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• Unsettled weather lights up Oahu’s sky

  26-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Oahu residents who awoke to peals of thunder early Tuesday morning would have been treatedto quite a show had they peeled open their eyes.
  
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• The Kealoha conspiracy case is a story of “greed and manipulation,” a federal prosecutor says

  26-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Federal prosecutors Tuesday told jurors that the conspiracy case against the Kealohas and their three fellow defendants was a story of “corruption, abuse of power, greed and manipulation.”
  
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• ‘Pinkerton Rule’ could hold key to Kealoha conspiracy case

  26-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Federal prosecutors and U.S. Chief Justice Judge J. Michael Seabright on Tuesday invoked a 73-year-old tax case against two brothers to link the Kealohas and their co-defendants to a conspiracy that began with the alleged theft of the Kealohas’ mailbox.
  
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• Nonprofits mobilize to aid families of plane crash victims

  26-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  The Visitor Aloha Society, the American Red Cross and other nonprofits are pooling resources to assist the families of the 11 victims who died Friday after their skydiving plane crashed and burned shortly after takeoff.
  
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• Mayor Caldwell signs vacation rental policy bill

  26-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  It took roughly threedecades, but the city now has a broad-ranging policy regulating vacation rentals.
  
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• Kokua Line: Oahu’s single-family homes to see biggest rise in water bills

  26-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Question: What’s going on with the water bills? Apparently, there are going to be two separate charges, and they both will rise year after year. I wasn’t aware of all this. I don’t even know the size of my meter at my house.
  
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• Kealoha conspiracy case a story of ‘greed and manipulation,’ federal prosecutor says

  26-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Federal prosecutors Tuesday told jurors that the conspiracy case against the Kealohas and their three fellow defendants was a story of “corruption, abuse of power, greed and manipulation.”
  
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• Herbicides banned on Hawaii public school campuses, superintendent says

  26-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Superintendent Christina Kishimoto, after hearing that Roundup was being used on some campuses, sent a memo Tuesday to all principals stressing that herb­icides are banned at Hawaii public schools.
  
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• Helicopter tour firm’s permit bid opposed by advocates of Kauai salt ponds

  26-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Families who perpetuate the ancient Hawaiian practice of paakai (sea salt) farming in Hanapepe urged the Kauai Planning Commission to reject permits sought by a neighboring helicopter tour company, citing potential harmful impacts to the salt ponds.
  
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• Hawaii telescopes identify incoming asteroid for first time

  26-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  The University of Hawaii’s NASA-funded telescopes have identified an asteroid the size of a car hurtlingtoward Earth — the first such discovery for a project designed as an early warning system and only the fourth time in history that an asteroid was seen prior to striking the planet.
  
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• City hiring lawyer to address rail subpoenas

  26-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  The city is hiring an outside attorney to help handle issues related to a federal criminal investigation of the Honolulu rail project, and has budgeted up to $50,000 to cover the cost of that legal work.
  
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• Cataluna: Stairway talk is only too familiar

  26-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  In July 1987 The Honolulu Advertiser confidently reported, “Stairway to Heaven hike becomes ancient history.” The headline on the Page 4 jump read, “Haiku Valley Stairs Off-Limits for Good”
  
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• Woman arrested for allegedly shooting Hilo man found on front lawn

  26-06-2019 08:40 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Hawaii County police arrested a 43-year-old Hilo woman suspected of shooting a 36-year-old Hilo man, who was found lying on the front lawn of a home in Hilo.
  
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• A&B to provide free shuttle, parking, for Kailua 4th of July fireworks

  26-06-2019 03:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Alexander & Baldwin announced Tuesday that it will continue providing complimentary shuttle service for the annual Kailua July 4th Fireworks and Twilight Air Show.
  
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• Tropical Storm Alvin becomes first named storm of 2019 hurricane season

  25-06-2019 23:45 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  UPDATE: Wednesday, 5:30 a.m.
  
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• Hurricane season’s first tropical depression forms in Eastern Pacific

  25-06-2019 23:45 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  The first tropical depression of the 2019 hurricane season has formed off Mexico in the Eastern Pacific, far from Hawaii, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said Tuesday.
  
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• Hawaii County fire inspectors probe blaze that torched 6 vehicles in tow yard

  25-06-2019 20:55 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Hawaii County Fire Department inspectors are investigating a multi-vehicle fire that broke out at a Hilo tow company Monday night.
  
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• Gov. David Ige says he will veto Senate vacation rental collection bill

  25-06-2019 13:00 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Gov. David Ige announced Monday that he will veto a controversial vacation rental tax collection bill, while Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell isexpected to sign into law today an Oahu-only bill designed to make it tougher for those operating outside the law to continue.
  
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• Tech View: A future exists for Hawaii technology graduates

  25-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  What opportunities are there in Hawaii for a young, gifted technology major after graduation?
  
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• Rainy days and Mondays

  25-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  A flash flood watch issued Monday by the National Weather Service is in effect for Kauai, Niihau and Oahu through this afternoon.
  
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• Pot possession decriminalized with new bill

  25-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Starting next year, possession of small quantities of cannabis will no longer be a criminal offense in Hawaii.
  
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• Possessing 3 grams or less of pot in Hawaii will no longer be a criminal offense in 2020

  25-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Starting next year, possession of small quantities of cannabis will no longer be a criminal offense in Hawaii.
  
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• More regulation urged in crash’s wake

  25-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  The National Transportation Safety Board is urging the Federal Aviation Administration to increase regulations for aircraft that operate parachuting serv­ices in the wake of Friday’s fatal skydiving plane crash in Mokuleia.
  
