Newspaper sale order A federal judge has approved the sale of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and brought an end to an anti-trust lawsuit filed by the state attorney general against Gannett Pacific Corp., which operates The Honolulu Advertiser. Click to download the order. Adobe Reader required.
Kamehameha Schools sophomore Kiani Arkus asks the international space station's commander, William Shepherd, how he stays in shape in space (he uses a treadmill). Arkus and three other Hawai'i high school students got to talk to the astronaut as the station passed over Hawai'i yesterday. See story.
BREAKING NEWS Posted at 4:42 p.m., March 2, 2001 Mayor budget calls for no increase in property taxes Honolulu Mayor Jeremy Harris today unveiled a proposed $1.077 billion operating budget to run the city over the next fiscal year and a construction budget of $498.2 million. “The good news is there will be no increase in real property tax rates this year,” Harris said. Posted at 4:08 p.m., March 2, 2001 NTSB says sub should have been able to detect Japanese ship The Japanese vessel sunk in a collision with the USS Greeneville was dangerously close just before the accident and should have been detected by periscope and sonar, an analysis by the National Transportation Safety Board indicates.
Posted at 12:10 p.m., March 2, 2001 Ehime Maru survivors extend thanks to Hawai'i Hawai'is warm hospitality to the relatives of the Ehime Maru missing came up frequently during Adm. William Fallon's trip to Japan, the admiral said today. Fallon offered President Bush's apologies to the families and officials for the collision of the USS Greeneville with the Japanese training vessel.
State tax cuts threatened
Legislators are considering a proposal to take away income tax cuts promised in 1998. The move would allow the state to collect tens of millions of dollars more in taxes.
State will look again at Fasi rent on offices
The state plans to re-investigate whether Frank Fasi unlawfully accepted an estimated $1.6 million in the form of dramatically reduced rent on his campaign headquarters.
No property tax hikes in $1 billion city budget
Mayor Jeremy Harris today is expected to propose a $1 billion city operating budget that asks for no increases in fees or real property tax rates and a tax cut for apartment owners.
Jones upgraded to 'satisfactory'
University of Hawai'i football coach June Jones yesterday was upgraded to satisfactory condition, although he remains in the Queen’s Medical Center's critical-care unit.
Preserving the poetry and protocol of hula
In these days of hula competitions, where the next dance is whatever’s listed in the program, we’ve forgotten that hula once followed a protocol, said kumu hula Kimo Alama Keaulana.
Liberty House emerges from turmoil of bankruptcy
Liberty House formally emerged from bankruptcy yesterday with new owners, about three weeks short of what would have been the kama'aina retailer’s third anniversary in court.
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