Off the news: AG pursues answers from MEMA director
The state Department of the Attorney General is not letting go of its effort to question Maui Emergency Management Agency director Amos Lonokailua-Hewett. Read more
The state Department of the Attorney General is not letting go of its effort to question Maui Emergency Management Agency director Amos Lonokailua-Hewett. Read more
It’s a grim reminder of COVID-19’s ongoing presence and severity: Six more Hawaii people have just died from the disease, after two consecutive weeks of no COVID fatalities. Read more
North Road connects Ewa shopping and housing with the Kapilina Beach Homes and Iroquois Point, and it’s frequently used. Read more
It’s more than disturbing that three state sheriff’s deputies, so far, have been arrested in the span of eight days. Read more
A new Native Hawaiian Intellectual Property Working Group has been formed, partly resulting from a highly publicized case in 2018 when Aloha Poke Co., a Chicago-based food franchise, threatened legal action for trademark infringement against like-named businesses, including at least one in Hawaii. Read more
Milton Choy, a wastewater treatment executive at the crux of a 2022 Hawaii bribery scandal, has died in a North Carolina prison. Read more
Federal money is providing relief for Hawaii’s costs to boost power line resilience, a particular concern after last year’s devastating West Maui fires. Read more
There’s been so much summertime weather news fueled by the warming planet that we’ve all forgotten about April. Read more
Just like the Haiku Stairs itself, the legal battle over whether to dismantle or preserve the stairway keeps on going on and on, twisting and turning. Read more
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Mysteries attached to five sets of unidentified human remains found on Oahu over the past 24 years could be at least partially solved — by identifying the individuals who died — with DNA analysis that’s been offered as a gift to Honolulu’s Department of the Medical Examiner. Read more
So close — but nope: Completion of the Makaha Bridge replacement project, underway since 2021, has been delayed again. Read more
This week’s prolonged power outage in Chinatown caused businesses to lose customers, and forced many to ditch perishable items, such as food stocks and flower lei. Read more
A 32-year-old Walmart employee was stabbed on Keeaumoku Street Saturday evening; and five men, ages 22 to 34, suffered injuries after an incident outside an Ala Moana area bar early Sunday. Read more
The risk of all these convenient online systems is that bad actors know how dependent everyone has become on them and then use software to hold them for ransom. Read more
COVID-19 tests developed in Hawaii are now Food and Drug Administration-approved and for sale online, including through Amazon — a step forward in recognition for the medical-product development capabilities of the Oceanit company. Read more
It’s more than a little disconcerting that just four days after a 9-hour power outage crippled Honolulu’s downtown district, electricity went out again Monday night in Chinatown and some downtown areas. Read more
Lots of airline passengers can’t wait to unlatch their seat belts while aboard, but chances are that those on April’s Southwest Airlines Flight 2786 to Kauai don’t feel that way anymore. Read more
A new milestone has been reached in the construction of Skyline, Oahu’s rail system, with Monday’s energization of the “third rail” for its second segment. Read more
Bit by panel bit, solar energy is helping Hawaii move toward a clean-energy future. Read more
It’s good to see the U.S. Supreme Court reject a case brought by abortion opponents that sought to invalidate Food and Drug Administration decisions on mifepristone. Read more
The Hawaii-hosted Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture (FestPAC) draws to a close at 4 p.m. Sunday, with the pageantry of a panina — closing ceremony — at the University of Hawaii-Manoa’s Stan Sheriff Center, to include music, pule (prayer) and a roll call of nations. Read more