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Evacuations Ordered As Volcano Releases Lava Into Residential Area
(AP) — The Big Island’s Kilauea volcano was releasing red lava into a residential subdivision Thursday evening after days of earthquakes, and Hawaii County was ordering mandatory evacuations. Hawaii...
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Kealohas Will Face Two Trials in Federal Corruption Case
A federal judge on Thursday ordered two trials for former Honolulu Police Chief Louis Kealoha and his wife Katherine: one to address allegations of bank fraud, another to deal with a complicated...
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Big Island: When You Live In A Volcano’s Shadow, You Go With The Flow
VOLCANO, Hawaii Island – At mid-day Thursday, a recent slew of earthquakes around the Kilauea volcano had residents worried about a new lava outbreak that could threaten homes, businesses and the main...
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Kauai: Public Utility Gets Creative With Plan To Recirculate Reservoir Water
LIHUE, Kauai — Kauai’s community-owned utility company is preparing a mix-and-match approach to generating electricity that will combine multiple techniques in a novel approach to creating renewable...
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Hawaii Has Poor Record With ‘Low’ Tax Proposals
Watch out, Hawaii taxpayers! A proposed constitutional amendment to fund the state’s public education system through property taxes will be put on the ballot this fall, with supporters saying the tax...
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Letters: Don’t Hold Your Breath For Millennial Vote
Why Dems Don’t Raise Minimum Wage Legislators often ignore the party platform (May 3, 2018) Wonderful commentary by Dawn Kubota (“Hawaii’s Conservative Democrats Leave Workers Struggling To Survive”)....
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Are Waikiki’s Public Pavilions Hopelessly Crime-Ridden?
Rain drizzles over Waikiki beach on an overcast May day, but Joanne Burns and her mother Robyn, who are on vacation from Sydney, Australia, don’t seem to mind. They sit eating lunch at a bench in a...
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Major Earthquake Hits Big Island As Residents Flee Kilauea’s Lava
PAHOA, Hawaii Island (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude-6.9 earthquake struck the Big Island at 12:33 p.m. Friday near where a volcanic eruption has forced residents to evacuate....
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Resilience In The Face Of Lava And An Uncertain Future
PAHOA, Hawaii Island – Forced to flee their homes and unable to determine when they might return, residents of two lower Puna subdivisions on the world’s most-active volcano displayed their resilience...
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Banking On Trump, Hawaii GOP Says Its Future Looks Bright
The first person to greet Hawaii Republicans as they entered the Koolau Ballrooms in Kaneohe on Saturday morning was Donald Trump. Tue, it was just a life-size cardboard cutout. But the roughly 200...
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Tom Yamachika: Do We Really Want To Let The Tax Genie Out Of The Bottle?
This November, voters throughout the state will be given the opportunity to vote on a constitutional amendment, brought forward by Senate Bill 2922, supposedly to fund primary school education. The...
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Kilauea: 21 Homes Burned So Far And ‘No Idea When We Can Get Back’
PAHOA, Hawaii Island (AP) — The number of homes destroyed by Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano jumped to 21 Sunday as scientists reported lava spewing more than 200 feet into the air. Some of the more than...
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Big Island: Eye In The Sky And Earthbound Gadgetry Track The Lava’s Flow
VOLCANO, Hawaii Island — In the past few days, the Big Island has seen seen more than its share of unusual geologic phenomena. First: the lava lake in Halemaumau, the inner crater at the summit of the...
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How Tulsi Gabbard Is Turning Her National Profile Into Campaign Cash
WASHINGTON — Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard continues to reach far beyond the Aloha State when it comes to raising campaign cash. The latest data from the Federal Election Commission and the...
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Letters: Rachael Wong Was Brave To Speak Out
Pervasive Culture Of Silence We have the right to speak up (May 3, 2018) Rachael Wong, first let me offer my sympathies for your past troubles and thank you for being brave enough to speak out (“Why No...
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Experts: Think Twice Before Rebuilding In Kauai’s Flood Zone
Surrounded by waterfall-drenched mountains, private homes standing on the soft sands of Hanalei’s shimmering half-moon bay represent wealth — and risk. In mid-April, risk became reality when an...
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Pod Squad: What’s Next For Medical Aid In Dying?
Hawaii’s medical aid in dying law has been approved by the Legislature and signed by Gov. David Ige. It takes effect Jan. 1. Kat West, national director of policy and programs for Compassion &...
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Hawaii Homeless Numbers Drop By 10 Percent
Hawaii saw a 9.6 percent decrease in its homeless population as compared to a year ago, according to a survey released Monday. The state’s homeless population was measured at 6,530 during the week of...
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HART’s Latest Rail Contract Is For $400M — Twice What It Had Estimated
Honolulu’s rail agency has awarded the project’s next major contract: a work package valued at as much as $400 million to relocate utilities along the route’s last four miles into town. Nan Inc., a...
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