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• Vital Statistics: April 3-10, 2025

  14-04-2025 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  Marriage licenses and birth certificates
  
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• Trio of men face federal charges for defrauding veterans agency

  03-05-2025 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  Three men face federal charges for running a scheme using a massage therapy school to allegedly defraud the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs of more than $9.1 million in education benefits, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.
  
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• Man left homeless after being defrauded by Kailua resident

  03-05-2025 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  A 42-year-old Kailua man pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal crime for defrauding a 78-year-old Orange County, Calif., man out of $1.814 million, leaving him homeless.
  
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• Man is left homeless after being defrauded by Kailua man

  03-05-2025 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  A 42-year-old Kailua man pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal crime for defrauding a 78-year-old Orange County, Calif., man out of $1.814 million, leaving him homeless.
  
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• Hawaii Legislature ends 2025 session on sour note

  03-05-2025 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  The last day of the legislative session ended Friday just like it did in 2023: with House Republicans snapping at one another onthe House floor shortly after senators walked across the state Capitol, held hands with House members and sang“Hawai‘i Aloha.”
  
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• Hawaii island bike-share ridership climbs more than 10%

  03-05-2025 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  A little over a year after bike rental services were expanded in Hilo and Kailua-Kona, ridership is up islandwide.
  
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• Former Hawaii hoops star Alika Smith to appear in court for change of plea

  03-05-2025 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  A plea deal appears to be in the works for former University of Hawaii basketball standout Alika Smith.
  
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• Former Hawaii hoops star Alika Smith to appear for change of plea

  03-05-2025 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  A plea deal appears to be in the works for former University of Hawaii basketball standout Alika Smith.
  
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• Arson destroys newly renovated Wahiawa park playground

  03-05-2025 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi says he is angry and disgusted after the newly renovated playground at Wahiawa District Park was set ablaze Thursday night.
  
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• Hawaii sues big oil companies over climate change

  02-05-2025 12:06 via staradvertiser.com
  
  Hawaii sued major oil companies in state court Thursday, accusing them of a “successful campaign of climate deception” that has led to devastating impacts in the islands.
  
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• Rearview Mirror: Isle residents recall visits to Rome and the Vatican

  02-05-2025 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  Pope Francis died last week. Several readers told me they had met him or other popes, or had visited Rome and the Vatican.
  
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• Kokua Line: Is it hard to renew driver’s license by mail?

  02-05-2025 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  Question: Due to a mix-up (my mistake), I did not make it to my appointment to renew my gold-star driver’s license. How difficult would it be to do this by mail? I will be spending most of the summer on the mainland. A neighbor will pick up my mail. I doubt I have time to make another appointment before I leave on my trip.
  
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• Honolulu Council OKs merged housing department

  02-05-2025 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi’s longtime vow to merge the city’s real estate and housing agencies into one unified operation has come to fruition.
  
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• Hawaii Marines field new weapons in the Philippines

  02-05-2025 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  SUBIC BAY, PHILIPPINES >> A unit of Hawaii Marines is in the Philippines fielding new weapons for the first time amid simmering tensions with China.
  
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• Hawaii island woman to stand trial in seat belt strangulation of boyfriend

  02-05-2025 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  Three Hawaii Police Department officers and onecivilian testified Wednesday during a preliminary hearing for a 42-year-old Pahoa woman accused of fatally strangling her partner with his car’s driver-side seat belt.
  
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• Facts of the Matter: Corvids blur lines between bird, primate intelligence

  02-05-2025 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  When you think of intelligent animals, you might consider dolphins, elephants or chimpanzees. But one group of birds, the corvids, are challenging those assumptions and rewriting what we thought birds could do. Corvids — a family that includes crows, ravens, jays and magpies — are not only some of the smartest birds in the world, but they also rival great apes in problem-­solving, communication and even play.
  
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• East-West Center offers buyouts to 80% of employees

  02-05-2025 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  The East-West Center is offering buyouts to 80% of its 137 employees as federal funding concerns continue under Donald Trump’s efforts to slash the State Department’s budget by half next fiscal year.
  
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• Work begins on affordable-housing project in Lihue

  02-05-2025 12:04 via staradvertiser.com
  
  Officials from Kauai County, the state and developers broke ground this week on the first phase of an affordable housing project in Lihue.
  
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• FBI report: Hawaii victims lost over $55M to internet crime

  02-05-2025 04:35 via staradvertiser.com
  Online crime cost Hawaii residents $55,180,901 last year with kupuna age 60 and over losing more than $18 million, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s 2024 Internet Crime Report.
  
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• Tariff fears extend to Hawaii shipping

  01-05-2025 12:06 via staradvertiser.com
  Looming tariff hikes that have already begun to affect shipping routes and consumer behavior could have outsized effects in Hawaii, where nearly all goods must be imported — many of them from China.
  
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• Volcano man indicted third time in alleged sex assault

  01-05-2025 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  A 50-year-old Volcano man has been indicted for the third time in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a Volcano woman in her front yard a little more than four years ago.
  
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• Outrigger buys another Thailand hotel, signaling more expansion in Asia Pacific region

  01-05-2025 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  The Hawaii-based resort and hotel chain Outrigger has bought its fourth hotel in Thailand on Phi Phi Island, another move in the company’s plans to expand its presence in Asia and the Pacific.
  
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• Lawmakers OK about 250 bills

  01-05-2025 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  The state Legislature gave final approval to about 250 bills Wednesday during several hours of voting that included a surprise defeat of a gun-control measure.
  
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• Kokua Line: When will state remove metal plates on H-3 near tunnel?

  01-05-2025 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  Question: There have been two metal plates that stretch across both lanes of the H-3 Windward-­bound after exiting the Harano Tunnel. The two plates have been there for over six months, maybe longer! When does DOT expect to fix the problem and remove the metal plates? It is damaging our cars to drive over it repeatedly day in and day out! Please save our cars and tires from this prolonged issue.
  
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• Hawaii lawmakers OK about 250 bills

  01-05-2025 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  The state Legislature gave final approval to about 250 bills Wednesday during several hours of voting that included a surprise defeat of a gun-control measure.
  
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• City’s planned 115% sewer fee hike under Council scrutiny

  01-05-2025 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  To publicly avert what one city official termed “rate shock,” Mayor Rick Blan­giardi’s administration and Hono­lulu City Council are now offering competing ideas to deal with proposed city sewer fee rate hikes expected this summer.
  
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• On the Move: Brenda Pa and Tyler Hodson

  01-05-2025 12:04 via staradvertiser.com
  Atlas Insurance Agency has promoted Brenda Pa to senior account manager in the firm’s AOAO unit and Tyler Hodson to associate account executive, surety. Pa and Hodson are both licensed in property and casualty.
  
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• Hawaii Legislature set to pay out $9.5 million for claims

  30-04-2025 12:06 via staradvertiser.com
  
  Unwanted hugs from a judge,an infamous false missile alertand a mishap with a log splitterare among incidents for which the state is prepared to pay loss claims totaling $9.5 million this year.
  
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• Woman allegedly assaults daughter during flight to Honolulu

  30-04-2025 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  A 49-year-old woman faces federal charges after she allegedly got drunk and assaulted her minor daughter on a Hawaiian Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu in November.
  
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• Woman allegedly assaulted daughter in-flight

  30-04-2025 12:05 via staradvertiser.com
  
  A 49-year-old woman faces federal charges after she allegedly got drunk and assaulted her minor daughter on a Hawaiian Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu in November.
  
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