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Easter · HonoluluStrong easterly trade winds will gradually ease from Friday into the weekend as a potent high-pressure system slowly moves northeastward and weakens. Showers will primarily facous windward and mauka regions, with some spilling over into leeward areas. Drier and more settled weather conditions over the weekend, with the easterly trades becoming breezy. However, the possibility of rainfall may rise early next week as an upper-level disturbance pa…See the Story
No heavy rain expected through Easter Sunday
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Alaska Airlines · HonoluluAntitrust regulators want more time to review Alaska Airlines' proposed takeover of Hawaiian Airlines. According to stock filings by the carriers, they've agreed to extend by another 90-days the Department of Justice's window to scrutinize the merger. Alaska Airlines told us the carriers are still working on those submissions.See the Story
DOJ wants more time, information on Hawaiian, Alaska merger
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Wildfires · HonoluluHawaiian Electric Company (HECO) is taking additional measures to prevent wildfires in the wake of the Lahaina tragedy. Mililani has had a handful of outages impacting over 2000 residents here in the last month alone. The way the cables were buried underground decades ago may be partly to blame.See the Story
HECO could be fined for power outages in Mililani meant to prevent wildfires
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Uppsala · UppsalaThe Honolulu Fire Department said in a news release Wednesday that the fire, which broke out just before 8 p.m. Tuesday, displaced three residents, who were not home at the time of the blaze. The fire was initially classified as first-degree arson. No one has been arrested.See the Story
Arson investigation opened for Aiea house fire
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Honolulu · HonoluluFeds say Dennis Mitsunaga and his associates bribed Honolulu prosecutor Keith Kaneshiro with nearly $50,000 in campaign contributions. The defendants have pleaded not guilty. The emails illustrate key moments in what the feds say was a criminal conspiracy that could land the defendants in prison for 15 years.See the Story
Emails At Bribery Trial Show Alleged 'Courtship' Between Mitsunaga And Kaneshiro Reps
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Hawaii · HawaiiReuters exclusively reported today that Taiwan's Navy Commander Tang Hua will visit the US next week. The itinerary includes visiting the US military's Indo-Pacific Command in Hawaii and attending a military meeting in the suburbs of Washington. Sources said that Taiwan and the US are considering arranging for Tang Hua to meet with US Secretary of Naval Operations Lisa Franchetti (Lisa Franchetti), but it is still undecided. Reuters quoted six s…See the Story
Legend has it that Taiwan Navy Commander Tang Hua will visit the US or meet with the US Chief of Naval Operations
Honolulu · HonoluluMichelle Comeau will fill a vacancy. Chief Justice Mark Recktenwald selected her from the Judicial Selection Commission's nomination list presented to him March 1. She has been serving as a per diem district court judge since 2017. She graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law. The appointment is subject to Senate confirmation.See the Story
Michelle Comeau to fill vacancy as Oahu district court judge
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Honolulu · HonoluluSurveillance video captures a thief breaking into August Ahrens Elementary School aquaponic area not once, but twice during spring break. The first incident happened on March 12 around 3 a.m. and then again on March 20 around 1 a.M. Police said, no arrests have been made at this time.See the Story
Waipahu school falls victim to thieves twice during spring break
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