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Honolulu's long-standing trash woes growing worse
Honolulu agrees to accept tons of trashHONOLULU — Honolulu on Monday agreed to dispose of 20,000 tons worth of gigantic piles of shrink-wrapped garbage that have been moldering in the heat of a Hawaii industrial park where it had been waiting for more than five months for a possible shipment to Washington state.
Federal government withdraws trash shipping permit
HEI reports jump in 2Q net incomeHONOLULU — The parent company of Hawaiian Electric Co. and American Savings Bank on Monday reported a jump in second-quarter net income on lower credit costs and lower operating expenses at its banking operations.
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- Hawaiian Airlines’ parent authorizes $10 million share repurchase
- Hawaiian Airlines adds SKorea route as part of its strategic plan to expand service from Asia
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- Hawaii company conducting clinical trials to produce vaccines to be sold at auction
- Public Utilities Commission gives Hawaiian Electric OK to purchase renewable biodiesel
- Hoku Corp. reports net loss of $2 million for its fiscal fourth-quarter ended March 31
- Republican Djou wins Hawaii congressional vote, giving GOP a victory in Obama’s hometown
- Hawaii foreclosures way up again in April
- Territorial Savings Bank had net income of $1.4 million in first quarter
- Gross domestic product estimated for 4 US territories for 1st time
- Alexander & Baldwin’s 1Q net income jumps; CEO cites strong ocean transport, real estate
- Gannett announces completion of sale of Hawaii’s largest newspaper to competition
- Hawaii civil unions in hands of Gov. Lingle, who hasn’t decided on the issue
- Sale of Honolulu Advertiser to be completed Monday; newspaper merger expected in 1 or 2 months
- Hawaiian Airlines takes possession of first of up to 27 new, widebody Airbus aircraft
- Hawaii Legislature passes measure aimed at lengthening shortest-in-nation school year
- Owner of Honolulu Star-Bulletin gets green light to purchase rival The Honolulu Advertiser
- Hawaii’s visitor arrivals, tourist spending increase in March with Maui leading the way
- National Republicans, Democrats target Hawaii district for gains in Congress
- EBay founder Pierre Omidyar launches online, subscription-based news service in Hawaii
- Army doc says he wants to see Obama birth certificate before he’ll deploy to Afghanistan
- Alexander & Baldwin Inc.’s real estate subsidiary reacquires Big Island shopping center
- 3 bids submitted to buy Honolulu Star-Bulletin; qualified bidders to get more financial info
- Give back the money! Lawmakers hope to hasten tax refunds as ailing states try to hoard cash
- Gay and lesbian RSVP Vacations coming to Hawaii for the first time to mark 25th anniversary
- Layoff notices go out to 600 employees of The Honolulu Advertiser
- Hawaii’s jobless rate for January inches upward, led by losses in tourism industry
- Report: Hotel occupancy in Hawaii increasing, indicating market beginning to recover
- Hawaiian Airlines February traffic dropped 5 percent, with capacity down 4.1 percent
- Honolulu Star-Bulletin buys longtime rival The Honolulu Advertiser
- No dice: Lawmakers in Hawaii kill proposals for casino in Waikiki or on Hawaiian lands
- Hawaii may place bet on gambling to save its troubled tourist-driven economy
- Military opens $48 million Pacific Warfighting Center in Pearl Harbor
- Report: Hawaii hotels lost $741M last year, $1.1B since tourism slump began in 2008
- No paper for you! Hawaii pols use less paper, save $1.2M, 8 million pages, nix staff paycut
- Hawaiian Airlines traffic rose 2.2 percent in January, planes more crowded after capacity cuts
- Alexander & Baldwin posts $20.1M in 4th quarter profit, down from same period in 2008
- Study: 3,985 properties, or 1 in every 84 Oahu households, was in foreclosure in 2009
- Agency: Hawaii tourism was down in 2009, but December’s figures were positive
- Hawaii Gov. Lingle to focus on renewable energy, tax credits during her final year in office
- Republican Party leaders head to Waikiki to celebrate victories, debate 2010 campaign strategy
- New Hawaii news service picks former Denver newspaper publisher as editor
- Hawaii Legislature opens 2010 session without fanfare; lawmakers take all-business approach
- Ranking, schedule combine to turn Hope into shell of its former self
- Hawaii calls off Capitol festivities as it opens an all-business 2010 legislative session
- Thousands of Filipino World War II veterans still waiting to receive payments promised by US
- Hawaii foreclosures reach record high for December; climb 183 percent to 9,002 for all of 2009
- Hawaii excise and income taxes record decline in last half of 2009 while tourist taxes rise
- Clinton says US has concluded that sanctions on Iran’s leaders would have strongest effect
- Battleship Missouri comes out of drydock at Pearl Harbor after months of maintenance, repairs
- Mayors seek to hold on to their share of hotel tax revenues gov wants to keep for Hawaii
- Navy plans to base $2.3 billion USS North Carolina at Pearl Harbor starting this summer
- Oregon man released after jetliner disruption on Hawaii-bound flight; FBI says no terror link
- A new season on PGA tour begins without Tiger Woods, but with plenty of questions
- Bank of Hawaii tops Forbes magazine list of the nation’s 100 largest banks and thrifts
- Audit: Maui Land & Pineapple future uncertain as liabilities exceed assets by $60 million
- Visitors to Hawaii drop 1.4 percent in November, but Japanese tourists increase
- HI company ordered to pay restitution, president fined after pleading guilty to tax charges
- University of Hawaii president’s letter draws criticism by faculty union
- Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle wants to use county hotel tax money to remedy state’s financial woes
- School closures to rats: Hawaii’s economic troubles hit children, public health and needy
- Hawaiian Airlines pilots to vote on new contract after 3 years of hard negotiating
- Reports: Hawaii unemployment down, but job losses up; rate expected to average 7.3 in 2010
- Council on Revenues says Hawaii revenues will be a bit worse through June but improve later
- Continental Airlines to launch new nonstop service from Honolulu to Fiji
- Consumer advocate sides with veteran Hawaii shipper Young Brothers over upstart Pasha
- State liquidates insolvent Hawaii insurance company, pays off 100 percent of claims
- US Agriculture Department schedules 2-day Hawaii jobs forums in early January
- Pricey Hawaii products include hidden tax costs, and lawmakers may hike rates higher
- Hawaii abuzz about expected return of President Obama and family for holiday retreat
- Aiea high-technology company Hawaii Biotech declares bankruptcy
- Hawaiian Airlines reaches tentative four-year contract with largest union
- Hawaii foreclosures up 122 percent in November over same month last year
- Census report: Hawaii leads nation in public health spending
- Hawaiian Airlines traffic rose and capacity fell, leaving fewer empty seats in November
- Existing housing sales way up on Oahu, while prices remain flat
- Hawaii’s chief elections officer proposes closing almost half of state’s polling places
- Hawaii’s chief elections officer proposes closing almost half of state’s voting precincts
- Hawaii among several US destinations trying to lure Chinese tourists
- Despite upticks in visitors from West Coast and Japan, Hawaii tourism remains weak
- Historic Pony Express envelope owned by former Hawaii publisher to be auctioned off in NY
- Hawaii legislators to examine use of federal stimulus money for health and welfare programs
- Economic prediction says stubborn recession won’t go away quickly
- Hawaii leaders expect 2011 APEC summit in islands will bring tourists and prestige
- Honolulu Mayor Hannemann inks labor pact for rail transit project
- Army awards $21.5 million Pacific headquarters contract to Virginia company
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- Hawaii governor proposes plan to end controversial teacher furloughs, school-year reductions
