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Landlord retaliating, say elderly tenants

Tim Shea, president of a residents group, says the Kahuku dispute is causing "a lot of stress."

Seniors at Hawaii's Kahuku Elderly Housing project say they face retaliatory actions by their landlord, Kahuku Housing Foundation Inc., for trying to protect their housing rights. More »

Efforts to save reefs backed

Visitors and recreational ocean users who enjoy Hawaii's coral reefs generally support whatever management is needed to protect them — even if it means closing off public access, according to a study by researchers from the University of Hawaii-Manoa and Oregon State University. More »

Isle man's case shows ciguatera's risk

Kauai resident Tom Pickett, shown here with wife Katie, is struggling to overcome the effects of ciguatera poisoning.

A Kauai man's case of ciguatera poisoning that hospitalized him for more than two months highlights the danger of eating reef fish in Hawaii. More »

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KAISER PITCHES HIGH-TECH FITNESS

Robert Reynolds, a member of the Kaiser Permanente

Robert Reynolds, a member of the Kaiser Permanente "Pixman" marketing team, stood by as Rianne Malina, 17, of Mililani played Wii Bowling at Ala Moana Center. The team's members were equipped with Nintendo Wii Fitness games to give shoppers a chance to test their skills. More »

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TOP STORIES

UH in crisis over deficit

A $76 million budget deficit, a standoff between the University of Hawaii's administration and its faculty union, and fears of massive cuts to programs, departments and schools have longtime professors calling the situation at UH the worst money and morale crisis they have known. . More »

Wallace DeRego, 72, has lived at a housing facility for veterans in Kalaeloa for six years. He keeps a scrapbook of photographs and memories from his 10 years in the Navy.

New mission to help those who served Video

It's not that far from Marine Corps Base Hawaii at Kaneohe Bay to an emergency homeless shelter on Sumner Street in Honolulu, but John Meadows took the long way. More »

Lawsuits could spur sweeping change

Some think that separate lawsuits challenging the state's plans to save money with "furlough Fridays" could have an even bigger effect than the landmark Felix case that overhauled Hawaii's educational system in the 1990s. More »

Police commissioner Waterhouse

Olga Waterhouse, the first chairwoman of the Honolulu Police Commission, died Nov. 4, in Ho- nolulu. She was 91. More »

MAUI

Maui Pine has announced plans to end pine-apple growing on the Valley Island.

Mr. Pineapple in a fix over shutdown

Mr. Pineapple — aka Jimmy Hutaff — needs 350 delicious Maui pineapples a day, and when Maui Pine closes down later this year, he doesn't know where he will get them. More »

MY COMMUNITIES

Police investigate suspected sexual assault of 3-year-old

Honolulu police were investigating a report that a 3-year-old girl may have been sexually abused by an adult at her Liliha area home. More »

OTHER NEWS

Robert Reynolds, a member of the Kaiser Permanente

Insurer promotes fitness game Photo gallery Video

Men wearing backpacks toting computer screens tried to drum up interest in physical fitness yesterday at Ala Moana Shopping Center. More »

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COLUMNISTS

Lee Cataluna

Lee Cataluna

Reviving tradition, one card at a time

Helen Nakano is on a mission. She wants to teach 1,000 children to play hanafuda, the Japanese card game. She wants those... More »

Jerry Burris

Jerry Burris

Let's find a better answer to furloughs

If one were a cynic, you'd almost think that the folks involved in figuring out how the school system will contribute to our... More »

William Cole

William Cole

USS Texas pays icy visit to Arctic

After a dearth of news since it left its base on the East Coast bound for Pearl Harbor, the submarine USS Texas finally... More »

 
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