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Joy A. Ahn Nov. 29, 2012 Joy A. Ahn, 74, died in the Queen's Medical Center. No known survivors.

A rare relic from a Zero fighter that crashed in the 1941 Japanese attack will be returned to Pearl Harbor for public display with the patriotism of a Japanese-American family firmly attached to it.

The moderate Republican said politics has become too slanted, too partisan and that government at all levels has turned dysfunctional.

Assets School is in negotiations with the shuttered Academy of the Pacific to buy the Alewa Heights property and assets left behind when the Honolulu private school closed last June after more than 50 years in business.

A sentencing hearing scheduled for today --- for a man convicted of killing and dismembering another man.

A Matson cargo ship pulled into Honolulu Harbor on Sep. 14, 2013. Lawmakers from Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico and Guam are teaming up to pressure the U.S. government for relief from The Jones Act.

City Prosecutor Keith Kaneshiro said Armen Apoyan, 33, was arrested Tuesday in Seattle and charged with first-degree theft.

Hawaii Police are calling it - the "Grandma Scam" - thieves targeting the elderly.

Fresh off a second tour of the military's Red Hill underground storage tanks, state and city officials are giving a sobering assessment: the military may not be doing enough to protect our drinking water.

Parking crunch, and money crunch... Honolulu's rail project faces both as construction ramps up on the $5-point-3 billion dollar project.

Sales of units in The Howard Hughes Corp.'s two Honolulu ultra-luxury condominium high-rises, which began the pre-sales process earlier this year, have been consistent with the strong housing demand fundamentals in Hawaii, the developer's CEO said Thursday in a University of Hawaii predicts a 35 percent increase in median condominium pricing by ... (more)

A lawsuit is alleging that a psychiatrist molested Kamehameha Schools students in the 1970s.

Waiola Shave Ice, a popular shave ice store that's a favorite of the "Hawaii Five-0" cast and crew, plans to open its third location at Ward Centers in Honolulu.

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A controversial measure allowing for the height limit of a second resort-condominium tower on Kuhio Avenue to increase to 350 feet was approved by the Honolulu City Council on Wednesday.

The bill, which was introduced by councilmembers Ron Menor, Joey Manahan and Stanley Chang and passed first reading on Wednesday with a vote of 9-0, seeks to regulate an industry trend that over the past decade was partially responsible for the loss of 8,000 hotel units statewide, including 5,000 units in Waikiki alone.

Honolulu police are asking for your help in identifying a man wanted in connection with a robbery at the Wal-Mart on Ke'eaumoku Street.

A Circuit Court jury decided Wednesday that an extended sentence of life in prison without parole is justified for a man found guilty of murdering an 81-year-old woman in senior housing 25 years ago.

The head of the Hawaii State Bar Association disclosed the reasons for the group's negative rating for State Supreme Court judicial nominee Michael Wilson, shown above at a March 6 committee hearing, in a letter Wednesday to the Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee.

CrimeStoppers and Honolulu police are thanking the public for helping them locate a vehicle in a hit-and-run case March 8th in Aiea.