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Honolulu firefighters extinguish Punchbowl house fire

The Honolulu Fire Department battled a late night house fire on Puowaina Drive. At about 11:30, HFD personal responded to a two-alarm building fire with ten companies staffed with 39 personnel. The first unit arrived at 11:36 p.m. to find a three-story ... >> view original

BWW Review: One Sweet Weekend in Honolulu

Aloha from Honolulu International Airport, where picturesque mountains rest behind luminous window frames, and long hallways are open to receive the fresh Hawaiian breeze. After a whirlwind Honolulu weekend, I am relaxing in the American Airlines ... >> view original

Online posts of home-sale details draw group's ire - Honolulu Star

A popular website that provides consumers free access to detailed Oahu home-sale listings is under fire from the organization governing Honolulu real estate agents over the amount of information it shares with the general public. The Honolulu Board of ... >> view original

Flooded Honolulu businesses clean up a day after the downpour

business owners who spent much of today cleaning up their flooded stores. KITV4's Ashley Moser shows us the damage yesterday's heavy rain left behind. FAN NAT Fans not for the summer heat but for the moisture stuck underneath the carpet at Mills ... >> view original

Pacific Biodiesel Logistics, Extended Horizons, HELCO, the Honolulu Board of ...

In Hawaii, Blue Planet Foundation and Honolulu Clean Cities announced that Pacific Biodiesel Logistics, Extended Horizons, HELCO, the Honolulu Board of Water Supply, and DHX will receive certification awards for the inaugural year of the Hawaii Clean ... >> view original

Honolulu Councilman Accuses Mayor's Spokesman of 'Hostile' Behavior

A Honolulu City Council member has sent a letter to Mayor Kirk Caldwell complaining that the mayor's chief spokesman disrupted a TV news interview last week to challenge comments he'd made about the mayor. Trevor Ozawa says Communications ... >> view original

Council might redo disputed rail votes - Honolulu Star

Honolulu City Council Chairman Ernie Martin said Friday that he will ask his colleagues to consider revoting on key bills and resolutions tied to the city's $6 billion rail project that have been called into question by recent Ethics Commission ... >> view original

Heavy rains damage businesses in downtown Honolulu

standup "THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE IN DOWNTOWN HONOLULU AFTER THE HEAVY RAINS WE'RE ON ALKEA STREET WHERE EARLIER THE WATER WAS ALL THE WAY UP ONTO THE CURB EVEN DAMAGING SOME BUSINESSES." "JUST ... >> view original

Honolulu council overrides veto of sit-lie ban

HONOLULU (AP) - Honolulu is expanding its ban on sitting and lying down in public to more pedestrian malls, despite Mayor Kirk Caldwell's veto. The City Council voted 7-2 Wednesday to override the veto, adding two pedestrian malls in Chinatown to the ... >> view original

North and South Korea begin talks for rare post-war family reunions

North and South Korean Red Cross officials have begun talks at a border village to organise the latest of rare reunions of families separated by the Korean War. The discussions at Panmunjom were made possible after the two sides reached an agreement ... >> view original