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Roaches lose their taste for sweets to stay alive
KAILUA, OAHU (HawaiiNewsNow) - New research has revealed that a type of cockroach common to Hawaii has adapted to avoid poisons that contain glucose -- a type of sugar that's supposed to attract them. The roach is the German cockroach, the small ones that are seen in the kitchen at night. Lots of local homeowners see them from time to time, no matter what they do to keep them away. ...
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No tsunami threat to Hawaii following 8.2 magnitude quake north of Japan
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A strong earthquake has shaken an area north of Japan, but it was not strong enough to generate a tsunami threat to Hawaii. The quake was measured at a magnitude 8.2, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It was centered north of Japan in the Sea of Okhotsk and was too deep to create a tsunami alert, officials at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center say. The ...
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Residents question wheelchair ramp work without a sidewalk
There are 13 bus stops in all on the one mile stretch of Mokapu Boulevard between Oneawa and Kaneohe Bay Drive. Each of them is getting a new wheelchair ramp and curb cutout. But what doesn't make sense to some homeowners is there is no sidewalk. So the person in the wheelchair still has to go into the street to get to and from the ...
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City will demolish illegal skateboard structure
HALEIWA, OAHU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The city knows who secretly carted in cement and steel and illegally built a skateboard bowl on city park property on the North Shore, and how much it will cost to tear it down. "Just because of the disposal and the difficulty of taking out an eight-foot-deep type construction, it will probably cost us in the neighborhood of $20,000 to $50,000," said ...
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Kaneohe man pleads guilty in Ponzi scheme
According to a criminal complaint, Pascua ran a company that purported to be in the concert and nightclub promotions industry. Prosecutors say he devised a scheme offering short-term investment opportunities promising returns of 25 percent to 50 ...
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Da Kitchen may open another Oahu restaurant after Moiliili location closes
Da Kitchen business partners Les Tomita and Mariah Brown, seen in this 2011 file photo, may open another restaurant on Oahu after their only Honolulu location closes on Saturday. The owners of Da Kitchen are considering opening a new location on Oahu after the planned closure of their Moiliili location this Saturday. Da Kitchen is a popular local and Hawaiian food restaurant that got its start ...
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All Hawaii Sizzler restaurants reopen with new name
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - GoKo Restaurant Enterprises LLC, operator of the four Sizzler restaurants on Oahu the past 10 years, has rebranded all four of its restaurants and revamped its menu to emphasize local tastes and more local products. All four restaurants will operate under a new name: GoKo Steak & Salad Bar Restaurant. The rebranding of the four units; Dillingham Plaza on ...
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Large Kauai solar project moves forward
Anahola Solar photovoltaic project on Kauai's East side is one step closer to becoming a reality following the release Thursday of a draft environmental assessment that showed an "anticipated finding of no significant impact." The $55 million project includes a substation and a baseyard/customer service center on more than 60 acres of ...
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Lanai committee OKs Ellison’s plan for new hotel industrial development
The Lanai Community Plan Advisory Committee has given the OK to a new ultra-luxury hotel that majority owner Larry Ellison has proposed, and to set aside 200 acres for industrial ...
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Honolulu transit-oriented development plan includes Blaisdell Center redevelopment
From the redevelopment of the Neal S. Blaisdell Center into a residential project to a full service grocery store and a limited amount of hotels for travelers and business professionals, the Hawaii Community Development Authoritys Kakaako transit oriented development overlay plan is aimed at utilizing TOD to improve the existing quality of the area as a whole. The public will get its first look ...
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Vivint Solar of Utah outdoes Hawaii solar contractors in stated permit values
lead the pack of solar photovoltaic companies in Hawaii so far this year. Through April, the home security installation giant has managed to slay the top Hawaii companies with the largest share of the $160.6 million in stated value of PV projects for all of Oahu, according to an analysis of data from the City and County of Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting. Of that total, the top ...
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LPGA event to be played on shortened course
LPGA Tour officials Thursday announced they hoped to start the Pure Silk-Bahamas Classic on Friday over a course shortened to 12 holes. A foot of rain at the Ocean Club course on Tuesday left much of the layout under water, forcing the LPGA to reduce the event from four to three rounds. After assessing the situation further on Thursday, it was decided that some of the holes on the course would ...
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Hawaii developers debate whether Oahu will have enough homes for its growing population
Halekauwila Place, whose crane is shown in the foreground, is one of 15 condominium projects known to be in the works in Kakaako. If all of the projects go forward, more than 4,000 units will be added to the market in the next five years. Most of the big guns in Hawaiis housing market were out in full force Thursday at Honolulus Plaza Club talking about whats mostly on everyones minds these days ...
