Some GOP senators reluctant on Gabbard for spy chief, sources say

• By Andrea Shalal and Gram Slattery /Reuters
• Today
• Last updated 1:51 p.m.
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In a statement, Trump transition spokesperson Alexa Henning noted that no Republican senator has publicly said they would vote against Gabbard. Read more

On the Move: Delina Ortiz

• Today
• Last updated 3:17 a.m.

Ortiz is licensed in property and casualty as well as life and health. Read more

Tech View: Wide variety of holiday movies on traditional TV, streaming

• Today
• Last updated 4:52 a.m.
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Here in Hawaii, Christmas is usually warm and bright — and we wouldn’t have it any other way. Read more

Isle athletes making their marks on the courts and the mat

• By Jerry Campany
• Today
• Last updated 3:16 a.m.

Keonilei Akana (Kamehameha), Texas: Dug up seven shots but made two receiving errors in a 3-1 loss to Creighton to end the season. She ends her career with 982 digs in 395 sets with 147 aces. Devin Kahahawai (Kamehameha) played for the first time in two weeks and put down four kills on 11 swings and had two blocks. Read more

Oak Hill finds footing late to top Punahou in opener

• By Paul Honda
• Today
• Last updated 2 a.m.
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Mgbako was the Warriors’ go-to offensive weapon, covered tightly by Punahou’s Zion White all night. The 6-foot-6 junior shot 9-for-14 from the field, adding four rebounds and three steals for Oak Hill (12-1). The Warriors are ranked No. 24 in the nation by ESPN. Read more

Letter: Fixing economy is easy, just roll back Biden snafu

• Today
• Last updated 3:16 a.m.
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Fixing the economy and inflation is simple and easy. Read more

Letter: Trump reign could spell disaster for democracy

• Today
• Last updated 3:17 a.m.
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Well done, America. In an electoral choice between democracy and freedom and anger, fear and hate, you chose the latter. Read more

Letter: Don’t knock vaccines, one likely saved your life

• Today
• Last updated 3:17 a.m.
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Please, people. Vaccines for polio, measles, COVID and other infectious diseases have saved many, many lives. Read more

Letter: Bill of Rights still strong more than 230 years on

• Today
• Last updated 3:18 a.m.
• 3

In a historic radio address on Dec. 15, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt stated, “No date in the long history of freedom means more to liberty-loving men in all liberty-loving countries than the 15th day of December 1791. Read more

Letter: ‘Dead language’ remark offensive, discriminatory

• Today
• Last updated 3:18 a.m.
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Such a statement is discriminatory and reflects the colonialism of Hawaii’s history — that white America prevails with assimilation and land dispossession. Read more

Letter: Isle exodus is existential threat to all Hawaiians

• Today
• Last updated 3:18 a.m.
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More than half of Hawaiians now live outside Hawaii. This reality raises an urgent question: What happens to a lahui oiwi (ethnic group) when its people are disconnected from their ancestral home? Read more

Off the news: Maui lands on landfill for Lahaina debris

• Today
• Last updated 3:18 a.m.

Editorial: Affordable housing for Kona hospital

• Today
• Last updated 3:19 a.m.
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West Hawaii is a growing area, with a population expected to increase 11% in the next 10 years. As such, it is plainly in line for an expansion of health-care capacity that a new hospital could provide. Read more

Off the news: Ban on pakuikui fishing remains, for now

• Today
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Column: DA BUX nutritious for isle food network

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Girls Basketball Top 10: Kamehameha unanimous No. 1

• Dec. 17, 2024

Kamehameha is a unanimous No. 1 in the Star-Advertiser Girls Basketball Top 10. Read more

Boys Basketball Top 10: Top prospect here for ‘Iolani Classic

• Dec. 17, 2024

The sweet spot of nonconference boys basketball is here. Read more

UH baseball opens season on Feb. 14

• By Star-Advertiser staff
• Dec. 17, 2024

The University of Hawaii baseball team opens its regular season with a 12-game homestand that starts Feb. 14 against Marshall and ends it three months later hosting UC San Diego for senior weekend. Read more

Gabbard shows ‘momentum’ on Capitol Hill

• By Matthew Medsger Boston Herald
• Dec. 17, 2024
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Despite mostly partisan concern over an apparent closeness to ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad and what critics say is a tendency to repeat Kremlin propaganda, it seems former U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has found a warm reception on Capitol Hill. Read more

Pohoiki Bay dredging projected to begin in February

• By Michael Brestovansky Hawaii Tribune-Herald
• Dec. 17, 2024
• 1

The boat ramp — the ocean access for boaters in Puna — was rendered unusable in 2018 when lava from Kilauea’s Lower East Rift Zone eruption raised a sandbar in front of the ramp. Read more

On the Move: Dec. 17

• Dec. 17, 2024

Anthology Finn Partners has announced the following promotions and new hire. Read more