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• Ocean Watch: Indifference of unexpected visitor sparks delight

  20-10-2018 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  QUEENSLAND, Australia >> Craig and I are back aboard our 37-foot ketch, Honu, in Townsville’s charming Breakwater Marina. We plan to sail to some new places in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, a thrilling prospect. But as we shop for groceries, get gas for the outboard and do all the other chores necessary to set sail, I’m still aglow over a marine animal thrill I had in Hawaii the day before we left.
  Craig and our Kailua friends had decided to paddle their stand-ups to the
  
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• Taiwan wants to expand its military attache office on Oahu

  16-04-2024 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  Taiwan is seeking to increase the size of its military attacheoffice at its de facto consulate in Honolulu as the self-ruled island democracy looks to tighten ties with the United States and bolster defenses against potential Chinese military attacks.
  
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• State to pay $750,000 in foster abuse case

  16-04-2024 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  The state has settled a Kona Circuit Court lawsuit for $750,000 with the biological parents of a 3-year-old Hawaii island boy who died eight years ago while under the temporary foster care of Chasity Alcosiba-McKenzie and her husband, Clifton McKenzie, at their Waimea home.
  
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• Nanakuli beach to be inaccessible for weeklong homeless cleanup

  16-04-2024 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  Outreach workers fromthe Kealahou West Oahu social service agency on Monday began notifying members of a Nanakuli homeless encampment that the city plansto close a mile-long portion of Ulehawa Beach Park for a week and clean up the area once again as an October court date approaches challenging the city’s homeless policies.
  
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• Lawsuit seeks to stop Alaska-Hawaiian merger

  16-04-2024 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  A consumer antitrust lawsuit filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for Hawaii seeks to stop the acquisition of the 95-year-old Hawaiian Airlines by Alaska Airlines on the grounds that the merger would result in higher fares, fewer flights, job losses, and cause injury to Hawaii’s economy.
  
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• Kokua Line: Where will drug take-back be held?

  16-04-2024 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  Question: Please print the locations for the drug take-back. Both myself and my son have chronic illnesses that our doctors are trying new medications to control, so we have a few unused prescriptions and I don’t like having this other stuff around for a variety of reasons.
  
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• Hawaiian Electric troubleshoots power issues on Oahu, Big Isle

  16-04-2024 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  Hawaiian Electric fully restored power to customers in East Honolulu on Monday, but not before four public schools had been closed for the day and many customers faced water supplyissues.
  
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• Findings from Lahaina fire investigations being released

  16-04-2024 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  Findings from dueling investigations into how government and firefighters responded to the Aug. 8 Lahaina fire, which killed 101 people and left 8,000 homeless, will be released this week.
  
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• BLNR prevails on appeal in East Maui water case

  16-04-2024 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  The state Intermediate Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of the Board of Land and Natural Resources in the contentious issue of the diversion of water from streams in East Maui to Central and Upcountry Maui.
  
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• On the Move: Tim Ashcraft

  16-04-2024 12:04 via staradvertiser.com
  
  The Hawaii Credit Union League’s and HCU Serv­ices Corp.’s boards of directors have announced Tim Ashcraft as president and CEO of the HCUL and HCUS effective May 13. He replaces Karl Yoneshige, who served the past six months as HCUL’s volunteer interim president. Ashcraft has worked in the financial industry for 32 years, with the past 27 years spent working for Hawaii Community FCU and HFS FCU on the Big Island. His experience covers a full range of positions including lo
  
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• Maui mobile ministry takes its support directly to the unsheltered

  15-04-2024 12:06 via staradvertiser.com
  
  Church volunteers on Maui who have operated a van since 2014 to distribute food and supplies to the homeless have seen the number of unsheltered people more than double since the catastrophic wildfires.
  
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• Vacation rental bill is headed to uncertainty

  15-04-2024 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  State Sen. Jarrett Keohokalole remembers playing as a boy in the 1990s at homes in Kaneohe that have now become illegal short-term rentals — including one directly behind his house that’s outfitted with a putting green and tiki torches.
  
