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In Kihei, located on Maui's southwest shore, travelers will have to spend $416 per night ....

• DATE: Thursday, February 13, 2014
• TIME: 1:15 p.m.
• PLACE: Conference Room 225

...Xtreme Power earned the 15th spot on Inc. Magazine's 500/5000 list of the fast growing private companies in the U.S. in 2012--now they're BK....

...the economic life of onshore wind turbines is between 10 and 15 years, not the 20 to 25 years projected by the wind industry itself, and used for government projections....

FLASHBACK Oct 18, 2013: “We urge you to allow Bill 2491 to become law.  We will be there to defend it.”....

After the first year of implementation, the state reduced its corrections population 4 percent, averted $2.5 million in costs, and allocated $3.4 million into its reinvestment strategies....

These bills offer 50 million dollars in bonds for the Ikehu Molokai project proposed by Molokai Ranch and Princeton Energy....

February 12, the House Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts is scheduled to hear House Bill 2148 at 8:30 a.m., in House conference room 312....

...examining allegations of administrative abuses and an ongoing failure to provide a safe work environment at the Hawaii State Hospital....

...Abercrombie today announced the appointment and promotion (resignation) of Sanjeev “Sonny” Bhagowalia as Chief Advisor for Technology and Cyber-Security (CIO), effective Feb. 18, 2014....

"I will be out of the office starting 02/07/2014 and will not return until 04/30/2014....."

Iwasa said her top priorities for both her district and Honolulu County as a whole are budget, transparency and accountability, and land use and infrastructure....

Balli, 42, of Kapolei, was killed in an insurgent attack in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, on Jan. 20....

...replacements, renovations and upgrades to our aging infrastructure at several state hospital facilities....

The fundraising event was organized for the benefit of the Hawaii Republican Assembly's political superpac HIRA Action....

Initiatives include studies for a space exploration R&D park, international flight training center and a laser optical communications ground station in Hawaii....

UHPA has taken a two-pronged approach to preserve faculty rights. In December 2013, the union filed a prohibited practice charge....

Today the United States Senate approved the Agriculture Act of 2014, also known as the “Farm Bill,” which includes legalization of industrial hemp for research purposes....

...Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee is scheduled to hear three different pieces of firearms legislation....

"Across the country voters have been misled by attempts to win elections by keeping people from the polls. We can’t let that happen here."

...nearly a century after the generating station first started providing electricity to the people of Oahu....

Any change, as the bill proposes, would require a change to the current collective bargaining agreement with the HSTA, which runs through 2017....

New advertisements, online tools and events have been designed to encourage uninsured residents to set appointments....

The law imposes new costs and mandates on employer sponsors of health and welfare trust funds, but leaves irresponsible companies free of any obligation to contribute towards their employees' health insurance....

A candidate may obtain the Application for a Nomination Paper and receive and file his/her nomination paper at the locations listed below....

... at Grace Bible Church, 635 South Hina Avenue, Kahului on Friday, February 7th, 2014 starting at 5:30 PM....

On January 29, 1999, exactly 55 years after its launch, the Battleship Missouri Memorial opened in Pearl Harbor ....

Caldwell today announced the appointment of Linda Chu Takayama to lead the Office of Economic Development as Executive Director....

The new poll, commissioned by Hawaii’s Drug Policy Action Group showed voter support for reform of Hawaii’s policies on marijuana trending upward....

Eighty-seven percent of respondents to a recent study in Hawai'i want to see a decrease in the number of feral cats in the Hawaiian Islands....

The specialized court began last year with three defendants and has now grown to ten defendants....

Attorney General David M. Louie joined 46 fellow state and territorial attorneys general in signing a letter sent to the U.S. Trade Representative....

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on November 26, 2013 to review two lawsuits challenging the Obama administration’s abortion pill mandate....

...$20 million for various capital improvement projects (CIP) administered by the state Department of Land and Natural Resources....

...informational meetings about the 2014 Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan ....

...the cost of auto insurance varies depending on the month you purchase a policy....

On average, 204,120 visitors were in the state on any given day of 2013 (average daily census) a 1.4 percent gain compared to 2012....

We are listening to your concerns and, as promised, would like to address some of your questions regarding pesticide use....

..."Obama’s national priorities echo those I’ve outlined"....

...the suspect's mother describes the revolving door of mental health facilities and half-way houses through which her son has passed in the last year....

This past weekend, the Star-Advertiser's Richard Borreca used the Governor's State of the State as the opening trumpet call for the 2014 governor's race....

...a package of bills intended to help the Hawaii Health Connector improve transparency and reliability and ensure the agencies financial stability....

...the state has seen an overall improvement in proficiency levels with 79% of fourth graders reading below proficiency in 2003 compared to 70% in 2013....

HUD determined that the city’s median income for a household of four is $82,600, down from $86,300 last year....

...after five years of promises, what do we have to show for it?....

Let’s make this a year of action....