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With a 10-day supply of food in its Honolulu warehouse and the Easter holiday weekend approaching, the Hawaii Foodbank is putting out a call for canned goods and monetary donations.

Question: Why aren't all the satellite city halls operated the same way? My 79-year-old mother went to the Wahiawa satellite to renew her state ID on Wednesday, March 20.

QUESTION: Whatever happened to plans to repair the roof of Farrington High School’s auditorium, which collapsed last year?

Snorkeler dies at Hanauma Bay • Crash victim identified as Kaneohe man • Piece of heavy equipment stolen in Ninole

No bail for alleged killer of mother of 4 • Rare mealy bugs found in taro shipment • Bail for suspect in attack is set • Autopsy shows tourist drowned

Sven Olaf Kamphuis calls himself the "minister of telecommunications and foreign affairs for the Republic of CyberBunker." Others see him as the Prince of Spam.

Why did the Supreme Court agree in December to hear a major same-sex marriage case and then seem to think it had made a terrible mistake on Tuesday when it came time for arguments?

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A Manoa woman is suing a naturopathic doctor who delivered her baby nearly two years ago, claiming the doctor acted negligently and caused her son to suffer permanent brain injury.

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued reports detailing facts of two nonfatal helicopter crashes in Kona that occurred during instructional flights in May 2012 and in January.

A survey done late last fall found that 72.8 percent of District 2's roads were in "fair" condition or better. That's just about on par with the 72.2 percent of city roads islandwide that were in fair shape or better.

A Navy officer who was second-in-command of a Hawaii-based P-3 Orion aircraft squadron has been reassigned because of an investigation into allegations of misconduct, Naval Air Forces in San Diego said Tuesday.

The city Ethics Commission said it has fined former Deputy Parks Director Albert Tufono $2,000 for using his position to obtain preferential treatment from other parks employees, even after he was warned to stop.

An unidentified good Samaritan who helped rescue a 6-year-old Kauai boy from a sport utility vehicle that was partially submerged in water is an angel in disguise, say the child's parents.

Tickets for the long-anticipated return of Disney's "The Lion King" go on sale Thursday for a Hono­lulu engagement in early 2014. The show will open Jan. 14 at the Blaisdell Concert Hall with performances through March 9.

Oahu and Kauai are not in the clear from possible heavy rain and flooding today, although conditions might improve, the National Weather Service said Tuesday night.

Hawaii, Guam and the U.S. mainland are in North Korea's sights for possible attack from weapons that have been placed on "the highest alert from this moment," the reclusive country warned Tuesday in its escalating war of words with the United States and South Korea.

Hawaii was given an F in a new study on how well states stack up in providing online access to government spending data.

A grudge by some legislators against the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts may still be on even after state Rep. Faye Hano­hano's apology for her racially abusive threats to SFCA staff for placing works by non-Native Hawaiian artists in her office.

My wife and I went to get a driver’s license renewed at about 10 a.m. March 21 at the Koo­lau station. We had received a postcard in the mail telling us what items we had to bring. Nowhere did it ask whether you are married or divorced or say to bring in your marriage or divorce papers.