Stephen Tsai: UH AD Elliott will need help from those who hired him
Kudos all around for last week’s hiring of Matt Elliott as the University of Hawaii’s athletic director. Read more
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Kudos all around for last week’s hiring of Matt Elliott as the University of Hawaii’s athletic director. Read more
Question: During his practice driving, my grandson uses my car’s “park assist.” Will he be able to use this during the road test? He plans to drive my car and I plan to go with him to confirm he has my permission. Read more
A big Democratic Party problem as it struggles to regain power is public doubt over its ability to govern effectively. Read more
But the more angles you view this from, the more it appears that the benefit, or potential benefit, of that extra week and — in the case of Hawaii and its guests — an extra game is not what it used to be, anyway. Read more
Kokua Line has received questions from readers dismayed that it can take weeks to receive vital records such as birth or death certificates ordered from the state Department of Health. Read more
One of the things that Hawaii does better than most is grow stuff. Growers learned long ago how to turn sugar cane into sugar and it was quickly followed by growing pineapple. Read more
Synopsis: In order to preserve a number of endemic Hawaiian birds, male mosquitoes are being dropped by drones over remote areas of Maui and Kauaæi. Read more
This year, the June solstice occurs today at 4:43 p.m. Hawaii time. Read more
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Chicago journalist Peter von Buol was in Honolulu last week, and I took him to Iolani Palace, where we met with historian and docent educator Zita Cup Choy. Read more
Question: Regarding illegal vacation rentals, how do we report them if they are not in Kakaako? Read more
Question: I saw in the news as well as the Honolulu Star-Advertiser lead local story Wednesday about 50 additional public preschools to open over the next two school years under the Ready Keiki Initiative. Read more
It happens to everyone. We get old. Part of that equation is losing bone density after the age of 30. Read more
At 48, Matt Elliott is significantly younger than his recent predecessors were when they took the post Read more
Question: Some of us owners here at our condo in Kakaako know of at least one unit that operates as an Airbnb. We understand the general manager of our building knows this and has not done anything to stop this. There allegedly have been four couples/guests staying in this unit in the last two weeks. Read more
Question: I keep hearing that HawaiianMiles will expire at the end of this month. I thought they weren’t going to do that in the merger. Please clarify. Read more
Remember summer? There used to be a little more than two months when high school kids hit the beach or worked or just did nothing at all. When graduation parties were held one weekend after another. Read more
What started out as a sleepy Sunday in the sports world was quickly turned topsy-turvy by two trades that shook up four fan bases. Read more
Question: Is the city aware of more parking scams with QR codes? I have run across them in Aiea, but I don’t know if it’s city property. Read more
You can say a lot, both good and bad, about what goes on inside the building, but you have to agree that the Hawaii State Capitol is a graceful, beautiful structure of great symbolism. Read more
A house in my neighborhood was torn down awhile back. Read more