Thursday, December 16, 2010

Sen. Josh Green not taking top doc post, Oahu property values stable, Maui County clerk at top of payroll, Hawaii Kai school fights closure, Abercrombie names more Cabinet heads, more news from the Hawaiian Islands

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According to AAA the average for a gallon of gas at the pump in Hawaii is $3.46. That's up about 6 cents from just a week ago and about ...
Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Hawaii prepares for Obama visit, Inouye pushes earmarks bill, inmates sue state, Abercrombie to name more Cabinet picks today, Kona coffee farmers optimistic, more news from around the islands

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A hat trick of all three of the Big Island's state senators moving to Gov. Neil Abercrombie's Cabinet is still a possibility, the go...
Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Hawaii justice delayed by budget cuts, Hannemann to take hotel post, judge rules for migrant health care, student measures Kilauea's depths, UH video goes viral, fireworks ban in the works, state GOP in turmoil, more news from the Hawaiian Islands

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Chief Justice Mark Recktenwald is calling for adequate funding for the state Judiciary, which has been hit by furloughs and budget cuts that...
Monday, December 13, 2010

Hawaii furloughs have little impact, Gov. Abercrombie on island tour, special ed still subpar, Honolulu Marathon smallest in years, prison guards fired, curtains for Honolulu symphony, gay Laysan albatross and more news from the islands

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Federal bankruptcy court has a hearing Monday on the Honolulu Symphony, at which management intends to ask for conversion of the case from C...
Friday, December 10, 2010

Hawaii Gov. Abercrombie celebrating election, storm system still over the state, human trafficking case gears up, senators heading to Taiwan, DLNR wants parks money, Big Island tops in poverty, more news from the Hawaiian Islands

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The Department of Land and Natural Resources is proposing that lawmakers set aside an annual $50 million over five years to fix the "de...
Thursday, December 9, 2010

Hawaii weather turning, Mauna Kea telescope delayed, state can't get its House in order, Dog the Bounty Hunter nabs one, Kona coffee farmers confused, more news from all the Hawaiian Islands

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The University of Hawaii said Wednesday it expects to delay by about two years the start of a new asteroid-hunting telescope it plans to bui...
Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Pearl Harbor vets mark 69th anniversary, Judge Samuel P. King dead at 94, hydrogen stations by 2015, Kauai government goes online, LUC denies Kona project, Honolulu Marathon gears up, more Hawaii news

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Where they once raced frantically to survive fire and bombs, the Pearl Harbor survivors who returned yesterday on the 69th anniversary of th...
Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie, Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz sworn in at Iolani Palace, Pearl Harbor commemoration begins, state courts waive search fee, Hawaii Five-0 made authentic, more news from the Hawaiian Islands

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(Photo courtesy of Melissa Chang.) Neil Abercrombie was sworn in yesterday as the seventh governor of Hawaii in an emotional and eclectic...
Monday, December 6, 2010

Hawaii set to swear in new governor, Russian rocket falls in Pacific, coral may not be so endangered, algae farm, breadfruit revolution and more Hawaii news

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When might an endangered coral species not really be endangered? Star-Advertiser. A group of island nations meeting at a conference in Hon...
Friday, December 3, 2010

Honolulu media reports on new rail pricetag, Pearl Harbor gears up for 69th anniversary, Speaker Say still counting votes, affordable housing bogs down on Big Island, Maui, more news from the Hawaiian Islands

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It's a reality check for rail. Hawaii News Now. An analysis of Honolulu's proposed rail transit system that Gov. Linda Lingle comm...
Thursday, December 2, 2010

Hawaii mayors want to end furloughs, Mauna Kea telescope hearings slated, Kileaua quiets, county governments reorganize, biofuels spotlighted, unemployment lapses, more news

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The Naval Facilities Engineering Command Hawaii says a Pearl Harbor submarine wharf has been upgraded to accommodate the Navy's new Virg...