I am a busy person. Life is especially challenging these days. Sometimes at the end of the day I feel emotionally and physically spent. However, no matter how tired I might feel, if I heard someone sneak in my back door, after dark, and start stealing from me, I would do my best to deal with it and stop the robbery.
Councilman Kelley Greenwell's invitation to send Guantanamo detainees to Hawaii Island is a sign of the dangerous lunacy created by one-party government.
Services provided by members of Congress routinely include contacting federal agencies on constituents' behalf, but Sen. Daniel Inouye has been taken to task by the Washington Post for doing so for a Hawaii bank where he keeps at least two-thirds of his assets.
High school sports provides budget entertainment for the whole family. That's the way Keith Amemiya sees it, and the executive director of the Hawaii High School Athletic Association hopes that even in the recession's grip, fans will keep filling the stands in the coming school year.
Gov. Linda Lingle's list of bills that she may veto will please some and disappoint others, but none warrants a special session of the Legislature to override a veto. Legislators have been known in the past to use a special session to accomplish other ends and should not again place themselves under such pressure.
Initial fears about swine flu subsided with reports that the virus lacked the characteristics of the pandemic flu that killed millions in 1918, but a sharp rise in afflictions should increase efforts to bring it under control. The first death involving the disease in Hawaii should refocus attention without causing undue alarm.
By now, Iranian security forces will have all but extinguished that country's post-election protest movement, at the cost of dozens killed that we know of, and hundreds, if not thousands, of injured and detained.
Half of Hawaii's six governors were lieutenant governors: George Ariyoshi, John Waihee and Ben Cayetano all started out as No. 2. Now Republican Lt. Gov. James "Duke" Aiona is hoping the legacy continues.
Kona Community Hospital faces a $5 million shortfall for next fiscal year which begins on July 1, 2009. As the state and local businesses trim budgets, programs, and payrolls, the number of people losing health care coverage has risen. This has made our challenge more acute.
Jason "Jay" Dean Salvador, 46, of Halaula, died June 24 at North Hawaii Community Hospital. Born Feb. 14, 1963, in Kohala, he was a tractor operator with J & R's Place in Kohala and Island Harvest Co. and member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Hawi.
Alejandro Manuel Carmelo, 83, of Kailua-Kona, died June 28 at Life Care Center of Kona. Born July 16, 1926, in Luzon, Phillipines, he was an elementary school teacher, land surveyor, former president of the Filipino Organization of Kona, a macadamia nut and coffee picker, houseman at the former Kona Lagoon Hotel and member of Ilocano Ancestry Club.
Charles "Charlie" V. Aiona Sr., 81, of Hilo, died June 26 at Hilo Medical Center. Born Aug. 1, 1927, in Ookala, he was a retired crane operator for Hilo Transportation and Terminal, a World War II U.S. Army veteran and a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Hilo.
More than a decade after getting her start as one half of the island contemporary duo Keahiwai, singer-songwriter Mailani Makainai returns to her Hawaiian roots this week with the release of her self-titled solo debut album.
It sounds like a challenge, and in some ways it is: Write a play or create a dance piece that can be presented on an empty stage while incorporating three black theater cubes.
The superstars of World Wrestling Entertainment are back in town this weekend, with Sunday's lineup of matches promising to satisfy fans of the squared circle from ages 5 to 50.
Hawaii-based songwriters will have a rare opportunity next week to learn from some of the best and brightest in both the local and mainstream music industries.
Thirty-three years after founding Hawaii Craftsmen's annual Raku Ho'olaule'a beach event, ceramist David Kuraoka is the guest artist and juror of the 2009 Raku Ho'olaule'a Juried Exhibition.
Broadcast date: 6/27/2009 Chef Alfredo Lee Conti prepares Gamberoni Con Scapece (Pawns with Zucchini in Mint Sauce) and Capellacci Alla Suzette (Butternut Squash Ravioli).
Broadcast date: 6/27/2009 Chef Alfredo Lee Conti prepares Gamberoni Con Scapece (Pawns with Zucchini in Mint Sauce) and Capellacci Alla Suzette (Butternut Squash Ravioli).
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