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EDITORIAL: Hopes high for Kalaeloa housing

A proposed affordable apartment complex on former Navy land in Kalaeloa would more than quadruple needed affordable rental housing there — adding 260 new units…

EDITORIAL: Hawaiian changes ready for takeoff

Changes are coming for flyers using Hawaiian Airlines, as its new parent company, Alaska Air, revamps routes, planes and services to boost profits. They aren’t…

EDITORIAL: Honolulu must reckon with HPD behavior

Over the past month, new developments on two fatal shootings by Honolulu police and one related case of alleged police brutality have stirred public emotions…

EDITORIAL: Assess EMS to aid creative solutions

Less than a year after Honolulu Emergency Medical Services (EMS) became the sole concern of the city Emergency Services Department (HESD) following an Ocean Safety…

Distressed swimmers rescued

WAILUA — County lifeguards and firefighters rescued three people in distress from waters off Wailua on Saturday afternoon. One person remains in critical condition. At…

TGI editor returning to mainland

After six years of writing for The Garden Island newspaper, including a year as editor of this publication, this is my last week at TGI.…

Keep Kaua‘i kipuka safe

A kipuka is described as a place surrounded by lava, protected and able to flourish. They are often small oases of vegetation and life surrounded…