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Mauna Kea is considered sacred to Native Hawaiians. It also happens to be ideal for observatories.

On a stunning Hawaiian mountain, the fight over telescopes is nearing a peaceful end

Jul 31, 2022
Mauna Kea is considered sacred to Native Hawaiians. It also happens to be ideal for space observatories. Now, a long running fight over the mountain's future may be coming to an end.
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Family
Brit Oliphant connected with her fourth-grade student, Seth Snyder through skateboarding. Brit was shocked to find out Seth was so passionate about skating but didn't have a skateboard of his own. She started an organization, Boards 4 Buddies, to change

A teacher in Hawaii is rehoming surfboards and skateboards to underprivileged kids

Jun 21, 2022
A schoolteacher in Hawaii connected with a student through skateboarding, only to find out he couldn't afford a board of his own. She started a grassroots organization to fix that.
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National
"My body, my choice!" resonates from protesters on the front lawn of the Guam Congress Building in Hagåtña during a protest as they voiced their concerns against the Guam Heartbeat Act of 2022 on April 27, 2022.

Hurdles to abortion will mount on remote U.S. territories without Roe

May 27, 2022
Without Roe, Guam could revert to an abortion ban dating to 1990. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the law unconstitutional in 1992, but it has never been repealed.
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National
An undated photo shows the scene where a tour helicopter crashed near the Na Pali Coast on the island of Kauai in Hawaii, in 2019.

A Hawaii helicopter crash that killed 7 could have been prevented, investigators say

May 10, 2022
U.S. investigators blamed the 2019 crash on the pilot's decision to keep flying into worsening weather, and they accused regulators of lax oversight of air tours that are popular with tourists.
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This Dec. 11, 2021 photo, provided by the U.S. Navy, shows a diving salvage unit at work in a contaminated water well near Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Thousands displaced from Oahu military base due to contamination in Navy water system

Dec 15, 2021
State health officials said samples from the Red Hill shaft contained petroleum levels 350 times the level considered safe. Some 3,000 military members and families were moved to temporary housing.
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Weather
A pedestrian tries to cross a flooded Queen Street, Monday, Dec. 6, 2021, in Honolulu.

Hawaii remains under flood warnings as a 'kona low' storm continues to dump rain

Dec 07, 2021
The weather caused damage, but there were no storm-related deaths as of Monday afternoon. Officials warned that the storm, which began over the weekend, remained a threat.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
People line up in their cars to get tested for COVID-19 at a pop-up testing clinic at Bondi Beach in Sydney on Friday. Parts of Sydney will go into lockdown late Friday because of a growing coronavirus outbreak in Australia's largest city.

New COVID-19 Outbreaks Are Driving Some Places Back Under Lockdown And Behind Masks

Jun 25, 2021
Health officials around the world have announced renewed restrictions this week as they see clusters of outbreaks from the delta variant of the coronavirus.
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Animals
In this photo released by NOAA's Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program is an entangled subadult humpback whale off the Hawaiian island of Maui, on Tuesday. A young humpback whale has been freed of about 100 feet of line entangled in its mou

Young Humpback Whale Freed Off Coast Of Maui

Mar 11, 2021
The juvenile whale was ensnarled in more than a 100 feet of small gauge line, making it difficult for the sea creature to swim. But a team of experts cut its flipper and mouth free on Wednesday.
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A road is flooded near the breached Kaupakalua Dam in the Haiku area of the Hawaiian island of Maui on Monday.

Hawaii Flooding Prompts Emergency Declaration, Evacuations And Fears Of Dam Failure

Mar 10, 2021
Damage from heavy flooding has prompted Hawaii's governor to declare a state of emergency. On hard-hit Maui, floods damaged homes and overtopped a historical dam, forcing residents to evacuate.
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The Picture Show
Crews observe the continuing eruption in Halema'uma'u at Kilauea in the early morning of Dec. 28. Overnight, the western vent in the wall of Halema'uma'u continued to erupt.

Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Eruption Creates 600-Foot-Deep Lava Lake

Dec 31, 2020
The volcano on Hawaii's Big Island began erupting more than a week ago and lava continues to flow, creating a huge new lake that's taken the place of a water lake it vaporized.
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Lava cascades into the summit water lake at the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's big island. The eruption began late Sunday within the volcano's Halemaumau crater, at the summit of Kilauea.

Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Erupts On Big Island

Dec 21, 2020
The volcano last erupted in 2018, destroying hundreds of homes and forcing the evacuation of thousands around Hawaii's Big Island.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
Hawaiian Airlines jets outside Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu. Hawaii has seen a more than 90% reduction in the number of air travelers arriving since the start of the pandemic.

Facing Economic Devastation, Hawaii Attempts To Revive Tourism

Oct 20, 2020
The tourist economy in Hawaii has been decimated by the pandemic, with 1 in 6 people there unemployed. Now, the state hopes new traveler testing protocols will help bring visitors back to its beaches.
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Broken boats and floating debris at a marina in Corpus Christi are among the damage caused by Hurricane Hanna, which was downgraded to a tropical storm and continued to shower Texas with heavy rain on Sunday.

