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カウアイ島のハナペペ橋が一時閉鎖
ハワイ州当局は昨日、カウアイ島にあるハナペペ橋を今週金曜日に一時的に閉鎖すると発表。ドライバーに注意を呼びかけている。 橋の閉鎖は金曜日の午前7時30分から午後2時30分の間で、当局は橋を一時的に閉鎖し、洪水等の災害発生を想定した予行演習を行うとしている。
参考:KHON2
参考:KHON2
アラモアナセンターに太陽光発電の設置を検討
オアフ島にある巨大ショッピング施設のアラモアナセンターに、大規模な太陽光発電施設の設置が検討されていることが明らかになった。 当局関係者によると、アラモアナセンターでは現在、300万ドルを投じて太陽光発電パネルを設置する計画が進行しており、実現すれば1.17メガワットを供給する州内最大の太陽光発電施設を有する建造物となる。 アラモアナセンター関係者からは今回の太陽光発電施設の建設に関する正式なコメント等は発表されていないものの、太陽光発電業界関係者は、アラモアナセンターの太陽光発電施設建設は、今年9月の完了を目指して進められているとしている。
参考:パシフィック・ビジネス・ニュース
参考:パシフィック・ビジネス・ニュース
Corrections and Clarifications
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New York Times: IRS ignored complaints on spending by big tax-exempt groups
Over the last two years, government watchdog groups filed more than a dozen complaints with the Internal Revenue Service seeking inquiries into whether large nonprofit organizations like those founded by the Republican political operative Karl Rove and former Obama administration aides had violated their tax-exempt status by spending tens of millions of dollars on political advertising.
New York Times: Building a $325,000 burger
As a gastronomic delicacy, the 5-ounce hamburger that Mark Post has painstakingly created here surely will not turn any heads. But Post is hoping that it will change some minds.
Obituaries
Albert Alexander •
Poncie T. Alonzo •
Matilde B. Balboa; and more
'Golf ball' radar back in isles after North Korea scare
The deployment of the powerful Sea-Based X-Band Radar from Pearl Harbor in March was hailed as a significant precaution in the face of a possible North Korean missile launch.
Carbon dioxide is at its worst
For nearly 60 years, a government-run outpost in the remote heights of Mauna Loa has provided among the best data on the world's rising greenhouse gas levels. On Thursday, data from that station showed the main gas known to cause global warming reaching a worrisome new milestone.
'Glee' actress, rapper brighten isle kids' day
On vacation with her boyfriend, rapper Big Sean, actress Naya Rivera — better known as cheerleader Santana Lopez on the Fox hit show "Glee" — paid a visit Friday to the young patients in the recreation therapy room of Honolulu's Shriners Hospitals for Children.
Flags to fly at half-staff to honor Air Force pilot
The Hawaii state flag will be flown at half-staff today in honor of Air Force Capt. Reid Nishizuka, who died in a plane crash in Afghanistan.
Saint Louis School gets $7.5M gift to help build new Ching center
The Clarence T.C. Ching Foundation has given $7.5 million to Saint Louis School, the largest gift in the school's 167-year history, the school announced last week.
'Wow!'
Kakaako has long been envisioned by state planners to become a dense piece of Honolulu's urban core with tall buildings. But development in the area would become much denser and taller under a draft plan tied to the city's rail project.
Center a ghost town after main break
Repairs to a major water main break left the normally bustling McCully Shopping Center unusually quiet for a Friday afternoon, with some businesses estimating a loss of as much as a third of their usual business.
Postal Service holds annual food collection
Hawaii mail carriers will join more than 175,000 nationwide today in the Postal Service's annual "Stamp Out Hunger" food drive.
Crowds expected to give input on Thomas Square
Monday night’s meeting on the future of Thomas Square is expected to draw so many people that Honolulu Museum of Art Director Stephan Jost is worried there won’t be enough room in the 280-seat Doris Duke Theatre to accommodate everyone.
Hawaii Pacific’s first provost comes from Georgia college
Hawaii Pacific University has named Matthew Liao-Troth as its first provost to help manage and oversee the 7,500-student private university.
Police and Fire
Moped casualty was California visitor • Kaunakakai resident killed in collision
Newswatch
Maunalua fireworks get help from donor • Man who died while hiking is identified • Nualolo Cliff trail’s condition forces closure
