All three platoons at the the Hawai‘i National Guard’s Youth Academy get down on the ground to do calisthenics after their early morning wake up and before their breakfast at the Academy’s facility at the former Barbers Point. See story.
Bruce Asato • The Honolulu Advertiser
BREAKING NEWS Updated at 10:29 a.m., March 12, 2001 UH names Dobelle as president The University of Hawai'i Board of Regents today named Evan Dobelle, president of Trinity College in Connecticut, president of the 10-campus Hawai'i system. He will be paid $442,000 annually in a contract that runs to June 30, 2008.
Updated at 10:58 a.m., March 12, 2001 Woman murdered in Kahala Police today are searching for a man who stabbed a woman to death shortly before 4:45 a.m. at a Kahala townhouse. The man is believed to be the woman's ex-boyfriend.
Posted at 10:09 a.m., March 12, 2001 Police completes Ala Moana Center shooting probe The Honolulu Police Department’s Internal Affairs division has completed its criminal investigation of a Jan. 13 police shooting at Ala Moana Center in which a murder suspect was killed. Prosecutors will next determine whether the shooting was justified.
Posted at 10:13 a.m., March 12, 2001 Lahaina man dies in truck accident A 44-year-old Lahaina man died yesterday from injuries suffered when the pickup truck he was riding in struck a utility pole on Pulehu Road.
Union leaders' influence softening
The replacement of plantation work by middle-class lifestyles may be weakening the once unassailable leadership of Hawai'i's organized labor.
Texas attorney sets sights on OHA
Houston constitutionalist William Helfand has turned his equal-protection laser beam on Hawai'i as lead counsel in the much-talked-about case of Barrett v State of Hawaii.
Strike vote looms for state teachers
Tensions are mounting and education officials are planning for the worst with Hawai'i's teachers poised for a strike vote on Wednesday.
Makiki may add traffic circle
The city may install more traffic-calming measures in Makiki and McCully to help curb speeding and improve traffic safety.
Body of missing swimmer found off Portlock
Firefighters yesterday found the body of an 18-year-old University of Hawai'i student from Oregon who drowned after disappearing in high surf near China Wall off Portlock on Saturday.
OHA loan program offers opportunities for success
Innovative Office of Hawaiian Affairs programs that offer Hawaiians a chance to build a home or start a business are still very much part of its mission, and many would hate to see them go.
UH moves closer to strike
Negotiations between the state and the University of Hawai'i faculty union stalemated over the weekend, and union members say the situation is propelling them almost inevitably toward a strike.
Fishery council head disputes proposal
A new proposal to allow the Hawai'i longline fishery to pursue tuna year-round will backfire because it bars fishing in tuna-rich areas, the head of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council said yesterday.
Murderer ordered to serve 100 years
A onetime prison guard who admitted taking part in killing two men in a North Shore drug ring in 1997 has received a 100-year minimum prison term from the Hawai'i Paroling Authority.
Building proposal splits Waimanalo
A long-time Waimanalo family is proposing to construct a two story commercial building where only single-story structures are located on Wailea Street, causing some concern in a community that values its country lifestyle.
Hawai'i briefs
Woman killed in Hilo crash; Waialua fire under control; 'Ewa safety meeting today; Golfers tee off for charity; DOT surveyors hit the highway; Retrial ordered in 1989 murder.
Farmers, state clash over water system
State agricultural officials and Big Island farmers who rely on the Hamakua Ditch for irrigation are feuding over emergency repairs to the vital water system that runs from Waipi'o Valley to Pa'auilo.
Habitat information sought for endangered Kaua'i snail
A tiny snail unique to Kaua'i has been placed on the federal endangered species list, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is looking for help in determining its critical habitat.
Bob Krauss
It pays to read the fine print
Mary Judd in Manoa Valley has discovered how to feels to play fairy godmother for her friends. She calls them and says, "You've got money coming."
Lee Cataluna
Legislator should stop that swerving and just step down
Early in the morning of Feb. 8, a police officer spotted state Rep. Nobu Yonamine weaving erratically on the H-1 in his white Honda Accord. Trouble is, more than a month later, Yonamine is still weaving erratically.
Jan TenBruggencate
Water a precious Island asset
Health officials are concerned that excessive use of antibiotics is contaminating water supplies and is allowing the antibiotics to enter the environment, where disease organisms are able to evolve into antibiotic-resistant forms.
Mike Leidemann
Let's work as well as we laugh
What a great place this could be if we could just get all the government agencies in the state working together to make this a better place and fix some of the despoiling that's already gone on.