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• Korean War memorial on Big Isle dedicated to fallen heroes

  25-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
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• Kokua Line: City kept public in the loop but didn’t pay to salvage sailboat

  25-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Question: Did the city pay to get that sailboat off the rocks at Magic Island?
  
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• Judge to decide on change to Kaneshiro removal petition

  25-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  A circuit judge will soon decide whether there needs to be a complete do-overof a petition campaign seeking to impeach embattled Honolulu Prosecutor KeithKaneshiro.
  
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• Ige says he will veto Senate vacation rental collection bill

  25-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Gov. David Ige announced Monday that he will veto a controversial vacation rental tax collection bill, while Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell isexpected to sign into law today an Oahu-only bill designed to make it tougher for those operating outside the law to continue.
  
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• Honolulu Board of Water Supply proposes removing Haiku Stairs

  25-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  The days may be numbered for Oahu’s popular yet illegal “Stairway to Heaven” hike.
  
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• Hawaii National Bank offering student loan aid

  25-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Hawaii National Bank is beginning a new student loan payment assistance program for eligible employees. The program adds to the bank’s employee benefits, which include a wellness program and subsidized transit.
  
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• Families and friends recall the 11 people who died in skydiving crash

  25-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Six employees of Oahu Parachute Center, three visitors and two local skydivers died Friday in the fiery crash of a twin-engine aircraft that took off on a sunset skydive flight in Mokuleia and left no survivors.
  
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• Families and friends recall 11 people who died in skydiving crash

  25-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Six employees of Oahu Parachute Center, three visitors and two local skydivers died Friday in the fiery crash of a twin-engine aircraft that took off on a sunset skydive flight in Mokuleia and left no survivors.
  
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• Court expects crowd for Kealoha closings

  25-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  An overflow crowd is expected today when government and defense attorneys give closing arguments in the corruption and conspiracy trial of Katherine and Louis Kealoha and three co-defendants.
  
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• City agency proposes removing Haiku Stairs

  25-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  The days may be numbered for Oahu’s popular yet illegal “Stairway to Heaven” hike.
  
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• New parking fees for Kauai state parks debut Friday

  24-06-2019 22:15 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  State officials said out-of-state visitors and commercial tour buses will begin paying parking fees at Waimea Canyon and Koke‘e State Parks on Kauai, starting Friday.
  
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• Woman found not guilty in stabbing of housemate

  24-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  A 38-year-old woman who had been charged with attempted murder in connection with the stabbing of her group home housemate has been found not guilty by reason of insanity.
  
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• Hawaii hit hardest in modern-day plant extinctions

  24-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  A decades-long study has revealed that Hawaii leads the world in modern extinctions of plant species.
  
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• Gabbard will speak out on war during televised debate

  24-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  If U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s somewhat obscure presidential campaign is ever going to catch fire, this week may be the time.
  
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• Fines for illegal vacation rentals may begin in August

  24-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Advertising of an illegal vacation rental on Oahu would become unlawful starting Aug. 1 under a bill that Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell is expected to sign into law Tuesday.
  
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• Fines for illegal vacation rentals could begin in August

  24-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Advertising of an illegal vacation rental on Oahu would become unlawful starting Aug. 1 under a bill that Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell is expected to sign into law Tuesday.
  
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• Federal officials begin their investigation of Friday’s fatal plane crash in Mokuleia

  24-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board said Sunday the skydiving plane that crashed at Dillingham Airfield, killing all 11 aboard — 10 men and one woman — apparently flipped and burned shortly after takeoff.
  
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• Federal officials begin investigation of fatal plane crash in Mokuleia

  24-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board said Sunday the skydiving plane that crashed at Dillingham Airfield, killing all 11 aboard — 10 men and one woman — apparently flipped and burned shortly after takeoff.
  
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• Developer wants to build homes on Enchanted Lake acres some call a wetland

  24-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Residential development around what was once a more than 200-acre fishpond in Kailua has been controversial since the first homes were built more than50 years ago in what became Enchanted Lake. Now another planned addition is raising public concerns.
  
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• Clinic for homeless planned for Punawai Rest Stop in Iwilei

  24-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  The homeless in the Iwilei area soon will have their own version of an urgent-care facility aimed at providing immediate, but not-quite emergency, medical help.
  
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• Beth Chapman remains in coma at The Queen’s Medical Center

  24-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Reality television starBeth Chapman remainedin a medically induced coma Sunday in the intensive care unit at The Queen’s Medical Center, her publicist Mona Wood-Sword said.
  
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• Drunken driving crash kills 19-year-old woman in Kahului

  24-06-2019 05:35 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  A 19-year-old woman died Sunday morning in a head-on traffic collision in Kahului.
  
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• Volcanic Ash: From the politically profane to the profanely ridiculous

  23-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  I had to laugh when a six-column headline in the newspaper last week declared: “Kahele uses profanity describing race with Gabbard.”
  
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• Suspect arrested in terroristic threatening

  23-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Honolulu police Friday arrested a 35-year-old man who allegedly threatened a 29-year-old man with a handgun in Maili the night before.
  
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• State refiles theft charge against former charter school director

  23-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  The ousted director of the now-defunct Halau Lokahi Public Charter School has again been charged with one of four felony theft counts that had been dismissedbecause the state Attorney General took too long to take the case to trial.
  
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• State re-files theft charge against former charter school director

  23-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  The ousted director of the now-defunct Halau Lokahi Public Charter School has again been charged with one of four felony theft counts that had been dismissedbecause the state Attorney General took too long to take the case to trial.
  
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• Retirees form jury of 2, assessing Kealoha trial evidence from the gallery

  23-06-2019 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Richard Farina usually sits on one side of the courtroom, pj Silva on the other.
  
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