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Community Concerned Navy’s Defueling Of Red Hill Isn’t Happening Fast Enough
Although the Navy has agreed to drain the Red Hill fuel facility following the contamination of its water supply in Honolulu, it won’t actually be removing the fuel in the immediate future. A process...
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Water From Contaminated Red Hill Well Will Be Treated, Discharged Into Halawa...
State and federal regulators have signed off on a plan for the Navy to remove the fuel contamination from its Red Hill well in Honolulu, including pumping water from the well, treating it and...
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Attorney: Ex-City Budget Director Can Prove Donna Leong’s Innocence
An attorney for Donna Leong, Honolulu’s former top attorney who was federally indicted this month for her involvement in a payout to the former police chief, believes the city’s former budget director...
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Prosecutor Identifies Man Shot By Police Near Ala Moana Center
The Honolulu Prosecutor’s Office has filed charges against the man who was shot by two Honolulu Police Department officers after allegedly rushing at them with a knife near Ala Moana Center on Monday....
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Kahikina Touts Progress On Rail But Big Hurdles Loom
Honolulu rail’s notorious “frog” problem, in which the train wheels don’t properly align with the tracks at certain crossings, should be fixed via welding by the end of April, officials reported on...
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Plan To Dump Treated Water Into Halawa Stream Is Safe, DOH Says
Within days, the Navy will begin pumping millions of gallons of fuel-contaminated water out of the Red Hill well, cleaning it through two giant filters and discharging it into the Halawa Stream. It’s a...
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Among The Ideas For Screening Honolulu’s Police Chief Candidates: Sleep...
The state’s police union thinks one of the best ways to choose the next Honolulu police chief may be to force candidates to stay awake for 18 hours. The suggestion, made on Wednesday during a sit-down...
View ArticleHonolulu Prosecutor: Police Were Justified In Shooting Man Near Ala Moana
Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Steve Alm says the officers who shot a knife-wielding man near Ala Moana Center were justified in their use of force. Alm held a press conference Monday morning to discuss...
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Military Will Fight Hawaii Order To Drain The Red Hill Fuel Facility After All
After initially saying the Navy would comply with a state health department order to drain the Red Hill fuel facility, the U.S. military has decided to take the state of Hawaii to court to fight the...
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Amemiya Attorney Argues There Was ‘Nothing Criminal’ About Kealoha Payoff
A lawyer for former Honolulu managing director Roy Amemiya is asking a federal judge to dismiss the conspiracy charge against his client, according to a motion filed with the court. Amemiya was...
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Navy Water Contamination Crisis Highlights Flaws In Early Warning System
It was early November, weeks before the Navy revealed the Pearl Harbor-area drinking water was contaminated with jet fuel, and Meredith Wilson wasn’t feeling well. Wilson, the wife of an Air Force...
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How This Kauai Community Is Benefiting From Hosting The Island’s Landfill
KEKAHA, Kauai — Everyone calls her Grandma Lei. Even her license plate totes the moniker, one that Laorinda Cano wears proudly in her Kekaha neighborhood. She grew up in Waianae on Oahu’s west side but...
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Feds Object To Requested Deposition Of Former Honolulu Budget Director
An attorney for Honolulu’s former top attorney Donna Leong wants to depose the retired city budget director to help her fight a federal conspiracy charge, but federal prosecutors argued she shouldn’t...
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Kirk Caldwell Stands By Ex-City Officials Accused Of Criminal Conspiracy
Former Honolulu mayor and current gubernatorial candidate Kirk Caldwell broke his silence Friday after weeks of not commenting on the federal indictment of three of his former political appointees. He...
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Schatz Secures $100 Million To Defuel Red Hill Facility
U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz secured $100 million in new federal funding to pay for the defueling of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in compliance with a Hawaii health department order, his office...
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Indictment Puts Spotlight On One Of The Most Connected Men In Honolulu
For decades, when Hawaii governors, mayors and legislators needed to fill a seat on a powerful board or commission, they called Max Sword. A longtime Outrigger hotel executive and lobbyist, Sword was a...
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Bills To Shut Down Red Hill Fuel Facility Move Forward At Hawaii Legislature
Hawaii House lawmakers on Tuesday advanced two bills aimed at shutting down the Red Hill fuel facility. House Bill 2514 would add a provision to state law mandating that the maximum capacity of an...
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Red Hill Security Cameras Were Disconnected Before Fuel Leaks, Kahele Says
Security cameras that should have captured two major fuel leaks at the Navy’s Red Hill fuel facility last year were not recording because months prior, someone cut an electrical line “rendering all the...
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River of Life Will Open Several Free Meal Centers After Moving From Chinatown
The River of Life Mission will move its free meal distribution center from Chinatown to different locations on Oahu instead of consolidating the operation in the city’s new homeless resource center as...
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Marine Corps Discharged High Levels Of Fecal Bacteria Into Kailua Bay
The public is being advised to avoid the waters in Kailua Bay after the Marine Corps water treatment facility discharged into the ocean wastewater that contained high levels of fecal bacteria. The...
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