Off the news: Maui lands on landfill for Lahaina debris

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Letter: Isle exodus is existential threat to all Hawaiians

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More than half of Hawaiians now live outside Hawaii. This reality raises an urgent question: What happens to a lahui oiwi (ethnic group) when its people are disconnected from their ancestral home? Read more

Letter: ‘Dead language’ remark offensive, discriminatory

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Such a statement is discriminatory and reflects the colonialism of Hawaii’s history — that white America prevails with assimilation and land dispossession. Read more

Letter: Bill of Rights still strong more than 230 years on

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In a historic radio address on Dec. 15, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt stated, “No date in the long history of freedom means more to liberty-loving men in all liberty-loving countries than the 15th day of December 1791. Read more

Letter: Don’t knock vaccines, one likely saved your life

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Please, people. Vaccines for polio, measles, COVID and other infectious diseases have saved many, many lives. Read more

Letter: Trump reign could spell disaster for democracy

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Well done, America. In an electoral choice between democracy and freedom and anger, fear and hate, you chose the latter. Read more

Letter: Fixing economy is easy, just roll back Biden snafu

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Fixing the economy and inflation is simple and easy. Read more

Off the news: UH initiative forwards cancer treatment

• Dec. 17, 2024

Hawaii’s distance from cutting-edge cancer treatment and clinical trials means many patients, already enduring a difficult diagnosis, must seek treatment away from family in the islands. Read more

Editorial: First DHHL high-rise must not be last

• Dec. 17, 2024
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It’s been nearly 30 years since the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) acquired the property where the Stadium Bowl-o-Drome once stood. Read more

Off the news: About time on Kailua roundabout progress

• Dec. 17, 2024
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More than two years after city Department of Transportation Services and Department of Facilities Maintenance crews broke ground on upgrades to the Kalapawai roundabout in Kailua, the project has completed Phase 5 and is now moving into Phase 6. Read more

Column: Maui residents must lead rebuilding

• By Healani Sonoda-Pale
• Dec. 17, 2024
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On Aug. 8, 2023, our world stopped. One of the last remnants of the Hawaiian kingdom burned to the ground, stealing more than 100 precious lives, neighborhoods and centuries of cultural treasures. Read more

Letter: Queen Theater seizure a step in wrong direction

• Dec. 17, 2024
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As per the Dec. 13 article “Council OKs seizure of Queen Theater,” I agree that we should respect private ownership. Property owners Narciso Yu Jr. and Adoree Yu are making strides in improvement to make it safe and convert it toward their plans for the future. Read more

Letter: Empty-homes tax bill is like fine for having more

• Dec. 17, 2024
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Empty-homes tax bill? What a refreshing idea. Maybe other similar tax bills can be created in the future. Read more

Letter: Gabbard has made name for herself as opportunist

• Dec. 17, 2024
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Don King was the sleazy, self-aggrandizing promoter notorious for making millions off his fighters, only to be sued by them — highlighted in 1975 when he traveled to a bout with Joe Frazier, but left with the winner, George Foreman. Read more

Letter: Gabriel misses out on Heisman, did Hawaii proud

• Dec. 17, 2024
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The Heisman Trophy was awarded to Colorado University’s Travis Hunter, and in many ways he is a justifiable winner. However, Dillon Gabriel, in my opinion, would have been an equally justifiable Heisman pick. Read more

Letter: Presidential candidates are snake oil salesmen

• Dec. 17, 2024
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In American history during the Wild West days, traveling salesmen swindled hard-working people by peddling their snake oil and cure-all elixirs. Read more

Off the news: Possible new life for old Queen Theater

• Dec. 16, 2024
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After decades of waiting, and promises, for the dilapidated Queen Theater in Kaimuki to get refurbished, time has run out for its property owner. Read more

Off the news: Promises of a future for at-risk families

• Dec. 16, 2024

Families in need of emergency shelter and support have a dedicated facility to turn to in Moiliili: the Ohana Navigation Center, unveiled by the nonprofit Family Promise of Hawaii on Thursday. Read more