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House subcommittee OKs $400M in Hawaii military construction spending
The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness has approved more than $400 million in military construction in Hawaii for the 2014 fiscal year, U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa said Thursday. The money would be authorized under the National Defense Authorization Act and it includes nearly $237 million for Marine Corps Base Hawaii at Kaneohe Bay, where there are plans to base more aircraft, ...
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Aloha Council supports vote to lift youth gay ban
Openly gay youths will be allowed to join scouting, a historic decision the Boy Scouts of America says will keep it unclouded by "a single, divisive, and unresolved societal ...
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Moanalua Middle students construct innovative robots
From personal chefs to musicians to manicurists, a robotics class has created it all and its instructor Robert Walker makes sure his students take a hands-on ...
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OluKai donates footwear designed for Hawaii lifeguards to lifeguard association
OluKai developed shoes for Hawaii lifeguards that can be worn on land or in the water. The Hawaii-made shoe brand OluKai will donate around $135,000 in footwear to the Hawaii Lifeguard Association at an event planned for Saturday at one if its retailers, Island Sole. The footwear donation is in addition to an annual donation of around $20,000 that OluKai, which has nearly 2,000 retailers in ...
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Oahu’s Turtle Bay Resort opens new ‘sea-to-table’ restaurant Paakai
Turtle Bay Resort on Oahu's North Shore. The "sea-to-table" restaurant replaces the resort's 21 Degrees North restaurant. The opening of Paakai marks the latest development in the ...
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Boy Scouts to allow gay youths to join
Delegates to the annual meeting of the Boy Scouts of America made a monumental statement Thursday, voting to allow openly gay youths to join ...
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Army hosts Memorial Day Remembrance
The public is invited to join U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii and the military community as they honor Army veterans and members of our sister services who gave their lives in service of our ...
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Woman wanted for attempted murder in Makaha
MAKAHA, OAHU (HawaiiNewsNow) - CrimeStoppers and the Honolulu Police Department are seeking the public's help in locating May Iwa Brewer who is wanted for Attempted Murder in the Second Degree. On May 19, 2013, shortly after 4:40 p.m., the victim was seated in her vehicle on Farrington Highway in Makaha when she was approached by Brewer. Police say Brewer brandished a handgun, demanded ...
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Island Pacific Academy names Benjamin Feinstein headmaster
Benjamin Feinstein Island Pacific Academy has named Benjamin Feinstein, the schools current director of studies and diploma program coordinator, as the schools new headmaster, effective July 1. Feinstein will succeed founding headmaster Dan White, who is switching roles to become president of the schools nonprofit foundation. White, who co-founded the independent Kapolei school with his wife, ...
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Biofuels biomass dominate Hawaii Clean Energy Leader list
Biofuels and biomass projects dominate the latest Hawaii Clean Energy Leader list, which ranks the top planned developments that are demonstrating progress in becoming commercial enterprises that have the potential in helping the state reach its goals. The list, which is updated quarterly, is topped by the state Department of Transportation and Hawaiian Electric Co.s 8-megawatt Honolulu ...
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Navy to name destroyer after late Hawaii Sen. Daniel Inouye
Colleen Hanabusa , D-Hawaii, said in a statement. "This is a fitting tribute to Sen. Inouye, whose own strength and determination inspired so many of us." According to Hanabusa's office, the destroyer that will be named for Inouye will be delivered in mid-2018. "The naming of this destroyer appropriately honors his life and dedication to service during Pearl Harbor, World ...
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Young Brothers reports 4 Q1 decline in Hawaii interisland shipping
Young Brothers Ltd. said Thursday that cargo shipments between Honolulu and Hawaii's Neighbor Islands dropped by 3.9 percent during the first quarter, compared to the same time last year. According to Young Brothers, ports on Maui and the Big Island experienced declines. The largest Neighbor Island port, in Kahului on Maui, was down 5.8 percent and Hilo saw a decline of 6 percent. Shipping ...
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Hawaii may become space-gazing capital of world
A giant telescope, the biggest in the world, capable of a range of advanced processes such as viewing a planet outside the solar system with more accuracy than any other telescope currently in existence, may be built in Hawaii within the next decade or so.
The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) is the name by which a major development in the mountains of Hawaii is known. The name is a reference to the diameter of the actual telescope which will have a 98 foot, or 20 meter diameter segmented mirror or Ritchey-Chrétien telescope, which will enable it to provide images three times sharper and ten times wider in scope than any other facility currently in existence in the world. Read more
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