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Spate of new laws to take effect with new year in Hawaii
December 29, 2012 HONOLULU — A handful of new laws will take effect with the new year in Hawaii, affecting a range of things including public records, abandoned vessels and athletic trainers. more »»
Collision with truck kills a motorcyclist on Kauai
December 29, 2012 HANAPEPE, Kauai (AP) — Kauai police say a young man died after his motorcycle collided with a truck in Hanapepe. Police have identified the victim as 25-year-old Brian Cesario of Kalaheo. more »»
State / In Brief
December 29, 2012 Historic park to see paddling restrictions KAILUA-KONA — Paddling restrictions will soon be in place in Kealakekua Bay State Historical Park. more »» 
Biden swears in Sen. Schatz
December 28, 2012 WASHINGTON — Brian Schatz symbolized a generational change in Hawaii’s Senate delegation, taking the hand of his new colleague, 88-year-old Sen. Daniel K. more »» 
Governor facing backlash over his choice for Senate
December 28, 2012 HONOLULU — Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie faced a backlash Thursday for choosing his lieutenant governor to succeed Daniel K. Inouye in the U.S. more »»
Honolulu mayor welcomes ruling on rail
December 28, 2012 HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu is prohibited from buying land or proceeding with construction on the city center section of a planned rail line until more studies on the project are finished, a federal... more »»
Federal judge leaving state
December 27, 2012 SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A federal judge from Hawaii is moving to Texas to help put a dent in the huge caseload of San Antonio-based federal judges inundated with immigration and drug cases. U.S. more »» 
Aloha, Sen. Akaka
December 26, 2012 HONOLULU – Sen. Daniel Akaka said that he knew it was time for him to leave Washington, D.C. more »»
Obama to return to Washington as ‘fiscal cliff’ looms
December 26, 2012 HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama will cut short his Christmas holiday in Hawaii, planning to leave for Washington today as he and lawmakers consider how to prevent the economy from going over... more »»
Hanabusa says she could hit ground running if named to serve in Senate
December 25, 2012 HONOLULU — U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa said Monday that she is qualified to fill the Senate seat left vacant by the death last week of Daniel Inouye. more »»
State / In Brief
December 25, 2012 Car crashes into wall of bakery on Oahu; vehicle misses employee by about 2 feet KAILUA, Oahu — A car crashed through a bakery wall and narrowly missed an employe. more »» 
Punchbowl memorial for Inouye
December 24, 2012 HONOLULU — The late Sen. Daniel Inouye was remembered Sunday as an American hero whose legacy as a war veteran and longtime senator would be felt across Hawaii for years to com. more »»
Abercrombie says Inouye home in paradise
December 23, 2012 HONOLULU (AP) — The late U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye is being praised as a humble leader who embodied honor, dignity and duty during a public visitation at Hawaii’s state Capitol. Hawaii Gov. more »»
State / In Brief
December 23, 2012 Coast Guard wraps up weeks of training HONOLULU — Coast Guard personnel from throughout the Pacific on Friday wrapped up two weeks of search-and-rescue training in Hawaii. more »» 
Obama: Inouye hinted at what was possible in life
December 22, 2012 WASHINGTON — With reverential words and warm memories, President Barack Obama on Friday led the admirers paying tribute to the late Sen. Daniel K. more »»
Jobless rate hits four-year low
December 22, 2012 HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level in four years, hitting 5.3 percent. That rate, while still preliminary, compares with 5.5 percent a month earlier and 6. more »» 
Inouye remembered as man who sought to better his country
December 21, 2012 WASHINGTON — Sen. Daniel Inouye, the second-longest-serving senator in U.S. more »» 
Hawaii loses an economic engine with Inouye’s death
December 20, 2012 HONOLULU — Saving Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard from threatened closure. Helping Hawaii emerge as a premier location for the study of astronomy, marine biology and other sciences. more »» 
Hanabusa will apply for Hawaii U.S. Senate seat
December 20, 2012 HONOLULU — U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa will apply for the Senate vacancy created by the death of Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, her spokesman said Wednesday. more »»
Feds sign agreement for $1.5B rail money
December 20, 2012 HONOLULU — The federal government Wednesday formally agreed to provide Honolulu with $1.5 billion to build a 20-mile rail line linking the western suburbs of Oahu with the city’s center. more »» |
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