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Roy Amemiya Was A ‘Soft-Spoken’ Banker Known For His Integrity. Then He Was...
Years before Roy Amemiya was Honolulu’s managing director and before he was accused of a federal crime, he was one of three city officials who helped expose a serious case of corruption. It was 1997,...
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Pentagon To Close Red Hill Fuel Facility Permanently Amid Contamination Crisis
After leaks at the Navy’s Red Hill fuel facility culminated in a water contamination crisis impacting thousands of military families, the U.S. Department of Defense said Monday that it will permanently...
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Honolulu Mayor’s Budget Proposal Includes No Tax Rate Or Fee Hikes
Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi said Monday that he plans to focus this year’s city spending on tackling homelessness, affordable housing and rail with a budget that, according to his office, keeps city...
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Navy Says It Shouldn’t Have To Share More Red Hill Documents
A day after the Pentagon announced it plans to defuel and permanently close the Red Hill fuel facility, the Navy told the health department that it shouldn’t have to divulge information it was required...
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Half The Areas Impacted By Fuel Contamination Are Now Deemed Safe
The Hawaii Department of Health has cleared the drinking water in two more Pearl Harbor-area zones as safe, the department announced on Tuesday. They are Zones D4 – a non-residential area used by the...
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Hawaii Senators Secure Millions For Red Hill Defueling, Mitigation
Congress has budgeted over $686 million to respond to the Navy’s water contamination crisis in Honolulu, Hawaii’s U.S. Sens. Mazie Hirono and Brian Schatz announced Wednesday. The Department of Defense...
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Bad Blood Between Crime Boss And His Son’s Friend Started Over Stolen Watch,...
In November 2014, Honolulu business owner and accused criminal gang leader Michael Miske, Jr. blamed then 19-year old Jonathan Fraser for stealing his gold Rolex watch. Fraser was the best friend of...
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Honolulu Water Customers Asked To Reduce Water Usage
The Honolulu Board of Water Supply is asking Oahu water customers to reduce their water usage by 10% amid fears of shortages after well closures due to the Navy’s fuel contamination crisis. Late last...
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Honolulu Councilwoman Tupola Likely Violated Ethics Laws, Commission Finds
Honolulu City Councilwoman Andria Tupola likely violated city ethics laws when she tried to use $1,500 in city funds to reimburse herself for items purchased for her former employer’s events, the...
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How Hawaii Activists Helped Force The Military’s Hand On Red Hill
In late November, military families were sickened by fuel ingestion, including babies with rashes, after the tap water source for some 93,000 people in the Pearl Harbor area was contaminated. The...
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State Facilities Will Try To Save Water Amid Calls For Conservation, Ige Says
The state will “lead by example” in response to calls from the Honolulu Board of Water Supply for residents to save water, Gov. David Ige said Monday, amid drinking well closures and drought conditions...
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Honolulu Mayor Proposes Trimming Rail Line, Stations To Address Budget Woes
With Honolulu rail facing its latest, seemingly insurmountable budget deficit, the city’s mayor proposed Tuesday that the future transit line be trimmed from 20 miles to 18.75 miles and that its two...
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The City And State Have Thousands Of Jobs Open. But Can They Find Enough...
During his State of the City speech on Tuesday, Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi laid out an opportunity and challenge for Honolulu. The city government has more than 3,000 job openings, the mayor said....
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A Plan For Affordable Housing In Manoa Runs Into Opposition From Residents
To the cemetery owners, it seemed like a perfect match. They have vacant land and planned to use it to build an affordable housing project for older adults that could generate much-needed revenue for...
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Honolulu Human Trafficking Task Force: 40 Investigations But No Convictions...
In the latter half of last year, the Honolulu County Human Trafficking Task Force teamed up with detectives from Orange County, California, to investigate sex trafficking on Oahu. As part of that...
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The Navy Water Crisis Could Halt New Construction On Oahu
The U.S. Navy’s contamination of Honolulu’s primary drinking water source could trigger major impacts to the island’s economy and quality of life, including a potential moratorium on new construction,...
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Former Hawaii News Now Director Is Blangiardi’s New Spokesman
Former Hawaii News Now news director Scott Humber is the new communications director for his old boss, former HNN general manager and current Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi, the city formally announced...
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HART CEO Says She Won’t Accept Potential $25,000 Bonus
The executive director leading Honolulu’s struggling rail project now says that she will not accept a $25,000 bonus for her first year on the job, days before the board that oversees her was slated to...
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Donna Leong Pleads Not Guilty To Lying To Federal Agents
Honolulu’s former top attorney Donna Leong pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges of lying to federal agents who questioned her in 2017 about disgraced police chief Louis Kealoha’s severance...
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Honolulu Short-Term Rental Restrictions Pass Final Committee
A city proposal aimed at reining in short-term vacation rentals on Oahu cleared another hurdle at a Honolulu City Council committee meeting on Wednesday. The latest version of Bill 41 would prohibit...
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