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November 2025

DOE's Top Leader Could Get Big Pay Raise
November 4, 2025
Thirty Meter Telescope Planners Consider Other Sites On Mauna Kea
November 4, 2025
Word Row: Nov. 4
November 4, 2025
Maui Council Looks To Fill Vacant Seat As Emotional Debate Begins 
November 4, 2025
Why Relationships, Not Events, Sustain Hawai’s Cultural Societies
November 4, 2025
Green Sea Turtles Have Rebounded. Should Hawaiians Be Able To Eat Them?
November 4, 2025
Makana Eyre: They May Call It Poke, But It Doesn't Come Close To Ours
November 3, 2025
Honolulu Fired Building Permit Worker Who Cut Through Delays For A Few People
November 3, 2025
Fix It! Punahou Square Park Has Seen Better Days
November 3, 2025
Word Flower: Nov. 3
November 3, 2025
Arbor Day Is The Holiday That Really Matters
November 3, 2025
Hawaiʻi Needs More Firebreaks. Maui Is Making It Happen
November 3, 2025
Turnout Is Up. People Like It. But Voting By Mail Is Under Attack In Hawaiʻi
November 2, 2025
The Sunday Mini: Nov. 2
November 2, 2025
The Sunshine Blog: This Longtime Hawaiʻi Senator Is Calling It Quits
November 2, 2025
An Indigenous View Of Daylight Saving Time: It's Nonsense
November 2, 2025
We Must Push Lawmakers To Investigate The $35,000 Payoff
November 2, 2025
Lee Cataluna: Money, Power And Status Make Kamehameha Schools A Rich Target
November 2, 2025
Will Caron: Let Them Eat Cake
November 2, 2025

October 2025

Fatal ʻEwa Beach Fire: Care Home Had History Of Not Documenting Fire Drills 
October 31, 2025
Judges Order Trump Administration To Pay SNAP Benefits During Shutdown
October 31, 2025
A Revolving Door For Mentally Ill? Lawmakers Question Diversion Program
October 31, 2025
The Friday Crossword: Happy Halloween
October 31, 2025
Kirstin Downey: This Historic Kailua Estate Is Finally Getting Fixed
October 31, 2025
Disgraced Cops And Ex-Felons Are Among Hawaiʻi's Licensed Security Guards
October 31, 2025
Hawaiʻi Shutdown Response: SNAP Recipients To Get $250 Apiece
October 30, 2025
Federal Judge In Hawaiʻi Rules FDA Violated Law With Abortion Pill Restrictions
October 30, 2025
Disposal Of Surgical Implants After You Die Raises Questions
October 30, 2025
Will Bailey: Pohoiki Bay Dredging Was A Onetime Job — That's How Feds Do It
October 30, 2025
Mini Crossword: Oct. 30
October 30, 2025
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