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Manoa Falls Trail To Close Part-Time For Work
Beginning July 15 the Manoa Falls Trail will undergo periodic closures for construction to improve the upper portion of the trail. “This is to ensure public safety as heavy equipment will be operating...
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Attorney Cites Ethical Concerns In Motion To Drop Katherine Kealoha As Client
Cynthia Kagiwada no longer wants to be Katherine Kealoha’s court-appointed defense lawyer due to ethical concerns. Kagiwada filed a series of motions Tuesday in which she asked U.S. District Court...
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Prosecutor’s Safe House For Abuse Victims To Close As Questions Swirl
The embattled Honolulu Prosecutor’s Safe House is closing, but its problems won’t end when the doors shut at the end of August. The real estate deal to buy the apartment complex run by the Honolulu...
View ArticleWaikiki Shopping Center Issues False Alert About Active Shooter
(AP) — A Wakiki shopping center sent a false alert to merchants informing them of an active shooter. International Market Place in Waikiki says in a statement the message was inadvertently sent...
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Hawaii Supreme Court Restrains Kealoha From Practicing Law
The Hawaii Supreme Court has officially restrained former Honolulu Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Katherine Kealoha from practicing law, in the first step of a process that could lead to Kealoha losing...
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Council OKs Bill Allowing Car-Sharing Companies To Rent On-Street Parking Spaces
Honolulu may soon reserve 160 parking stalls — half on-street, half off — for car-sharing companies that would pay thousands of dollars less for the on-street spots than everyone else, according to a...
View ArticleSlideshow: Oahu’s Slice Of Rodeo Life
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‘It’s A Struggle’: Rail Project Loses More Top Deputies At A Crucial Time
Last month the Honolulu rail project’s top executive, Andrew Robbins, traveled to San Francisco to hand-deliver the latest draft of the transit project’s recovery plan — the last version he hopes he’ll...
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Councilman Menor: Kealoha Case Warrants Internal Reviews
As Katherine Kealoha spends her first days in jail following a guilty verdict in a public corruption trial, a Honolulu City Council member is seeking answers from the city agencies embroiled in the...
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Councilwoman: HART Should Cover Legal Costs For Subpoenas, Not City
Honolulu City Councilwoman Heidi Tsuneyoshi is pushing back against plans to hire outside legal counsel with city money to help rail officials address the federal subpoenas that landed about six months...
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Never-Ending Waikiki Sidewalk Project Hurts Businesses, Obstructs Tourists
A sidewalk beautification project has turned into a costly debacle for businesses in one of Waikiki’s most important commercial hubs, the blocks where the tourist district opens up to Kapiolani Park,...
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Family Asks Judge To Overturn Verdict That Cleared Cops In Man’s Death
The family of a Honolulu man who died after scuffling with police in 2015 wants the federal judge to reverse a jury verdict that officers did not use excessive force. Attorneys for Sheldon Haleck, a...
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Honolulu Councilwoman Wants Increased Lifeguard Coverage
People who swim off Oahu’s shores are monitored by lifeguards during business hours but are generally left unsupervised before 9 a.m. and after 5:30 p.m. Councilwoman Kymberly Pine wants that to...
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City Sued In Crash That Killed Three Pedestrians After Police Pursuit
A Honolulu couple is suing the city, a police officer and an alleged drunken driver for negligence after a police pursuit preceded a crash in Kakaako that injured them and killed three people. Lianna...
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Chad Blair: City Prosecutor Job May Draw Crowded Field Of Candidates
There’s a big job opening in Honolulu. Here are the specs: Wanted: prosecuting attorney. Start date: early January 2021. Salary: $176,687 annually. Qualifications: for starters, an attorney licensed to...
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Company Behind Plane Crash That Killed 11 Did Not Have Proper Permits
(AP) — The skydiving company that was operating a plane that crashed and killed 11 people last month did not have the proper state permits to take people skydiving. Documents released by the state...
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Turbulence Injures Dozens, Forces Air Canada Flight To Land In Honolulu
(AP) — Intense turbulence struck an Air Canada flight to Australia on Thursday and sent unbuckled passengers flying into the ceiling, forcing the plane to land in Hawaii. The flight from Vancouver to...
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Katherine Kealoha Loses One Attorney While A Second Seeks A Retrial
Katherine Kealoha appeared in U.S. District Court on Thursday for the first time since Judge J. Michael Seabright revoked her bail and sent the former prosecutor to the Federal Detention Center. She...
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Abigail Kawananakoa’s Spouse Changes Her Last Name
The spouse of Abigail Kawananakoa, the Campbell Estate heiress, has a new name: Veronica Gail Kawananakoa. Hawaii Lt. Gov. Josh Green approved the name change late last month. Veronica Gail Worth —...
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Super PACS Spent $175K In City Council Rematch
The Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission has crunched the numbers on the special election in April for the Honolulu City Council District 4 seat. Tommy Waters, who defeated Trevor Ozawa 51.4% to 48.5%...
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