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Jerome Wallace, a community services specialist in the city's Section 8 housing assistance program, was placed on leave without pay yesterday pending further investigation, Mayor Mufi Hannemann said in an e-mailed statement. More »
Kamehameha Schools has given other educational institutions $23 million for the current school year, as part of its mission to help educate Native Hawaiians beyond its own campuses. More »
The state Department of Transportation is reminding motorists that a yearlong construction project along Kalaniana'ole Highway in Makapu'u will begin tomorrow night. More »
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Blogs
Derrick DePledge: The NotebookGet a behind-the-scenes look at government and politics. More »
David Shapiro: Volcanic AshA totally independent, slightly irreverent and hopelessly idealistic view. That's David. More »
Jerry Burris: Akamai PoliticsJerry is blogging on the politics and events of the day. More »
Trisha Kehaulani Watson: He Hawai'i AuDr. Trisha Kehaulani Watson addresses current issues in the Native Hawaiian and environmental communities. More »
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TOP STORIES
Hawaii sale hunters get an early startHONOLULU — Shoppers searching out the best bargains flocked to Honolulu stores yesterday, taking advantage of door-buster deals and early shopping hours offered by retailers hoping to overcome recessionary reluctance on the first major shopping day of the holiday season. More »
HONOLULU — Gov. Linda Lingle's senior policy adviser said yesterday that the governor's offer to reduce teacher furloughs stands, so if teachers want to preserve planning days instead of swapping them with furlough days, they would have to come in on their own time. More »
LIHU'E, Kaua'i — A long-awaited dredging project on Kaua'i has bogged down in permitting issues, leaving Kíkíaola Small Boat Harbor all but unusable to the more than 100 recreational boaters and 18 commercially permitted fishing or tour boats it serves. More »
Even when times were good, life was demanding for Eileen Tojo, whose dream is to complete medical school. More »
HAWAII — Wayne Kahoonei Panoke, a kumu hula who worked to preserve, promote and protect the Hawaiian culture, died Nov. 13. More »
There's more drama than learning in local education as we "flASHback" on the week's news that amused and confused: More »
OTHER NEWS
Suit filed in death of slaughtered puppyThe killing of Caddy the dog first generated a criminal prosecution of two men who slaughtered the animal and now has led to a civil suit filed by the dog's owner. More »
HAWAII BRIEFS
Flooding closes Kauai bridgeHaua'ala bridge on Kaua'i is closed until further notice. Officials said recent flooding severely undermined the crossing in Keapana, making it unsafe for passage. More »
OBITUARIES
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COLUMNISTS
Lee Cataluna
Go after the real bulky-item scofflawsIf the City is going to start handing out fines for people putting out their broken sofas and dead appliances on the curb... More »
Jerry Burris
When worlds collide in auditBy definition, a report from the State Auditor is not happy news. While the Auditor is happy to find evidence that things... More »
William Cole
National cemetery getting a face liftThe grass hasn't always been greener at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, but in the next couple of years, it... More »
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