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                                A group of protesters huddled Thursday near the campground along Saddle Road at the base of Mauna Kea.

Ahead in 2020: Fate of TMT uncertain after 2-month stalemate

Ahead in 2020: Fate of TMT uncertain after 2-month stalemate

Newswatch

JAMM AQUINO / JUNE 10
                                Record highs were recorded year-round throughout the isles, in Hilo, Honolulu, Kahului and Lihue.
More than 270 record high temperatures, ties recorded in Hawaii in 2019

There were 271 record high temperatures and ties logged in Hawaii during the year of 2019, according to preliminary numbers from the National Weather Service. Read more

911 Report

STAR-ADVERTISER FILE
Police seeking driver of black sedan involved in Nanakuli hit-and-run

Honolulu police and CrimeStoppers are asking for the public’s help finding the driver of a car that fled the scene of a hit-and-run in Nanakuli on Wednesday evening. Read more

Vital Statistics

Vital statistics, Dec. 20-26

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. Read more

Kokua Line

COURTESY HDOT
                                Sample driver’s license with the star in the gold circle for people over 21 years of age.
Kokua Line: Rules on ‘gold star’ license photos allow balding patient to wear scarf

Question: Is it OK to wear a scarf in my driver’s license photo if I want to get the gold star? I am balding from cancer treatment and would prefer not to have my photo taken this way. I am not embarrassed. Read more

Lee Cataluna

PIXABAY
Lee Cataluna: Complaining doesn’t make things better — except when it does

If the neighbors are lighting illegal fireworks next door, call and report it. Read more

Incidental Lives

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

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

DENNIS ODA / DODA@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                Louis Kealoha walked by himself to federal court on Oct. 22, 2019
David Shapiro: Our emperors and empresses had no clothes in 2019

It’s the last Sunday of 2019, and we “flASHback” on the year’s news that amused and confused. Read more

Facts of the Matter

NEW YORK TIMES
                                Today is the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, but the longest day in the southern hemisphere. In reality, the day length only varies within about a minute from Dec. 17 to Dec. 24, staying about 10 hours and 50 minutes in Honolulu.
Column: As ‘sun stands still,’ solstice ekes out year’s shortest day

Today is the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, but the longest day in the southern hemisphere. Read more

Volcanic Ash

RENDERING COURTESY DESIGN PARTNERS INC.
                                The nonprofit Pa‘ani Kakou gave in to unrelenting public opposition to the Ala Moana site and said it’s now focused on building the playground at Kakaako Makai Gateway Park near the Hawaii Children’s Discovery Center.
David Shapiro: Inclusive children’s playground can work at Kakaako site

Sometimes it takes a twisting road to reach the right destination. Read more

Skywatch

Skywatch: Starline depicts image of bailer

From January through March, the featured starline returns to Kekaomakalii, The Bailer of Makalii. Read more

Ocean Watch

Courtesy Martha Brown
                                Some birds die with plastic in their stomachs, and those sad photos stick in the mind. But when the subject of Midway comes up, remember instead this photo of me (Susan Scott), Craig and some of our million or so albatross friends.
Ocean Watch: Albatrosses still alive and well at Midway Atoll

Hawaii’s albatrosses, and the people who care for them, are one such positive story. Read more

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