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Oahu Publications Inc. stunned the local business community on Feb. 25, 2010 when it was announced that OPI was acquiring The Advertiser, its Web site, its nondaily publications and its $82 million printing plant in Kapolei. The plan calls for the sale of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and, if no taker is found, the papers would be consolidated.
The Honolulu Advertiser turns a new page in its 155-year history with its purchase by Oahu Publications Inc., owner of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. ADVERTISER LIBRARY PHOTO
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Advertiser writes final chapter in 154-year story
Today's final edition of The Honolulu Advertiser ends a 154-year run that helped document and define the course of Island life from the days of the Hawaiian kingdom to the arrival of jets and the digital age. 
Black paying $125M for Advertiser
Honolulu Star-Bulletin owner David Black is paying about $125 million to acquire The Honolulu Advertiser. The sale price � which a person familiar with the deal confirmed for the first time � is roughly half of the $250 million that former owner Gannett Co. paid for The Advertiser in 1992.
Contributing as well as chronicling
The Honolulu Advertiser didn't just chronicle life in the Islands, it worked to make life better � in ways big and small � with fundraisers and sponsorships, blood drives and volunteer campaigns.
End unfolds with sadness, nostalgia
Food, memories and good wishes continued to pour into The Advertiser newsroom yesterday as the staff prepared to put the state's largest newspaper "to bed" for the final time. Reporters, editors and photographers continued to dump notebooks, reports, books and business cards, uncovering desktops that had not been uncluttered in years.
Advertiser's staff says farewell
A decade with The Honolulu Advertiser as a copy editor and wire editor came to an end last night, but it was not my saddest day in the newsroom. Not even close. Nine years ago, The Advertiser launched a short-lived PM Edition for those who preferred to read their newspaper in the afternoon or evening.
Saying goodbye to trusted friend
It's difficult to try to sum up a life in an obituary, to get the right tone and to pick out the most significant tales from a lifetime of adventures, but finding that point of grace where the words just fall away and the person's spirit almost speaks for itself is a transcendent thing for a writer.
The end of a rich history
Today's final edition of The Honolulu Advertiser marks the end of a most unique narrative, told in daily installments, chronicling 154 breathtaking years in the history of our Hawai'i community.
It won't be the same without you
We have a running joke at The Advertiser Local News Desk when an editor leaves for home anytime from, say, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., which we consider early. The editors still on the desk will call out, "You go on. Have a good time. Don't worry about us. We'll put the paper out."
The last word.
A small group of newsroom people got together in 1997 and came up with a mission statement for The Honolulu Advertiser. What started as one of those strained, management-coerced assignments evolved into candid discussions among staff members about how the newspaper could improve while holding true to sturdy principles that would outlive every journalistic fad.
The Advertiser's first editorial
This is the editorial that founder Henry Whitney wrote in the first edition of the Pacific Commercial Advertiser. We thought it was important to present this "bookend" of our history, but know that it reflects the prejudices of 1856 and that Whitney refers to Native Hawaiians in a way that is, at best, paternalistic.
An 'ohana that produced powerful work
I was fortunate to spend most of my professional life as a journalist for The Honolulu Advertiser in the days when it was locally owned. I looked forward to going to work just about every day and so I'm sad to see it go, and our community should be sad as well to be losing a media voice.
From our readers, a fond farewell
For nearly a third of the life of The Honolulu Advertiser � 49 years, to be exact � its art editor, Jerry Chong, was there to illustrate and bring to life most of the history-making stories of the 20th century.
The news didn't get smaller, the papers did
There's been a growing amount of fretting recently in the journalism racket about the steep decline in the number of reporters covering state capitols and other state government news.
Multiverse of science was exciting beat
When I came to work at the Advertiser in 1997, my primary job was in Travel, but I also loved science, and some of the most meaningful reporting I have done for the newspaper has been about the impact of science and scientists.
Mistakes happen, and they'll make us better
Editor's Note: Curtis Murayama has been with The Advertiser since 1978, first as a reporter then page designer, the past 11 years as the Sports Editor, and always as an NFL draft fan. He is a Kaimuki High School and University of Oregon graduate.
We came, we saw, we wrote, we enjoyed
Decades ago � sometime after Andrew Mitsukado, Hal Wood and Dan McGuire � when there were no Rainbow Wahine volleyball, no Rainbow Wahine softball, no hard-core following for University of Hawai'i women's sports, no Internet and when high school sports was king, a new generation of sports writers was being formed.
Team 'Tiser chronicled sumo history in making
The gray Tokyo skies grew darker on the late January 1993 morning as throngs of fans made their way down the gravel path under the giant torii leading into the venerable Meiji Jingu.
Sage advice: Make today a masterpiece
The silver-haired man, looking more wizardly than ever in retirement, sat alone reading a sports section at Los Angeles International Airport on that fall afternoon in 1984.
These fond memories will last forever
Editor's Note: Clyde Mizumoto started with The Advertiser in 1974 as a part-time reporter. He was first named Assistant Sports Editor in 1978, and has served under seven different Sports Editors in that capacity, including Curtis Murayama. Clyde also was Sports Editor, a page designer and copy editor. He is a graduate of Roosevelt High School and the University of Hawai'i.
I caught video stream at just the right time
Leila Wai has been with The Advertiser since 2000 as a clerk, then reporter and lead videographer. She is a graduate of Kaiser High School and University of Hawai'i, where she played soccer.
This job never got old, even after 29 years
Editor's Note: Bart Asato has been The Advertiser Assistant Sports Editor since 1999. He started at The Advertiser in 1981 and has been a sports and news reporter, designer, copy editor and online content editor. He is a graduate of McKinley High School and the University of Hawai'i.
Still slap-happy after 29 years as a reporter
Editor's Note: Stephen Tsai has been a reporter with The Advertiser since 1981. The author of popular Hawaii Warrior Beat blog whose followers call themselves the "Tsai-kos," Stephen is a Roosevelt High School and University of Hawai'i graduate.
My few years were a blur, most enjoyable
Stanley Lee has been with The Advertiser since 2007 as a reporter and videographer. He is a graduate of McKinley High School, where he ran and coached cross country, and is currently finishing his master's degree at the University of Hawai'i.
What a trip �Dayton traveled to see Dayton
Dayton Morinaga has been a reporter with The Advertiser since 1991. An avid ocean sports reporter, he is a graduate of Saint Louis School and the University of Hawai'i.
I'm gonna miss the food and friendship
I jumped at the opportunity to work for The Honolulu Advertiser sports department in May 2005 with the help of Kalani Takase. I've known Kalani since high school when we met through Hawaii Sports Network. Even though he's a Trojan and I'm a Charger. At the time, I was enrolled at Hawaii Pacific University, and had an athletic statistician scholarship.
Multiverse of science was exciting beat
When I came to work at the Advertiser in 1997, my primary job was in Travel, but I also loved science, and some of the most meaningful reporting I have done for the newspaper has been about the impact of science and scientists.
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