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• Regulation of vacation rentals varies among counties

  15-04-2024 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
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• Needs are high in the state for people to donate their time

  15-04-2024 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  Volunteers are the lifeblood of many Hawaii nonprofits, and volunteering provides health benefits; yet, Hawaii has one of the worst rates of volunteerism in the United States.
  
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• Mobile ministry takes its support directly to the unsheltered

  15-04-2024 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  Church volunteers on Maui who have operated a van since 2014 to distribute food and supplies to the homeless have seen the number ofunsheltered people more than double since the catastrophic wildfires.
  
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• Macadamia nut labeling legislation in limbo

  15-04-2024 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  Consumers don’t know whether many macadamia nut snacks identified with Hawaii contain any Hawaii-­grown macadamia nuts, and an effort to change that through state law may be doomed this year.
  
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• DOH seeks plans for Kauai and Maui ambulance services

  15-04-2024 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  The state Department of Health announced Friday a request for proposals for ground ambulance services in Kauai and Maui counties.
  
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• Chief lifeguard ‘stoked’ over potential new department

  15-04-2024 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  As chief of Honolulu’s 277-member Ocean Safety Division, John Titchen says his agency’s possible transformation into a full-fledged city department is a long time coming.
  
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• Vital Statistics: April 4-11, 2024

  15-04-2024 12:04 via staradvertiser.com
  
  Marriage licenses and birth certificates
  
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• On the Move: Ian K. Yee and Sheryl Uradomo

  15-04-2024 12:04 via staradvertiser.com
  
  Xerox Hawaii has promoted Ian K. Yee to the position of region vice president, overseeing sales operations in Hawaii, Guam and Saipan. Yee has nearly 40 years’ experienceat Xerox, 34 of thosein sales management roles at Xerox Hawaii. He most recently held the position of vice president, sales and marketing.
  
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• Value-added product development center opens in Wahiawa

  14-04-2024 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  Born and raised in Wahiawa, Poni Askew has always been passionate about agricultural systems in Hawaii.
  
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• Surf’s up … but maybe not for Hawaii’s public schools

  14-04-2024 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  Surfing and lawmaking in Hawaii are intersecting oddly at the state Capitol.
  
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• More Ocean Safety sector resolutions introduced

  14-04-2024 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi’s previously stated plan to create a new and independent city Department of Ocean Safety through executive action is taking shape.
  
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• Kokua Line: Why can’t student fix FAFSA online?

  14-04-2024 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  Question: My grandson needs financial aid for college and he goes online each year to submit a form and never had trouble until now. No matter what he tries he cannot finish the form. He gets messages saying he didn’t sign the form (he did) or that he left questions blank (he didn’t) or the website is down. He tried for weeks. Is there a paper copy of this form? Does it have to be online?
  
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• Kahaluu teacher and ice cream vendor is finalist for $20,000 Good Humor grant

  14-04-2024 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  A special education teacher and ice cream vendor from Kahaluu is in the running for a $20,000 prize from the Neighborhood Joy Grant Program.
  
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• David Shapiro: Green’s stamp on schools had better deliver for kids

  14-04-2024 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  For a state always proclaiming our keiki come first, we seldom show it when it comes to the quality of our public schools.
  
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• Army to conduct controlled burn at Schofield Barracks

  14-04-2024 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  The Army will be lighting controlled burns at its Schofield Barracks training range complex this week in an effort to prepare for and prevent potential wildfires as Hawaii’s rainy season dries up.
  
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• American Samoa says restrictions on fishing are crippling the economy

  14-04-2024 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  A proposal to expand fishing restrictions in the U.S. Pacific Remote Islands Area, referred to as PRIA, has sparked debate about conservation of Pacific fish populations, as well as an unlikely conversation about competition between the U.S. and China in the region.
  
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• Officials urge caution after dengue case is confirmed in Haleiwa

  13-04-2024 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  Health officials are urging vigilance after another case of travel-related dengue was reported in Haleiwa on Oahu’s North Shore.
  
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• Lahaina’s coastal waters deemed safe for recreation

  13-04-2024 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  Hawaii authorities say coastal waters off the wildfire-stricken town of Lahaina pose no significant risk to human health and that it’s safe to surf and swim there.
  
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