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Big Island Volcano Could Spew Boulders The Size Of Refrigerators
If Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano blows its top in the coming days or weeks, as experts fear, it could hurl ash and boulders the size of refrigerators miles into the air, shutting down airline traffic and...
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Kamalani Academy’s founding vision focused on using Hawaiian culture to create a sense of belonging and improve academic achievement for all students. But teachers have struggled this year with how to...
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Hawaii Swordfish Industry Shut Down To Protect Endangered Turtles
A federal court order to protect endangered loggerhead sea turtles has forced the National Marine Fisheries Service to immediately close the shallow-set longline fishery in Hawaii for the rest of the...
View ArticleSlideshow: Life in the The Big Island’s Lava Zone
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Officials Need To Back Off When It Comes To Media Access To Hazardous Scenes
Kilauea’s lava inundation of Leilani Estates has attracted the eyes of the world. While the volcanic eruption could stop at a moment’s notice — or continue for days and weeks to come — the public’s...
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For Tourists Only: This Hawaii Wedding Venue Won’t Host Locals
When her best friend got engaged, Sydney Lee-Manzano excitedly scoured Instagram to find the perfect wedding venue. She stumbled across a gorgeous wedding photo, and after some digging discovered the...
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Big Island, Kauai Medical Pot Shops Still Waiting
Kauai’s first medical pakalolo dispensary may open soon — two years after the state approved its application. Green Aloha has just one more Department of Health inspection left and hopes to begin...
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Letters: Don’t Let The Mayor Hire The Police Chief
Hiring The Police Chief We look like Putin’s Russia (May 9, 2018) What’s the possible reward(s) for a mayor of Honolulu, a county that encompasses the entire island, in choosing the head of government...
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Congress Wants Review Of Military Child-On-Child Sex Abuse
(AP) — Congress has asked its watchdog agency to investigate the Pentagon’s handling of child-on-child sex assaults on U.S. military bases following reporting by The Associated Press that detailed how...
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Kauai: Repairing Storm Damage Is A Chance To Solve Tourist Congestion
HANALEI, Kauai — Repairing damage to historic Kuhio Highway — greater than first realized — will take many months and access to the road’s key tourist attractions probably won’t be available until deep...
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Trump Grants Disaster Assistance For Big Island
President Donald Trump signed a disaster declaration request Friday for the Big Island, where lava from Kilauea has oozed out of 15 fissures, blocked off streets and destroyed at least 26 homes. The...
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Hawaii Volcano Raises Concerns Of Eruptions Along West Coast
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The eruption of a Hawaii volcano in the Pacific “Ring of Fire” has experts warily eyeing volcanic peaks on America’s West Coast that are also part of the geologically active...
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Tom Yamachika: Reactionary Reaction To Resort Fees
One of the bills that has come out of the recently concluded legislative session is Senate Bill 2699, which proposes to make “resort fees” subject to our transient accommodations tax. A “resort fee,”...
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New Lava Fissures Spur More Big Island Evacuations
PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — A new fissure emitting steam and lava spatter spurred Hawaii officials to call for more evacuations on Sunday as residents braced for an expected eruption from the Kilauea volcano....
View ArticleSLIDESHOW: The Big Island Volcano’s Newest Eruptions
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The Fight To Save A Sacred Owl In West Oahu
A plan by University of Hawaii officials to help bring an endangered owl back to the West Oahu campus is coming under fire from a group of Ewa Beach residents who say the plan falls far short of...
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School Board: Schools ‘Heading In The Right Direction’ Under New Leader
The grades are in for Hawaii school superintendent Christina Kishimoto at the 10-month mark in her new role and they’re largely favorable, according to an end-of-year review released by the state Board...
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Funding Public Education Can Change Our Destiny
Today’s Hawaii public school students are tomorrow’s residents, voters, employees, consumers…but the way things are going, they won’t be residents of Hawaii. With high and rising cost of housing,...
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Lawmakers Outdid Themselves Raising Campaign Cash This Session
Hawaii lawmakers held a record number of campaign fundraisers during the state legislative session this year, Campaign Spending Commission data shows, raising questions about the influence of money in...
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Big Island: How Land Schemes Turned Lava Fields Into Subdivisions
In 1958, when Hawaii statehood was still a year away, two Colorado businessmen came up with a brilliant money-making scheme: Buy 12,000 acres of undeveloped, dirt-cheap land on the rocky, rainy slopes...
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