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Gov. Neil Abercrombie formally launched his re-election campaign Monday, citing the state's financial rebound and progress toward his "New Day" agenda as reasons voters should give him a second four-year term.

More than 9,000 blue-collar workers for the state and counties have a new four-year contract that their union says acknowledges the sacrifices they made during tough budgeting times.

On Monday, as Hono­lulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell led a walking caravan of local officials through downtown, traffic consultant Dan Burden challenged the group to make the streets there safer for pedestrians.

After exhausting all leads, police and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service are seeking the public's help in identifying human remains recovered from the water near the seaplane ramp on Ford Island in October 2005.

A bill that would have required an evaluation of the chief election officer after each general election died because of a procedural gaffe in a legislative conference committee last week.

Whoever abandoned a newborn girl at Sandy Beach late Sunday night could have avoided prosecution by turning the baby over to the proper authorities, state officials said.

I just renewed my driver's license and got a temporary license that looks like it came from my home printer. I was told it would take two to three weeks for my official license to be mailed, but I will be flying before then. Will I have any issues going through airport security?

When Chanz Palau was first diagnosed with autism at age 3, doctors told his mother that it was unlikely he would ever speak.

Kauai man charged with woman's murder • 1 driver critically hurt in 2-vehicle crash

Punishment for dog turns fatal for animal • Search continues for missing British man • 'Noxious' smell in courtroom spurs coughing • Indicted duo allegedly grew pot in Puna

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　今年6月に開業予定となっているハワイ国立公園内のボルケーノ・ハウス・ホテルのレストラン「ボルケーノ・ハウス・レストラン」では、レストランの開業を前に新しい店名を募集している。 　ボルケーノ・ハウス・ホテルを運営しているアクア・ホスピタリティ社のエリザベス・チャーチル氏は「数百万ドルを投じて再オープンした同ホテル内にあるレストランの開業は、ホテルにとっても目玉イベントのひとつです。今回、市民の皆さんに新レストランの名前を募集する機会を提供でき、非常に喜ばしく思っています」と語っている。　なお、レストランの新しい名前は5月15日まで募集され、応募者はオンラインでの応募が可能となっている。
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　ハワイの大手航空会社ハワイアン航空は、来年4月より就航を予定しているホノルル＝北京便の運行に関し、米運輸局より認可を受けることができたと発表した。ハワイアン航空では今後、中国政府からの新定期便就航許可が得られれば、ホノルル＝北京間の新定期便の就航が正式に決定するとしている。　ハワイアン航空では来年4月のホノルル＝北京便の前に、6月25日よりホノルル＝仙台便、そして7月9日からはホノルル＝台北便の就航を決定しており、ホノルル＝北京間の定期便の就航が正式に決定すれば、今年から来年にかけて新たに3つの国際線ルートを開港することとなる。
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Nanakuli High School senior Adam Gala­rio took the stage at the Hawaii Okinawan Center ballroom, natty in the all-black tuxedo presented to him by his grandfather, and bowed his head slightly to accept the gold-paper crown and sash signifying him as prom king.

A new proposal before the City Council would add bus stops to the growing number of places a person can't smoke on Oahu.

After discussing a slew of election-related bills this session, lawmakers agreed on a bill that will require political action committees to disclose in all advertisements the names of the top three donors that contributed to the message.

During the summer a shorefront area called Queen's Bath on Kauai is calm and picturesque. It's a rock shelf on Kauai's northern shore, where sea turtles can be seen wandering peacefully amid tide pools filled with clear water.