Off the news: Beware L.A. wildfire donation scammers
It never fails. When a disaster on the scale of the L.A. wildfires strikes, there are those trying to take advantage of our better impulses. Read more
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Off the news: Queen Theater negotiations get underway
Despite its prominent location on the main drag in Kaimuki, the Queen Theater has been vacant for decades, deteriorating in spite of many unsuccessful entreaties to the owner to either sell the building or have it renovated. Read more
Off the news: Macy’s in Hawaii survives latest cuts
For longtime kamaaina, there’s something comforting about having Macy’s around, even as the days of any conventional department store are waning. Read more
Off the news: More good government is definitely good
The 2022 scandalous arrests — followed by guilty pleas — of former Hawaii Senate Majority Leader Kalani English and House Finance Vice Chair Ty Cullen for taking bribes to influence wastewater legislation prompted several ethics reforms at the Legislature. Read more
Off the news: ACA enrollment surges as Biden term ends
A record-breaking 21.4 million Americans enrolled in Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance plans in 2024, including 22,170 enrolled via the Hawaii Marketplace. Read more
Off the news: NTSB issues initial Kamaka Air crash report
There is at least a measure of clarity that came from a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board investigating the Dec. 17 crash of Kamaka Air Flight 689, a mishap that killed two young pilots. Read more
Off the news: Native Hawaiian ‘colonists’ are honored
More than 80 years later, a group of Hawaii’s sons have been recognized for their little-known, but nonetheless courageous, service to country. Read more
Off the news: Oahu and Kauai nurses prepare to picket
Hawaii’s seen too much health-worker strife lately — so a big sigh of relief came Monday on Maui, when health care staffers, including nurses at Maui Memorial Medical Center, ratified a new four-year contract. Read more
Off the news: U.S. attorney for Hawaii to resign Jan. 19
The reason for her resignation seems pretty clear: Clare E. Connors, nominated as U.S. attorney for Hawaii by outgoing President Joe Biden and sworn in on Jan. 3, 2022, has submitted her resignation effective 11:59 p.m. Jan. 19 — the day before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. Read more
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Off the news: Toddler is 4th victim of Aliamanu explosion
The New Year’s Eve fireworks explosion in Aliamanu has claimed a fourth, tragically young, victim. Read more
Off the news: Green lobbies against RFK Jr. nomination
Gov. Josh Green is in Washington, D.C. to push back against a nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of Health and Human Services, meeting Senate members to argue that RFK Jr. is unfit to lead the nation’s health care system. Read more
Off the news: Red Hill Registry preenrollment underway
The entire Red Hill water contamination debacle was painful, so the University of Hawaii is hoping its pre- enrollment process in the new Red Hill Registry won’t add to that. Read more
Off the news: Trump waits in wings on attack anniversary
Four years ago today, true American patriots and citizens watched in horror as live-news feeds showed an unthinkable assault on the U.S. Capitol, the very seat of our shared democracy Read more
Off the news: Queen’s, Wilcox nurses consider strike
Union nurses at The Queen’s Health System on Oahu are threatening a strike as negotiations hit a sticking point over nurse-to-patient ratios — the subject of tense disagreement at Kapi‘olani Medical Center last year. Read more
Off the news: Seeing red — clean up firecracker garbage
Back in the day, people who set off firecrackers on New Year’s Eve had the good grace to get up the next morning and sweep up the red-paper debris littering the ground. Read more
Off the news: Last living survivor of USS Utah dies at 105
Warren Upton was one of 461 crew members who survived a torpedo attack sinking the battleship Utah at Pearl Harbor in 1941, taking the lives of 58 of his fellows. Read more
Off the news: Final call to enjoy Hawaii holiday festivities
It’s time for a last holiday hurrah at Honolulu Hale, before the festive display starts going dark. Read more
Off the news: Stay green, ‘tree-cycle’ Christmas trees
Oahu households with automated trash pickup and Christmas trees to dispose of: “Tree-cycle” at the curb by removing all decorations, including tinsel, and cutting trees into pieces that fit entirely inside the green carts. Read more
Off the news: Enjoy, but beware, beauty of lava flows
The lava flow at Halemaumau Crater has been intermittent, but this advisory is eternal: Safety comes first, where volcano-watching is concerned. Read more
Off the news: Here’s to healing contracts for nurses
Kauai awaits, with more than a bit of anxiety, for news of 159 nurses’ votes, concluding at 8 tonight, on whether to authorize a possible strike at Wilcox Medical Center. That Read more
Off the news: Hawaii on map for travel scofflaws
Airplane stowaways have put Hawaii in the news this past holiday week, and that’s not a good thing. Read more
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