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Hawaii not immune to epidemic

Local News - Thu, 04/18/2013 - 04:50
Former Schofield Barracks soldier Andrew O'Brien got a second chance when he tried to kill himself in 2010 by gobbling down a handful of pills.

Council wants limits on the use of funds from empty job posts

Local News - Thu, 04/18/2013 - 04:50
Key members of the City Council are taking steps to tighten the rules for filling vacant job positions so that city agencies cannot spend the money on other purposes.

'Hard choices' put state on improved fiscal path, Gov. Abercrombie says

Local News - Thu, 04/18/2013 - 04:50
Gov. Neil Abercrombie, outlining themes for his re-election campaign next year, said Sunday that the "hard choices" he has made since taking office have helped make Hawaii's state government among the most financially stable in the nation.

Boy survives fall from apartment

Local News - Thu, 04/18/2013 - 04:50
A 4-year-old boy was hospitalized with serious injuries around 11:30 a.m. Sunday after he fell from the fourth floor of an apartment building in Kapolei, paramedics reported.

U.S. Postal Service offers late mail pickup today

Local News - Thu, 04/18/2013 - 04:50
Twenty-eight post offices across the state will offer late mail collection from specially marked boxes today, the filing deadline for federal tax returns.

College will close preschool in weeks

Local News - Thu, 04/18/2013 - 04:50
A Kauai laboratory preschool will close June 1, prompting affected parents to scramble to find another place to enroll their children.

Program gives caregivers tools to cope

Local News - Thu, 04/18/2013 - 04:50
During the four years that Frances Kakugawa cared for her ailing mother with Alzheimer's disease, she often found it tough to shake the feelings of fear, grief and anxiety.

Kokua Line: Safety check automation will boost inspection fees

Local News - Thu, 04/18/2013 - 04:50
There’s still no target date for the launch of the state Department of Transportation’s statewide Electronic Periodic Vehicle Inspection Reporting Program, but there will be a trade-off for consumers once it’s implemented.

Ocean Watch: Seabirds escort sea trek but they also stain the jib

Local News - Thu, 04/18/2013 - 04:50
OCEANIA, latitude 7N, longitude 120W » My voyage from Mexico to the Marquesas on my 37-foot sailboat, Honu, continues. This is Day 13 at sea with as many, or more, left to go.

Police and Fire

Local News - Thu, 04/18/2013 - 04:50
Police arrested two alleged copper thieves near the Hilton Waikiki Prince Kuhio Hotel early Sunday morning.

ハワイ初のポップオーケストラが誕生

ローカルニュース - Wed, 04/17/2013 - 08:54
 フルオーケストラとポップミュージックが融合した新オーケストラ「ハワイ・ポップス」が誕生。9月14日よりハワイ・コンベンション・センターなどで定期公演をスタートする。 今回誕生した「ハワイ・ポップス」は、旧ホノルル・シンフォニーでポップミュージックの指揮者として活躍していたマット・キャッティンガブ氏が中心になって活動しており、エイミー・ハナイアリイなど、ハワイの人気ミュージシャンとオーケストラの共演などが行われる予定となっている。
参考:KHON2KITV4

ノースにザトウクジラの屍骸が漂着

ローカルニュース - Wed, 04/17/2013 - 08:38
 ハワイ州の自然保護局は昨日、オアフ島ノースショアの海岸線にザトウクジラの屍骸が漂着したと発表した。漂着したクジラの死骸はすでに漂着現場より撤去されているものの、当局では、クジラの死骸を目当てに集まったサメが海岸線近くまで近寄ってくる可能性もあるとして、市民に対して数日間は注意をするよう呼びかけている。 今回発見されたクジラは、体長13~15フィート、体重は約2,500~3,000ポンドの生後2~6週間の子どものクジラで、今後、クジラの体内から摂取された組織等から死因の原因究明が進められる予定となっている。なお、州政府や連邦政府などの関係機関が協力し、死因の調査等を行うためにクジラの死骸をハレイワ・ボートハーバーまで牽引しようと試みたものの、沖合いでイタチサメなどがクジラの死骸に群がり危険と判断されたため、クジラの死骸は沖合い4マイルの地点で海に放出されている。 ハワイ諸島周辺では今年に入りすでに5頭のクジラの屍骸が発見されており、アメリカ海洋大気局(NOAA)関係者は、「通常、クジラの死骸は年間1~2頭が発見されていますが、今年は例年に比べて死骸の発見件数が増加しており、クジラの頭数減少に影響が出るのではないかと懸念しています」と語っている。
参考:KITV4

Obituaries

Local News - Wed, 04/17/2013 - 04:28
Yoichi Arita • Francisco Lizada Bosque • Alfredo Menor Casil; and more

New York Times: Seeking a gun or selling one, the Web is a land of few rules

Local News - Wed, 04/17/2013 - 04:28
The want ads posted by the anonymous buyer on Armslist.com, a sprawling free classified ads website for guns, telegraphed urgency.

New York Times: Bombings end decade of few successful terror attacks in U.S.

Local News - Wed, 04/17/2013 - 04:28
WASHINGTON » The bombing of the Boston Marathon on Monday was the end of more than a decade in which the United States experienced strikingly few terrorist attacks, in part because of the far more aggressive law enforcement tactics that arose after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

Improvements on way for Kawaihae Harbor

Local News - Wed, 04/17/2013 - 04:28
A project to improve Kawaihae Small Boat Harbor is moving forward after years of delays caused by environmental concerns.

New York Times: Magazine names best young British novelists

Local News - Wed, 04/17/2013 - 04:28
Every 10 years since 1983, the London-based literary magazine Granta names the 20 writers it considers the Best of Young British Novelists.

Newswatch

Local News - Wed, 04/17/2013 - 04:28
Clouds and showers to remain over 2 isles • Legislators call for GMO food labeling • Fall into pond kills Maui man; and more

Stakeholders set sights on solution

Local News - Wed, 04/17/2013 - 04:28
Angela Thomas, 44, watched warily as the latest group of police officers and politicians crossed by her makeshift home near the Kapiolani Park public restroom.