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• Lahaina schools to reopen to students in October

  27-09-2023 12:06 via staradvertiser.com
  
  Lahainaluna High, Lahaina Intermediate and Princess Nahi­enaena Elementary schools in Lahaina will reopen to students in a phased plan after the October fall break now that their soil, water and air have been deemed safe, and monitoring will continue, state and federal officials have announced.
  
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• Lahaina schools to reopen

  27-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  Lahainaluna High, Lahaina Intermediate and Princess Nahi­enaena Elementary schools in Lahaina will reopen to students in a phased plan after the October fall break now that their soil, water and air have been deemed safe, and monitoring will continue, state and federal officials have announced.
  
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• Lahaina family members are latest fatalities named

  27-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  The Maui Police Department on Tuesday released the names of six people who died in the Aug. 6 Lahaina wildfire — all members of an extended Filipino clan who lost eight family members in the disaster, with one still missing.
  
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• Hawaii House members hope to keep U.S. government running

  27-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  The possibility that the federal government might shut down this weekend could mean that more than 30,000 federal employees in Hawaii — including “essential” workers helping Lahaina fire survivors — may have to keep working, butwithout pay.
  
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• Government shutdown would not affect Red Hill defueling, Navy says

  27-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  The top officer in charge of defueling the Navy’s underground Red Hill fuel storage facility saysa possible federal government shutdown would not affect the operation.
  
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• On the Move: The American Heart Association

  27-09-2023 12:04 via staradvertiser.com
  The American Heart Association’s Hawaii division has announced the election of a new chair and members:
  
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• University of Hawaii launches Red Hill resource hub

  26-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  As the military prepares to begin draining the Navy’s underground Red Hill fuel storage facility next month, the University of Hawaii at Manoa has launched the Red Hill Information Hub, which it describes as a “one stop shop of the latest information, data and tools that can also be used for education, communication and research.”
  
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• UH launches Red Hill resource hub

  26-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  As the military prepares to begin draining the Navy’s underground Red Hill fuel storage facility next month, the University of Hawaii at Manoa has launched the Red Hill Information Hub, which it describes as a “one stop shop of the latest information, data and tools that can also be used for education, communication and research.”
  
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• Tech View: Upgrading Hawaii’s middle-mile network

  26-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  The need for fast, reliable and affordable broadband is present in every facet of our lives — at work, in the classroom, while receiving health care or simply connecting with loved ones. The COVID-19 pandemic underscored this need, exposing the digital divide and making it clear that broadband is a necessity.
  
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• Some residents face heartbreak, closure as they return to Lahaina

  26-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  LAHAINA >> It was like a funeral procession as the first Lahaina evacuees with passes to reenter the burn zone began returning Monday to their homes along Kaniau Road, known as Zone 1-C.
  
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• Lawsuit seeks to force Big Island to apply for pollution permit

  26-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  A community group filed a lawsuit against Hawaii County on Monday saying treated wastewater from the county’s Kealakehe Wastewater Treatment Plant is polluting Honokohau Harbor in violation of the Clean Water Act.
  
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• City installs new surveillance cameras in Chinatown

  26-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  Mayor Rick Blangiardi’s office has announced that the first phase of the city’s new Chinatown security camera system upgrades are complete.
  
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• On the Move: SSFM International

  26-09-2023 12:04 via staradvertiser.com
  
  SSFM International has hired and promoted two individuals:
  
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• Wildfire concerns grow on Oahu after deadly Aug. 8 Maui fires

  25-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  One recent August evening, Brett Schenk went for a walk to Waahila Ridge State Recreation Area, where he noticed a young boy overloading a barbecue grill at a pavilion with branches just before closing time.
  
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• Lahaina family continues home distribution hub for survivors

  25-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  LAHAINA >> At the age of 53, Leo Ramelb works a full-time job as a hotel bellman in Kaanapali. His 90-year- old father suffered a stroke Tuesday and was hospitalized last week at Maui Memorial Medical Center. And yet Ramelb and his wife, Erlinda, continue to open the front of their house so neighbors and strangers can pick up donated goods for free, six days a week.
  
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• Fire spares cemetery of 200-year-old Waiola Church

  25-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  A sacred cemetery and tomb of Hawaiian royalty at Waiola Church, which just celebrated its 200th anniversary, has survived the devastating Lahaina wildfire.
  
