So Long To The Old Goodwear Sign On Bishop Street
The other day they removed the Goodwear Dress Shop sign from a little building on Bishop Street. According to the workman it had been there since the 1940s. When I first noticed its demise, the channel...
View ArticleHere’s Who Might Get Stung Hardest By Any New Rail Taxes
At the Honolulu City Council’s June meeting there was an impromptu debate as notable for its acrimony as it was for the wonkish subject matter: the fairness of Hawaii’s tax structure, and how to pay...
View ArticleTad Bartimus: Rare Glimpses Of The Creatures Of Papahanaumokuakea
MAALAEA, Maui — Papahanaumokuakea is a rallying point for all sides in a resurrected debate about the earth’s largest conservation area’s designation as a national monument. Measured against barbs...
View ArticleLegislature Cut Every Penny For Free Or Low-Cost Legal Services
Jewell Domingos moved to Hawaii to help her brother Anthony, who has chronic illnesses. She had been living in a small apartment with him in Waikiki as his full-time caretaker when she said she...
View ArticleIn Birth Of Monk Seal, A Larger Signal Of Success
Last week’s birth of a Hawaiian monk seal on a busy Waikiki beach wasn’t just a rare spectacle for tourists, it was a landmark event in the recovery of this critically endangered native species. And...
View ArticleIge Signs Bill To Unite Married Couple In Care Facility For Elderly
Hawaii Gov. David Ige signed a bill into law Thursday that’s expected to help married couples, under certain circumstances, pay out of their own pocket to live together in long-term care facilities...
View ArticleLegislature Schedules Special Session On Rail Funding In Late August
The Hawaii Legislature has scheduled a special session Aug. 28-Sept. 1 to try again to reach a deal on funding the remainder of Honolulu’s 20-mile rail project, now estimated to cost $10 billion....
View ArticleTom Yamachika: Nothing Wrong With Mucking Around The Past
On June 22, the board of Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation stunned critics by canceling a special audit that would have examined past cost overruns. Ember Shinn, former city managing director...
View ArticleChad Blair: This Young Leader Is All Fired Up
Jennifer “Jen” Ruggles, a Hawaii County Councilwoman, said she wanted to “start a conversation” when she introduced a resolution this spring asking her eight colleagues to acknowledge there had been a...
View ArticleThe Cost Of Hilton’s Friday Fireworks Just Went Up
The Friday night fireworks show that the Hilton Hawaiian Village has been putting on for the public for more than two decades is now subject to rent closer to that imposed on all other fireworks shows...
View ArticlePot With Patents Could Plant The Seeds Of Future Lawsuits
It’s hard to make sense of cannabis regulation. The Drug Enforcement Administration continues to categorize marijuana as a Schedule I drug. That means the government believes it has “no currently...
View ArticlePod Squad: Sen Glenn Wakai Talks About His Outreach To Micronesia
He’s a state senator, a former journalist and since 2004 the head of Reach Out Pacific, a philanthropical organization that brings books, medical supplies and other material to Micronesia. Glenn Wakai...
View ArticleIs This Kahala Man’s Pitch To Help The Homeless For Real?
Dozens of people gathered at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Waikiki on a recent Saturday to hear about a new organization’s concept for reducing homelessness. State Sens. Will Espero, Stanley Chang and...
View ArticleBret Yager: Well Failures Leave Hawaii County Facing Water Cutbacks
A serious and lingering water shortage in North Kona came to a new head earlier this month with the failure of a fifth county well — leaving residents in the west side’s population center confused,...
View ArticleReader Rep: Star-Advertiser Should Stop Skipping State Journalism Contest
Journalists don’t do what they do for accolades, and any particular recognition or honor isn’t necessarily the sole measuring stick for the value of a piece of journalism. That disclaimer noted, awards...
View ArticleCalvin Say and Gene Ward: Yell Less, Pray More And Come Together As Americans
Words are man’s first act of aggression, and it would be impossible to miss the mounting violence — both rhetorical and physical — in today’s political environment. We think we all need to take a step...
View ArticleBody Of Man Found In Caldera Of Kilauea Volcano After Apparent Fall
(AP) — A 38-year-old man has died on Kilauea volcano in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Park spokeswoman Jessica Ferracane said Monday that the man was found on the caldera floor about 250 feet below...
View ArticleFBI Arrests Hawaii-Based Soldier On Terror Charges
(AP) — A U.S. official says that an active-duty Army soldier has been arrested by the FBI in Hawaii on terrorism charges. The official says that the solder was arrested because of connections he had...
View ArticleOhio Firm To Buy Hawaiian Telcom For $650 Million
In what executives described as a merger of twin firms, Cincinnati Bell has proposed to buy Hawaiian Telcom, the 134-year-old telecommunications company that is one of the state’s oldest companies, for...
View ArticleWatch: Live Webcam Of A Monk Seal Mom And Her Newborn Pup On A Waikiki Beach
The birth of a monk seal pup on a popular Waikiki beach last month is providing a rare opportunity for scientists as well as the public to watch mom and baby in the early weeks of the pup’s life. Civil...
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