The Rev. Darrow Aiona places ashes on the foreheads of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church parishioners, part of yesterday’s Ash Wednesday observance marking the start of the Lenten season. Father Aiona and the Rev. Norio Sasaki conducted the service in the morning and the evening at the church in Honolulu’s Kapahulu neighborhood.
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Cash-for-medicine discount proposed in House measure
House lawmakers want the state to address sky-high prescription drug costs for the first time with a proposed discount program for people who pay cash for their medicine.
Council committee OKs hike in bus fare
A measure to increase everyone's cost for riding TheBus this summer moved forward by unanimous vote by the Council's Budget and Economic Development Committee yesterday.
Panel OKs adult-teen sex limits
The Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday approved a bill aimed at deterring adults from having sex with minors despite strong opposition from Honolulu Prosecutor Peter Carlisle.
Council won't settle for $612,000 in Black harassment case
The Honolulu City Council yesterday rejected a proposal to pay $612,000 to settle police outreach worker Sharon Black's long-standing lawsuits against Honolulu Police Department officials accused of sexual harassment.
Teacher union puts priority on strike vote
The Hawai'i public schoolteachers union is still talking informally with state negotiators, but says its big priority is promoting its March 14 strike vote.
Cameras may yield clues in slaying
Homicide investigators are reviewing surveillance tapes of the downtown area where a 41-year-old homeless woman was found strangulated early yesterday.
Film arson verdict challenge likely
The attorney for the owner of a movie equipment rental company is expected to challenge a jury award of more than $9.5 million in damages to a former competitor whose truck was burned in an arson fire 10 years ago.
Hale'iwa woman killed in Las Vegas shooting
A pregnant Hale'iwa woman and her grandparents were fatally shot Saturday in Las Vegas and the woman's brother has been arrested in connection with the slayings, said Las Vegas police.
Senators fill Windward pork barrel
Sen. Fred Hemmings says he doesn't believe in pork barrel financing, so he has included only three projects in his capital improvement requests for his Windward district.
Mililani Mauka park put on hold
Six months after the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Mililani Mauka District Park, the site remains empty. And residents wonder what happened.
Education Kapolei High students learn a different way
"Open" is a word you hear frequently at Kapolei High School. Even the project-based learning method of teaching used at Hawai'i's newest high school is said to open young minds.
Our schools • Benjamin Parker Elementary
'Caring' Kane'ohe school proud of its young scientists
There's a special feeling at Benjamin Parker Elementary School. Principal Barbara Smith said it's the "caring faculty and staff" that make the difference.
On Campus UH students have advice for governor
UH students are bombarding Gov. Ben Cayetano's e-mail box in an effort to help secure pay raises for their professors.
O'ahu briefs
Fishing hours expanded; Two suspects in attack released; 'Ewa Villages figures sentenced.
Ex-official cleared of electroshock fishing
A jury yesterday acquitted a retired state forestry official of using an illegal electroshock device to catch fish in Wailau Stream on Moloka'i, but found him guilty of landing a helicopter in a forest reserve without a permit.
Neighbor Island briefs
Conference to discuss exports; Makawao stop now 4-way; Kahului pool dedicated; Cause of hikers' deaths disclosed; State defeats Hanalei boaters; Company breaks emission rules.
Bob Krauss
Vietnamese women in charge
I've always wondered how Vietnamese women manage to camouflage so much steely determination under such feminine grace and charm.
Lee Cataluna
Hula dad puts heart into skirts he makes
I keep telling him he should be the one to write about this. The story is his, the words should be his. He could publish a book and call it, "Confessions of a Hula Father."
Jan TenBruggencate
Reserves good for fisheries
Hawai'i has 10 marine life conservation areas on four islands, which a newly released study suggests are a great idea — not only for the fish.
Mike Leidemann
Planners can get smart
Doing good urban planning is like wrapping your arms around a 600-pound Jello mold: squeeze one place and it pops out in another.
