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EDITORIAL: Enough feuding, shut Red Hill down

The situation over how to close the Navy’s aging and problematic Red Hill fuel facility, remediate its nearby environs and keep the area’s water safe…

New year begins with lower state taxes for all

Hawaii workers will begin 2025 with a little extra take-home pay starting this month when their state tax withholdings begin shrinking. The state Legislature in…

Hawaiian Electric delivers answers to PUC probe

Hawaiian Electric has delivered a 96-page report to the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission in response to 30 information requests and nearly 200 questions about the…

Restrictions ease in Lahaina burn zone

Maui County is lifting access restrictions to much of a largely commercial area of Lahaina destroyed by wildfire more than a year ago. Starting today,…

EDITORIAL: Eddie proof sports tourism has legs

A palpable air of excitement and anticipation settled over Honolulu this past weekend, as it became likely that the Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational surfing…