Letter: U.S. government upheaval threatens new Dark Age

• Dec. 19, 2024
• 24

Corporate billionaires are drooling over the spoils they expect to gain. Read more

Letter: Siting landfill above an aquifer is clear problem

• Dec. 19, 2024
• 11

The problem with the new site is obvious. Read more

Column: Invest in Hawaii’s families with state budget surplus

• By Deborah Zysman
• Dec. 19, 2024
• 3

By investing in child care, paid leave and other critical economic supports, we can create a brighter future for our keiki, families, communities — and ourselves. Read more

Off the news: Today is holiday mailing deadline

• Dec. 19, 2024

Hard to believe but next Wednesday is Christmas, as well as the start of Hanukkah — already. Read more

Off the news: Rollback signaled on EVs, charging stations

• Dec. 19, 2024
• 1

More lenient emissions and fuel-economy rules for gas-powered cars are also expected. Read more

Editorial: Hawaii must gird for federal changes

• Dec. 19, 2024
• 15

Gov. Josh Green is astute a politician enough to know which fights to pick and choose — and he’s being balanced and careful. Read more

Some GOP senators reluctant on Gabbard for spy chief, sources say

• By Andrea Shalal and Gram Slattery /Reuters
• Dec. 18, 2024
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In a statement, Trump transition spokesperson Alexa Henning noted that no Republican senator has publicly said they would vote against Gabbard. Read more

On the Move: Delina Ortiz

• Dec. 18, 2024

Ortiz is licensed in property and casualty as well as life and health. Read more

Tech View: Wide variety of holiday movies on traditional TV, streaming

• Dec. 18, 2024
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Here in Hawaii, Christmas is usually warm and bright — and we wouldn’t have it any other way. Read more

Isle athletes making their marks on the courts and the mat

• By Jerry Campany
• Dec. 18, 2024

Keonilei Akana (Kamehameha), Texas: Dug up seven shots but made two receiving errors in a 3-1 loss to Creighton to end the season. She ends her career with 982 digs in 395 sets with 147 aces. Devin Kahahawai (Kamehameha) played for the first time in two weeks and put down four kills on 11 swings and had two blocks. Read more

Oak Hill finds footing late to top Punahou in opener

• By Paul Honda
• Dec. 18, 2024
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Mgbako was the Warriors’ go-to offensive weapon, covered tightly by Punahou’s Zion White all night. The 6-foot-6 junior shot 9-for-14 from the field, adding four rebounds and three steals for Oak Hill (12-1). The Warriors are ranked No. 24 in the nation by ESPN. Read more

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

• Dec. 18, 2024
• 7

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

Letter: Trump reign could spell disaster for democracy

• Dec. 18, 2024
• 32

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

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

• Dec. 18, 2024
• 3

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

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

• Dec. 18, 2024
• 3

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: ‘Dead language’ remark offensive, discriminatory

• Dec. 18, 2024
• 11

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: Isle exodus is existential threat to all Hawaiians

• Dec. 18, 2024
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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

Off the news: Maui lands on landfill for Lahaina debris

• Dec. 18, 2024

Editorial: Affordable housing for Kona hospital

• Dec. 18, 2024
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West Hawaii is a growing area, with a population expected to increase 11% in the next 10 years. As such, it is plainly in line for an expansion of health-care capacity that a new hospital could provide. Read more

Off the news: Ban on pakuikui fishing remains, for now

• Dec. 18, 2024

Column: DA BUX nutritious for isle food network

• Dec. 18, 2024