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A survey done late last fall found that 73.1 percent of District 3's city-owned roads were in "fair" condition or better, which is slightly better than the 72.2 percent of city roads islandwide found to be in fair shape or better.

Egg hunters take heart! The wet weather is diminishing, and the National Weather Service predicts a cool, dry, mostly sunny Easter.

About 20,000 civilian defense workers in Hawaii are expected to get a reprieve from the 22 furlough days that were expected through September under sequestration.

Gov. Neil Abercrombie and state lawmakers on Wednesday recognized 19 Hawaii-based members of the U.S. military who died in defense of their country.

Law enforcement officers joined community groups and individuals at a rally at the state Capitol on Wednesday to show their opposition to a bill that would decriminalize possession of up to 20 grams of marijuana.

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

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　韓国の航空会社である大韓航空は明日より、ホノルル＝東京成田＝ソウル間を結ぶ新定期便の就航を開始する。　明日就航する新定期便は、韓国のソウルを出発し成田空港に着陸。成田空港での90分間のレイオーバーを経てホノルルへ向かうという便で、大韓航空関係者は「今回の新定期便の就航で、ホノルルと韓国を結ぶ便が毎日3便就航することになります」と語っている。　韓国からの訪問者はアメリカ本土からの旅行者に比べて、ハワイ滞在中の出費も多い事で知られており、今回の新定期便の就航でさらなる経済効果がもたらされると期待されている。
参考：KHON2、パシフィック・ビジネス・ニュース

　米労働省の最新の調査結果で、ハワイ州内の建設業界での求人率の伸び率が全米2位の高水準となっており、建設業界に好調の兆しが現れていることが明らかになった。なお全米でもっとも建設業界の求人数が多かったのは、求人率が前月比13.3%増のアラスカ州だった。　調査結果によると、2月にハワイ州内で募集があった建設業界での求人数は前月比8%増の2,300件で、当局では、今年1年間で、ハワイ州内での建設業界での求人数は前年比7%増の31,600件ほどになるほか、2014年度は9.8%増の34,700件、2015年には11.3%増の38,600件ほどになると試算している。
参考：パシフィック・ビジネス・ニュース

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?

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser strives to make its news report fair and accurate. If you have a question or comment about news coverage, call Ed Lynch, managing editor/news, at 529-4758.

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.