Parents who want their children back in school on Furlough Fridays lost a round in federal court yesterday, but one attorney plans to appeal the ruling, and the judge urged both sides to settle the issue before it goes to trial. Full Story »
State tax collection have dropped again. A monthly report issued yesterday by the state Tax Department shows that compared with the same period last year, the state has collected 10.9 percent less in the first four months of the fiscal year. Full Story »
A 10-year-old girl died yesterday after falling four or five floors from an exterior stairway of a Makiki condominium where her father works as resident manager. Full Story »
U.S. VETS-Hawaii, which provides housing for homeless veterans, will hold its Annual 5K Patriot Walk/Run on Saturday to raise funds for the program. Full Story »
The state board that governs the public workers health fund is so backlogged that it doubts it will be able to process all applications for state and county workers who want to change medical plans during the current open-enrollment period. Full Story »
A preliminary hearing will be held Thursday for a 23-year-old suspected auto thief who was shot by police when they tried to arrest him last week at a Waikele fast-food restaurant. Full Story »
Tripler Army medical officials expect this month to begin vaccinating the nearly 49,000 active-duty military personnel stationed in Hawaii against the swine flu, beginning with those due to deploy. Full Story »
The Department of Transportation will start a yearlong project this month to make Kalanianaole Highway near Makapuu safer for motorists. Full Story »
The state is under a flash flood watch from this evening through late Thursday, according to the National Weather Service. Full Story »
Question: We were told by our doctor in the past that when getting our flu shot, we cannot get it if we have a slight fever. Is everyone's temperature taken (at Longs, Foodland, so forth) before getting their flu shot? Full Story »
It was still dark on Thursday when Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan left his aging apartment complex to attend 6 a.m. prayers at the brick mosque near Fort Hood. Afterward, he said goodbye to his friends there and asked forgiveness from one man for any past offenses. Full Story »
In the 1950s, the Soviet government set aside a bit of land on the Moscow River for Maria I. Gurlynina's family and several dozen others to grow food. It was a barren plot, "nothing but sand and swamp," Gurlynina said. But it was theirs. Full Story »
As the Kona Coffee Cultural Festival celebrates its 39th year this week, a controversy that started two decades ago about what defines Kona coffee is brewing anew. Full Story »
While local Democrats waxed ecstatic over the House's passage of a $1.2 trillion health care bill, one Republican state senator sees no cause for celebration. Full Story »
A team led by a small Hawaii company was competing to design a new generation of military transport ships when Navy officials dropped it from contention in late 2007 because the team's entry did not meet the Navy's criteria. Full Story »
Hawaii companies that would benefit from earmarks sponsored by U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye that are in the Senate version of the fiscal year 2010 defense appropriations measure. The firms' workers have contributed to Inouye's campaign committees since 1997. Full Story »
David Yamada cannot understand why anyone capable of donating bone marrow to save a life would refuse to do it. "Can you imagine having a match and the person backs out?" he asks. "The family must be devastated." Full Story »
Hawaii residents are familiar with humpback whales and dolphins, but scientists have found a population of in-between-size marine mammals that caters to the Kona Coast. Full Story »
Federal regulators are evaluating rules allowing the Navy to practice using sonar in waters around Guam and nearby Pacific islands as long as sailors take steps to protect whales and other marine mammals. Full Story »
Here in the marina where my sailboat, Honu, and I await friends' arrival, I invited a neighbor to join me snorkeling. "Thanks," he said. "I need to find some clams for bait. I hope you don't mind." Full Story »
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The party yesterday was held in honor of the hometown hero, but for the village of Kalaupapa, it was also a celebration of its unique self. Full Story »
As the state's budget continues its downward spiral, pressure is mounting for the state Legislature next year to raise taxes to pay teachers and other public employees. Full Story »
It took only four minutes for thieves to crash a Jeep Wrangler into the glass doors of the Cyberlife PC store on Liliha Street and grab 20 laptop computers. Full Story »
The state Health Department has a public health pandemic plan that integrates the hospital system, but there is no overall state pandemic management plan, officials say. Full Story »
A morning moonset peeks through the autumn foliage near Bradfordton, Ill. AP Photo/Seth Perlman
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