Line Columnist. HSA PHOTO BY GEORGE F. LEE

Kokua Line: People flying to Hawaii on Tuesdays and Wednesdays shouldn’t use its popular at-home COVID-19 test, Vault Health says

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Honolulu Police were on hand Sept. 3 making spot checks on Waikiki Beach to enforce emergency COVID-19 rules.

Honolulu Police Department acknowledges excessive overtime

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Ex-Honolulu Police Chief Louis Kealoha was seen leaving the Federal Court building after his sentencing Monday. He was ordered to pay $238,198.56 in restitution.

Honolulu’s former police chief, Louis Kealoha gets seven years in federal prison, and his estranged wife, Katherine Kealoha, receives 13 years

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A wave crashes into the shore barrier at Waikiki Beach near the Sheraton hotel.

Hurricane season breezes by Hawaii

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Hawaii Youth Symphony musicians Celina Lim and Cameron Enomoto, from left in back, join vocalist Raiatea Helm and ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro at the Royal Hawaiian Center in preparation for the “Na Mele” fundraiser for the Youth Symphony.

Hawaii Youth Symphony students stay in sync with upcoming concert

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The beach fronting the Grand Hyatt Kauai with Mount Haupu in the distance.

Surfrider Kauai launches visitor education program

Ala Moana rental building to go before City Council

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Shoppers turned out at Pearlridge Center to take advantage of deals during Black Friday on November 27, 2020.

Officials urge Hawaii to remain wary of virus

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One of the six puppies that were left in a sealed container at the Maui Humane Society property. Four survived and two died after being left in the hot sun before they were discovered by a volunteer. The puppy has already been adopted.

More pets left behind during pandemic

Hawaii Real Estate Sales: Oct. 26 – Oct. 30, 2020

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Kokua Line: Looming end to federal jobless aid raises many questions for Hawaii claimants

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A 61-year-old man was found unresponsive in his bed at the Saguaro Correctional Center on Thursday morning and was pronounced dead shortly afterward, Hawaii Department of Public Safety officials said.

Hawaii inmate, 61, dies amid COVID-19 outbreak at Arizona prison

Hawaii public schools report 10 coronavirus cases, mostly off campus

BEI Hawaii to pay penalty in EPA settlement

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Hawaii Gov. David Ige speaks during a press conference on Aug. 19.

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David Shapiro: Candidates with compelling messages such as Rick Blangiardi, Kim Coco Iwamoto can beat party might

Rearview Mirror

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In 1954, Bob Krauss and Kini Popo sailed a raft down the Ala Wai Canal to prove that members of the Ala Wai Yacht Club may have migrated from Kapahulu in the dim, distant past.

Rearview Mirror: Thousands at Ala Wai Canal witnessed sailing of Kon Kini

Rearview Mirror: Flu pandemic dashed Duke Kahanamoku’s dream of joining Air Corps

Rearview: Unpredictable Aku conjures up ‘A Day in the Life of a Fish-head’

Facts of the Matter

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Astronauts in low-Earth orbit — aboard the International Space Station, for example — avoid the harshest effects of cosmic radiation because there is still a bit of atmosphere, as well as the Earth itself, to protect them. NASA astronaut Scott Kelly executes a spacewalk outside the International Space Station.

Facts of the Matter: Cosmic radiation poses threat to astronauts bound for Mars

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