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• Book explores history of Hawaiian cultural practices

  25-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  A recently published book written by three University of Hawaii at Manoa professors highlights 14 different Native Hawaiian cultural practices from the perspectives of esteemed experts.
  
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• Army Corps of Engineers hopes to help save the Mekong River

  25-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  For more than a decade, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pacific Ocean Division in Honolulu has been coordinating ongoing exchanges between experts in the United States and Southeast Asia’s Mekong River region to figure out how to better manage strained water resources on both sides of the Pacific.
  
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• Vital Statistics: Sept. 15-21, 2023

  25-09-2023 12:04 via staradvertiser.com
  
  Marriage licenses and birth certificates
  
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• VFW to support veterans affected by Maui fires

  24-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  The Veterans of Foreign Wars is looking for veterans who were personally affected by the August fires on Maui. “If you or someone you know was directly impacted, the phone lines are open,” the VFW said in a media release Friday.
  
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• Toppled Waikiki Gandhi statue prompts concern amid acts of vandalism

  24-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  The statue of spiritual and political leader Mahatma Gandhi that stood in Waikiki was found toppled on the morning of Aug. 8, but there are differing views on what may have happened to it.
  
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• Surviving Lahaina artifacts remain at risk

  24-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  Most of Lahaina’s surviving historical and cultural artifacts remain buried under ash and debris a month and a half after a horrific wildfire ravaged the center of the historic town.
  
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• Maui’s Filipino community finds help, comfort at resource fair

  24-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  LAHAINA >> Maui’s Filipino community — drawn closer together by the death and devastation wrought by the Aug. 8 Lahaina wildfire — flocked to the Lahaina Civic Center on Saturday to learn about the disaster relief and recovery resources available to them but also to celebrate their culture and one another.
  
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• Maui coffee shop owner opens heart and ears

  24-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  John Henry is offering a helping hand to his fellow Maui residents with a cup of joe, some good music and a place for prayer.
  
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• David Shapiro: Zeal for public service defined Lassner at University of Hawaii

  24-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  University of Hawaii President David Lassner made known he’ll retire at the end of 2024 in his usual low-key manner: an email to the Board of Regents.
  
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• City to host hearing on new rules for shore water events

  24-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  Honolulu’s rules governing shore water events like surf contests, canoe regattas, triathlons and swim races, and the permits needed to hold them are undergoing changes.
  
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• Before and after: Many Lahaina landmarks, historic sites lost in Maui fire

  24-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  It took less than a day for the Aug. 8 fire to gut more than a dozen cultural landmarks and historic structures that Lahaina Restoration Foundation officials had spent 60 years working tirelessly to restore and preserve for future generations.
  
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• 57 Hawaii students named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists

  24-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  A total of 57 Hawaii high school seniors have been named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists, placing them among about 16,000 high-scoring students nationally who will be eligible for nearly $28 million in scholarships to be offered next spring.
  
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• 2 dead, 2 wounded in Waianae Boat Harbor shooting

  24-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  Honolulu police are searching for a person considered “armed and dangerous” after an early-
  morning shooting Saturday in Waianae left two people dead and two injured.
  
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• Old photo leads WWII veteran’s family to Hawaii in his honor

  23-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  On Friday the family of a World War II veteran who had always hoped to return to Hawaii got to see the part of the island he called home during his service, guided by one of the many photos he had kept.
  
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• Officials update Lahaina residents on housing, air and water quality

  23-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  LAHAINA >> Maui Mayor Richard Bissen cautioneda crowd of more than 600 during a community meeting Friday night at the Lahaina Civic Center that it would be a “fair estimate” of 18 months to two years before those who lost homes in the deadly Aug. 8 wildfire could begin to rebuild.
  
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• Lahaina residents brace for what they will find in burn zone

  23-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  Soon after one of Maui’s Japanese Buddhist temples, the Lahaina Hongwanji Mission, burned in the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, its resident minister was desperate to go back and see what remained.
  
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• Labor Department, Red Cross assisting displaced Maui workers

  23-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  Thousands of Maui residents out of work due to impacts from the wildfires now have additional resources with the extension of federal Disaster Unemployment Assistance, even as organizations such as the American Red Cross seek to hire displaced workers.
  
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• First reentry passes are issued to Lahaina evacuees

  23-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  LAHAINA >> Dozens of Lahaina residents and property owners Friday were denied passes to be the first to enter the burn zone Monday because they did not live along Kaniau Road, known as Zone 1-C.
  
