HAWAII: The state Department of Transportation is planning to do major work on a retaining wall along Kalanianaole Highway near Makapuu, but the construction will mean more than a year of lane closures and major traffic headaches for residents heading in and out of Waimanalo. More »

The Marine Corps will expand its use of special effects in infantry training next year, with an expansive urban training facility anticipated in Hawaii and high-tech immersion trainers planned in North Carolina and California, Marine officials said. More »

HAWAII: Hawaii's public school students have now gone two straight Fridays without classes, but they're still learning a thing or two — about hard work, about ohana, even culture. In Kahuku yesterday, the under-8 boys soccer team was practicing at the district park, high school seniors were sweating through a landscape project at Kahuku Medical Center, and the Vimahi family — five kids and mom Lori — was busy at a recycling project at home. More »