Photo Essay: The UH Baton Twirler
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Recycle Or Incinerate? The Battle Of The Blue Bins
Equipped with handy blue bins to hold all their recyclables, Honolulu residents can know that instead of breaking down in a sea turtle’s digestive system, their water bottles are destined for a far-off...
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City May Get Tougher On Tour Vans In Waimanalo
When Honolulu prohibited tour company vans from stopping at most Waimanalo beach parks earlier this year, the one exception was Waimanalo Bay Beach Park. Now City Council Chair Ron Menor has proposed...
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Kealohas Get New Defense Attorneys In Federal Conspiracy Case
Two attorneys, who will be paid with taxpayer dollars, have been appointed to defend former Honolulu police chief Louis Kealoha and his wife, Katherine, in a wide-ranging conspiracy case that includes...
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New Council Proposal Cuts Back Fire Sprinkler Requirements
A Honolulu City Council committee now says not all older residential high rises should be retrofitted with sprinkler systems — only those 10 stories and taller. Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell, who called...
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New HPD Chief Shares Her Goals For A Department In Turmoil
Susan Ballard kicked off her first Honolulu Police Commission meeting Wednesday like any new CEO might — with a PowerPoint presentation. Ballard, who was appointed as Honolulu police chief last month,...
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Council Panel Votes To Prohibit Lying Down At Honolulu Bus Stops
A Honolulu City Council committee has approved another expansion of the so-called sit-lie ban, this time for lying down at bus stops, but voted to hold off on applying it to areas around schools and...
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Will Rail Go To Manoa and Waikiki After All?
The board that manages the Honolulu rail project is scheduled to hold a closed-door meeting Friday to discuss extending the rail line from its currently planned terminus at Ala Moana Center to the...
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Caldwell Nominates Former TV Executive For Police Commission
Mayor Kirk Caldwell has nominated former TV executive Dick Grimm to serve on the Honolulu Police Commission to replace Eddie Flores, who is quitting at the end of the month before his full term is up...
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Honolulu City Council Considers Regulating ‘Monster Homes’
Reyna Sueoka said her nightmare began three years after she and her husband moved into their Palolo Valley home. In 2015, a developer bought the neighboring property and transformed it into a...
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Rail Board OKs Preliminary Step To Push Route Past Ala Moana
The board that oversees the Honolulu rail project voted Friday to ask the Honolulu City Council for the power to lay the groundwork to extend the rail line beyond its currently planned Ala Moana Center...
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Paying The Rent Just Keeps Getting Tougher In Honolulu
Barry Higa works seven days a week at two jobs. But rent in Honolulu is so expensive that he still lives at home in Aiea with his parents, his sister and his nephew. Higa, who is in his mid-30s, knows...
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Disruptive Hawaii Flight Passenger Sentenced To Time Served
HONOLULU — A Turkish man who said a hallucination about a butterfly caused him to disrupt a flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu won’t receive additional jail time under terms of his sentence handed...
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Don’t Give Up On Honolulu’s Recycling Effort
Honolulu has an opala problem. A city audit in October revealed that the cost of paper, plastic, glass, cardboard and aluminum recycling has more than tripled over the past eight years. It would...
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On Saturday, Kaimuki Small Businesses Are Going Big
When crowds rush to the malls for Black Friday and log on to Amazon for Cyber Monday, most of the small businesses in Kaimuki get left behind. But this year, Kaimuki merchants are hoping to create...
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This Waikiki Shipwreck Is Proving Tough To Get Rid Of
On the morning of Oct. 13, commercial salvage crews overseen by the Coast Guard thought they might finally free the Pacific Paradise from the shallow waters off Waikiki, where the fishing vessel...
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Two More Condo And Hotel Towers Proposed For Ala Moana
Two more developers are seeking height and other zoning variances for tall buildings in the Ala Moana area under Honolulu’s program aimed at encouraging development in areas along the rail line....
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Ex-Cop Sentenced For Helping Prostitute In Exchange For Sex
(AP) — A former Honolulu police officer was sentenced Monday to six months behind bars for offering to help a woman with her prostitution case in exchange for sex. Maulia LaBarre admitted to using an...
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A Champion For Kalihi’s Kids
Vailima Watson and her husband Jerry have been fixtures in the central Oahu neighborhood of Kalihi through their involvement in various community projects and youth programs for almost 30 years. From...
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New Kealoha Defense Tactic: Going After ‘Mainland Prosecutors’
Katherine Kealoha’s new criminal defense attorney, Cynthia Kagiwada, said Monday that her client’s prosecutors are from the mainland and “not necessarily familiar with everything in Hawaii.” Kagiwada...
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