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• Department of Health offers guidance for limiting risks during fire visits

  23-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  As Maui County prepares to open the first residential disaster zone to allow visits by property owners and residents, the state Department of Health issued reentry guidance and hazard advisories to help returnees understand the health risks and prepare for possible emotional and mental health impacts.
  
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• University of Hawaii report details ‘heavy blow’ to Maui’s economy after fires

  22-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  Wildfires have delivered a “heavy blow” to Maui’s economy and will exert costs on the county and state that will last well into the future, according to a University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization report released today.
  
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• Tourists won’t displace Maui fire survivors, Gov. Josh Green vows

  22-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  Gov. Josh Green assured displaced survivors of the Lahaina fire that they will not be forced to leave their hotels and other temporary accommodations once West Maui opens to tourism Oct. 8.
  
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• State agency disputes HART CEO’s comments over delays

  22-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  The state agency that licenses construction industry contractors says recent claims that the Maui wildfire disaster has caused long delays within its application system that have hampered the progress of the Skyline project to Kakaako areunfounded.
  
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• Reduced light and caution urged during turtle nesting season

  22-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  A wayward turtle hatchling recently ended up at a skate park on Oahu’s North Shore instead of in the ocean.
  
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• Rearview Mirror: Tales from Hurricanes Iwa and Iniki warn us to keep prepared

  22-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  Two of the worst hurricanes to hit Hawaii in recent times have come in September and November. Their names were Iniki and Iwa.
  
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• Prosecutor handling Hawaii Loa murder case is fired

  22-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  Honolulu Prosecutor Steve Alm this week fired the deputy prosecutor handling the case against the man accused of murdering a Hawaii Loa Ridge resident and concealing the body in a cement-filled bathtub.
  
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• Passes to Maui disaster zone now available

  22-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  WAILUKU >> Thirty-six street addresses are included in the first residential zone to reopen to property owners and residents who will be able to see for themselves the destruction left behind by the deadly Aug. 8 Lahaina wildfire.
  
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• Enrollment figures released for Hawaii’s public schools

  22-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  The Department of Education said Thursday that there was little change in enrollment at public schools at the beginning of the school year.
  
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• Suspect in fatal hit-and-run pleads no contest to driving without valid driver’s license

  21-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  The 46-year-old man arrested in the Feb. 15 hit-and-run collision that killed a McKinley High School student pleaded no contest Wednesday to driving without a valid driver’s license on Jan. 5, just six weeks prior to the fatal incident.
  
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• Planned Lahaina visits divide survivors

  21-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  LAHAINA >> Maui County plans to let some survivors back into the devastated historic Lahaina fire area Monday and Tuesday, but evacuees have mixed feelings about what they’ll see and how they’ll feel.
  
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• More Lahaina victims named; Mayor Bissen forms recovery office

  21-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  WAILUKU >> The Maui Police Department on Wednesday added Lahaina resident Kirk Carter, who died Aug. 15 at Straub Medical Center’s Burn Unit in Honolulu, to its official list of fatalities from the Aug. 8 Lahaina wildfire.
  
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• Maui County announces first residential reentry zone

  21-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  Maui County late Wednesday announced reentry procedures for Lahaina residents to access properties in the restricted disaster zone that have been off-limits in the aftermath of the Aug. 8 firestorm, which killed at least 97 people and destroyed more than 2,200 properties.
  
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• Kokua Line: Do Maui wildfire funds charge administrative fees?

  21-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  Question: We have donated money to multiple organizations to help those affected by the Lahaina fires, including American Red Cross, Hawaii Community Foundation, Kako‘o Maui and others. We keep getting contacted by friends of friends to donate to their GoFundMe accounts and have respectfully declined as we want to make sure our contributions can help as many people as possible. Some have suggested that a good portion of our contributions go toward administrative fees, and some people are r
  
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• Council legislation to crack down on illegal game rooms

  21-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  On any given day, Honolulu Police say there are at least 100 illegal game rooms operating somewhere on the island.
  
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• After 35 years, Nam Fong will close Sunday

  21-09-2023 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  On Wednesday morning, workers at Chinatown’s Nam Fong were racing to keep up with orders from a steady stream of customers wanting to place their final takeout orders from the Chinese meat shop before it closed on Sunday.
  
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