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Third HPD Officer Arrested As Part Of Corruption Investigation
The FBI arrested Honolulu police officer Derek Hahn on Wednesday in connection with an ongoing federal corruption investigation targeting Hawaii law enforcement. Hahn, a lieutenant who once worked in...
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Caldwell Names Two New Honolulu Police Commissioners
Mayor Kirk Caldwell on Wednesday nominated a Wall Street veteran and one of Hawaii’s top hotel executives to serve on the Honolulu Police Commission, which has been operating without a full membership...
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FBI Reveals New Details About The Alleged Honolulu Police Conspiracy
Four years ago, Derek Hahn appeared to be a rising star in the Honolulu Police Department. In 2013, he was picked by Chief Louis Kealoha to be a leader of the department’s elite Criminal Intelligence...
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Why Does This Guy Make Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz Nervous?
WASHINGTON — Hawaii relies heavily on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration — in some ways, for its very safety. NOAA, which oversees the National Weather Service, is the agency that...
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Kauai Powerlines Are Killing 1,800 Seabirds A Year
The Newell’s Shearwater and Hawaiian petrel seabirds, already on the brink of extinction, are dying by the hundreds in collisions with power lines on Kauai. A recent study by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife...
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Rat Lungworm Disease Demands State Action
Recently we saw the headline that an infant was the 17th documented case of rat lungworm disease in Hawaii this year. Part of the tragedy was that the mother had to insist on a blood test during her...
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The Long Vacation: This Reality Was Not What I Expected
The post The Long Vacation: This Reality Was Not What I Expected appeared first on Honolulu Civil Beat.
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GOP Rep. Andria Tupola To Run For Hawaii Governor
The highest-ranking Republican elected official in Hawaii plans to run for the state’s top post in 2018. Rep. Andria Tupola, the minority leader in the state House of Representatives, said she will...
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No Criminal Indictment Yet In Federal Police Corruption Probe
It appears Louis and Katherine Kealoha will have to wait. The law enforcement couple has been the subject of a years-long criminal investigation by the U.S. Justice Department that stemmed from...
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OHA Money Will Go Directly To Hawaiian Charter Schools
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ Board of Trustees voted Thursday to give Hawaiian-focused charter schools $3 million directly, as opposed to using a grant administrator. The winning bidder of the...
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How A UH Scientist Hopes To Improve Early Kidney Disease Detection
A University of Hawaii Manoa researcher is developing ways to make earlier detection of kidney disease possible. Kevin Bennett, associate professor and associate chair of UH Manoa’s biology department,...
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Can School Gardens Get Kids To Eat Their Vegetables?
Students in Lori Kwee’s fourth grade class at Ala Wai Elementary in Honolulu began a recent school garden lesson by discussing the meaning of “aina,” or land, segueing outdoors where they planted...
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Chad Blair: Doug Chin Sure Sounds Like He Might Run For Congress
My inbox overflows with emails from Doug Chin. This week alone my Civil Beat account has received seven emails courtesy of Joshua Wisch, Chin’s special assistant. And the week isn’t over. The emails...
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The Propaganda Of Homelessness In Hawaii
To say that homelessness is a major problem in Hawaii is like saying that it often rains in Seattle — a gross understatement. Honolulu has been cited as one of the cities with highest rates of...
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Former Honolulu Police Chief And Prosecutor Wife Arrested
One day after a federal grand jury completed a two-year investigation into public corruption and abuse of power in Hawaii law enforcement, former Honolulu Police Chief Louis Kealoha and his wife,...
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Cause Of Kauai Whale Stranding Still A Mystery
There were no obvious physical signs suggesting a cause for the mass stranding of pilot whales at Kauai’s Kalapaki Beach Oct. 13. But the testing has just begun on samples taken from five dead whales...
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A Guide To The Case Against The Kealohas
Former Honolulu Police Chief Louis Kealoha and his wife, Katherine, a high-ranking city prosecutor, were arrested Friday by the FBI and indicted on 20 counts of criminal conspiracy, fraud and...
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Boat That Ran Aground 0ff Honolulu Sent No Distress Signal
A boat that ran aground off Honolulu while transporting foreign fishermen to work in Hawaii’s commercial fishing industry has raised new questions about the safety and working conditions for foreign...
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Tom Yamachika: Hawaii’s Tax Department Is Doing Better
It’s about time for our annual review of the Hawaii Department of Taxation and its customer service. Let’s see how the Department did in the year ending June 30, 2016, as reflected in the department’s...
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Reader Rep: If You’re Aware Of Public Corruption, Speak Up Now
Picture corruption at your workplace (for some of you, this activity doesn’t take too much imagination). You want to do the right thing. You want to stop it. Yet you also are afraid of repercussions...
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