As Texas Reels From Hurricane Damage, Hawaii Braces For Impact

Jul 26, 2020
Heavy rainfall and life-threatening flash flooding continue after Tropical Storm Hanna hit South Texas. Meanwhile, Hurricane Douglas is closing in on the islands of Hawaii.
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National
A Hawaii Civil Defense Warning Device, which sounds an alert siren during natural disasters, is seen in Honolulu in a 2017 photograph.

False Tsunami Warning In Hawaii Triggered By Police Exercise

Sep 19, 2019
The alert, which was "inadvertently triggered" during Honolulu Police Department training, angered residents who recalled a similar false alarm last year warning of an imminent missile attack.
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Science
The Gemini Telescope (right) and Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope on Hawaii's Mauna Kea near Hilo, Hawaii.

Amid Protests In Hawaii Against Giant Telescope, Astronomers Look To 'Plan B'

Aug 06, 2019
An international consortium planning the Thirty Meter Telescope still prefers to site it atop the Big Island's Mauna Kea. But local protests may drive the project to the Canary Islands.
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Newscast headlines

Protests Spread As Activists Fight Telescope In Hawaii

Jul 23, 2019
HONOLULU (AP) — Demonstrations against a giant telescope planned for Hawaii's tallest peak have spread to New York, Las Vegas and Honolulu's tourist mecca of Waikiki as Native Hawaiians push to protect what they say is a sacred place.
 
In Nevada, a few hund
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Space
Native Hawaiians have objected to construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope for years. On Monday, about 300 protesters arrived to block workers from accessing the site on a mountain believed to be sacred land.

Hawaii Protesters Block Access Road To Stop Construction Of Massive Telescope

Jul 15, 2019
Native Hawaiians chained themselves to a grate in a road to stop work on the controversial Mauna Kea project on what they say is sacred land. Development is scheduled to begin this week.
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Book Reviews
<em>Aloha Rodeo: Three Hawaiian Cowboys, the World's Greatest Rodeo, and a Hidden History of the American West</em>, by David Wolman and Julian Smith

'Aloha Rodeo' Offers Alternative To The Cowboy Cliché

Jun 27, 2019
Journalists David Wolman and Julian Smith chronicle the history of Hawaii's cattle trade and profile a number of "paniolos" — every bit as tenacious and resourceful as their mainland cohorts.
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Code Switch
Hawaiian language activist Larry Kimura led the charge in the 1970s in getting Hawaii's Department of Education to sanction Hawaiian-language immersion schools. The state, however, did not offer any support or curriculum, Kimura said. So they did it on t

The Hawaiian Language Nearly Died. A Radio Show Sparked Its Revival

Jun 22, 2019
In Hawaii today, nearly everyone knows how to speak a few words and phrases of Hawaiian. But the practice of primarily speaking the Hawaiian language from birth nearly died two generations ago.
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National
In this photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, the Puu Oo eruption site on Kilauea volcano is shown in this July 2018 aerial image in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The volcano is no longer erupting, but is still active.

Army Soldier Falls Into Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano After Straining For Better View

May 03, 2019
A soldier visiting the active volcano on the Big Island hopped a guardrail and fell in when the ground collapsed. Airlifted out of the crater, he is in stable condition.
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Animals
Ocean Ramsey is pictured caressing the great white shark believed to be Deep Blue, a 20-foot long female shark more than 50 years old.

Video: Giant Great White Shark Frolics With Divers

Jan 18, 2019
"What some don't realize is that sometimes sharks seek touch," Ocean Ramsey said after the unforgettable encounter in Oahu. She and her team swam beside a 20-foot-long shark they say is Deep Blue.
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Animals
George, the last known <em>Achatinella apexfulva</em>, a Hawaiian land snail, died on New Year's Day.

George, Reclusive Hawaiian Snail And Last Of His Kind, Dies At 14

Jan 07, 2019
While he was but one very lonely Achatinella apexfulva, his death takes place amid a crisis for Hawaii's native snails, whose populations have been decimated by invasive species.
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Science
Telescopes on the summit of Mauna Kea on Hawaii's Big Island. Some native Hawaiians consider Mauna Kea sacred and object to construction of a new giant telescope there.

Hawaii's Supreme Court OKs Construction Of Giant Telescope Despite Native Objections

Oct 31, 2018
The massive telescope with a nearly 100-foot mirror is set to be built atop 13,800-foot Mauna Kea, considered sacred land by some of the project's opponents.
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Environment
East Island is a critical habitat and breeding ground for endangered monk seals. Scientists estimate one monk seal mother and pup remained on the island when the category 5 storm struck.

Remote Hawaiian Island Nearly Vanished After Hurricane Walaka

Oct 25, 2018
Only two minuscule slivers of East Island have resurfaced since the storm struck the region and wiped out a critical habitat for endangered monk seals and green sea turtles.
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Newscast headlines

Nevada Scores 24 Straight In 40-22 Win Over Hawaii

Oct 22, 2018
HONOLULU (AP) — Toa Taua had 126 yards rushing and a touchdown on 18 carries and Ty Gangi passed for 247 yards and a score to help Nevada beat Hawaii 40-22 on Saturday night.
 
Elijah Cooks had three receptions for 54 yards and a touchdown and added a 40-yar

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