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"You can't run an operational company like this without leadership that's experienced in operational issues," says Robbie Alm, executive vice president for Hawaiian Electric Co.

For several decades, public policy has been that taxpayers shouldn't bear the entire brunt of building new schools in growth areas, but this policy was implemented project-by-project because there was no state law obligating developers to pay.

A decorated Army officer who faces the possibility of years in jail because he refused orders from the military chain of command under President Obama, citing the president's refusal to prove his authority to issue orders, is asking to see evidence that Obama is eligible for the Oval Office.

The complaint, filed on behalf of six same-sex couples, was in response to the veto of legislation [JURIST report] earlier this month by Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle [official website] that would have created same-sex civil unions.

Six gay couples in Hawaii are filing a lawsuit Thursday asking for the same rights as married couples, three weeks after Gov.

Becky Gates will join an elite group of women Saturday when she helps to commission the newest member of the Virginia class of submarines.

Olympic gold medalist Shaun White and his brother Jesse hang out with young artists and skaters, surfers and snowboarders with a distinctive style that's a little bit retro, a little bit edgy and a whole lot of cool.

Gary Okabayashi, left, and his partner of 32 years Lenny Zimmerman, both of Waikiki, Hawaii wave to morning rush hour traffic showing their support for Hawaii's same-sex civil unions bill civil at the Hawaii State Capitol building in Honolulu on Tuesday, July 6, 2010.

The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Thursday afternoon: Lihue, Kauai - 85 Honolulu, Oahu - 86 Kaneohe, Oahu - 84 Kaunakakai, Molokai - 85 Kahului, Maui - 87 Hilo, Hawaii - 83 Kailua-kona - 81 Air Temperatures ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level - and on the highest mountain tops too ...

The effort to recognize the immense contribution of the late master navigator and mariner, Pius "Mau" Piailug, to the re-emergence of oceanic wayfinding through non-instrument navigation, although well-intentioned, misses the mark .

Question: Under the health reform plan, we were told children would be covered by our family insurance plan until the age of 26.

The Judiciary may shut down three of its part-time satellite courthouses on the Big Island temporarily because of a lack of sheriffs to provide security.

Gov. Linda Lingle vetoed Hawaii's civil unions bill because the benefits it bestowed gay couples sounded too much like marriage.

The names of the characters may be the same and the backdrop is still Hawaii, but that's where the similarities end between the old and new "Hawaii Five-0," the re invented CBS series that should leave audiences breathless for more.

A shooting during an undercover drug operation in Phoenix has left three people dead, including one police officer and two suspects, authorities said.

Six gay couples in Hawaii are filing a lawsuit Thursday asking for the same rights as married couples, three weeks after Gov.

In addition, cast member Stephen Mead starred as Shylock in the festival's 2008 production of "The Merchant of Venice." The review gave the name of the play as "Shylock." The online version has been corrected.

Hawaiian Electric Co. today asked the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission to approve a pilot project to promote the early adoption of electric vehicles on Oahu, Maui and the Big Island.

The Value of Hawaii , a new volume edited by the University of Hawaii's Craig Howes and Jonathan Osorio , presents essays on more than two dozen distinct challenges facing Hawaii, each prepared by a noted figure in her or his field.

Four children buried in lei up to their foreheads tried not to fall as they made their way through a crowded hallway to meet their families.