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Chad Blair: A Kids Museum Struggles Amidst Homeless Squalor
The first thing Loretta Yajima asks me after we meet one recent Friday morning is whether she can give me a hug. I accept, because Yajima reminds me of a kindly aunty, because she has a way of...
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Honolulu Police Commission Gets New Leadership
Loretta Sheehan, a former federal prosecutor, is the new face of the Honolulu Police Commission, marking a significant change in leadership for the oversight agency. On Wednesday, the commission voted...
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Honolulu Rail May Have To Give Up Nearly $4 Million to Feds
Honolulu rail officials may have violated federal law in issuing millions of dollars in payments to property owners along the rail line who were forced to relocate to make way for the project. In a...
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Waianae’s Community Gym Is Finally On The Mend
A $548,000 project to restore the water-damaged second floor underway at Shinyei Nakamine Gymnasium Complex in Waianae District Park is projected for completion by the end of summer. Better known as...
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Dodging Oncoming Cars Is A Way Of Life In Crowded Kaimuki
Sure, Kaimuki may not be the westside, where some Oahu commuters leave as early as 3 a.m. to avoid congestion into town. But the neighborhood has its own unique traffic problems — and the struggle,...
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Honolulu Businesses Hurt By Rail May Finally Get Help
Businesses hurt by rail construction will be able to apply for grants or loans from the city’s transit mitigation fund if the Honolulu City Council passes a measure introduced by Councilman Joey...
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Waialua Residents Want The Lights Back On At Their District Park
Waialua High School swim coach Robert Atwood’s club team of 28 youths has not been able to train lately, and many members have moved on to other activities. Ever since lights at the North Shore’s...
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Ex-HPD Major Wants Separate Trial In Corruption Case
(AP) — A retired Honolulu police major wants to be tried separately in a corruption case involving the department’s former chief. Gordon Shiraishi is included in an indictment against former chief...
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Coming Soon To Ala Moana: Another 400-Foot Tower
The Ala Moana neighborhood is poised to get a third 400-foot tower after a unanimous vote by the Honolulu City Council on Wednesday granted the developer of ProsPac Tower waivers of height, density and...
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HPD Lieutenant Seeks Separate Trials In Police Corruption Case
(AP) — A Honolulu police lieutenant indicted in a corruption case is asking for a separate trial. Lt. Derek Hahn’s attorney filed a motion Wednesday saying the indictment against former chief Louis...
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Homeless People Offered Trailer With Showers, Toilets
(AP) — A nonprofit group has started towing a 26-foot trailer around Oahu to provide homeless people a place to get clean. Annie Valentin, executive director of Project Vision Hawaii, said the hygiene...
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Lawsuit: Ex-Honolulu Police Chief, Wife Default On $1M Mortgage
(AP) — A former Honolulu police chief and his wife — a deputy city prosecutor — who are both facing charges in a corruption case, are being sued for failure to pay their home mortgage. The lawsuit...
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SHOPO President Retiring From His Union And Patrol Jobs
(AP) — The president of Hawaii’s police union is retiring. Sgt. Tenari Maafala told The Associated Press on Thursday he’s retiring next month from the Honolulu Police Department. He’ll also step down...
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Lawsuit: Ex-Honolulu Police Chief, Wife Default On $1M Mortgage
(AP) — A former Honolulu police chief and his wife — a deputy city prosecutor — who are both facing charges in a corruption case, are being sued for failure to pay their home mortgage. The lawsuit...
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Ex-Honolulu Police Chief Aims To Fight Charges In 2 Trials
(AP) — Former Honolulu Police Chief Louis Kealoha wants two separate trials to fight allegations stemming from a corruption investigation. Kealoha’s attorney filed a motion Friday asking that an...
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Honolulu’s Share Of The Bill For Rail Just Got $54 Million Bigger
The $161 million that city leaders agreed to pay to cover rail’s administrative costs during construction — the “skin in the game” they reluctantly exchanged for another massive state bailout of the...
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Lienholder On Ex-Police Chief’s Home Wants It Sold
(AP) — An attorney who once represented former Honolulu police chief Louis Kealoha and his wife Katherine against corruption allegations wants the couple’s home sold so he can recoup money they owe...
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State May Divert $500,000 A Year To Cover Its Own Rail Project Costs
Last week, Mayor Kirk Caldwell proposed that city taxpayers’ “skin in the game” to help pay for the Honolulu rail project should grow from $161 million to $215 million. A measure moving through the...
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Goat Hunters Say State’s Aerial Shooting Threatens A Traditional Food Source
Leeward coast hunters fear that a traditional source of sustenance may be lost due to an effort by the Department of Land and Natural Resources to restore watersheds through aerial shooting of feral...
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