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Updated: 22 weeks 3 days ago Heftel remembered for many strengthsMore than 150 people turned out at the Hawaii Theatre yesterday for a memorial for congressman, entrepreneur, "showman extraordinaire," visionary and education advocate Cecil "Cec" Heftel.
Homeless proposal opposed in ChinatownChinatown residents, landowners and business owners do not want a housing project for the chronically homeless in their neighborhood. The Concerned Citizens on River Street Housing, a committee formed to oppose a proposal for the project on city-owned property at 1335 River St., wants senior and affordable housing there instead.
Enrollment jump forces KCC to look at expansionNew parking structures and classrooms are being looked at as Kapiolani Community College tries to figure out how to accommodate additional students at its Diamond Head campus. Enrollment at the 52-acre campus has jumped in the last two years.
Isles ideal for leading in care for pain, stress reliefHawaii is in a position to develop as a model for holistic care in the new health care reform movement, says Shirley Otis-Green, a national authority on palliative care. "It's harder in larger areas to see how we're all interconnected," she said.
Thwarted doctors blame diabetic patients, poverty for lack of careDoctors are expressing frustration that they cannot keep many diabetic patients from developing potentially deadly cardiovascular disease, and blame a variety of factors, including the patients themselves.
Theft threatens to darken stageHonolulu theater perennial Roslyn Catracchia is appealing to burglars who hit her Aina Haina house yesterday to return her computer and backup drive -- no questions asked -- because they contain a career's worth of irreplaceable music, lyrics and stage cues.
Coral at heart of debate on emissions risksRinged rice coral appears strikingly modest for a species that is caught in the struggle over greenhouse gas emissions. The coral is among the most abundant in Hawaii's waters and is among 82 coral species the federal government is considering listing as endangered or threatened, primarily because growing amounts of carbon in the air and oceans are putting them at risk.
Judge played basketball for Hawaii ChiefsA federal judge is being remembered as a star in the courtroom and on the basketball court. U.S. District Judge Franklin D. Burgess, who played basketball for Gonzaga University and also played two seasons with the Hawaii Chiefs, died Friday after battling cancer. He was 75.
Ocean Watch: Tusk snails are tiny but attract big interestMy latest passion is looking up the seashells I find on the beach, then reading about the snails that created and lived in these curly, pearly homes. This pastime, I've discovered, is just as much fun going the other way.
Overqualified? No, just happy to have a jobDon Carroll, a former financial analyst with a master's degree in business administration from a top university, was clearly overqualified for the job running the claims department for Cartwright International, a small, family-owned moving company here south of Kansas City.
Ballet stars Twitter as well as flutterIn the rarefied world of ballet, where dancers are expected to speak with their bodies, sometimes it seems that aloofness is something to aspire to. Lately, though, the ribbons are loosening. Courtesy of Twitter, dancers are starting to make themselves heard. It isn't always dainty.
Surfing the globeA solar-powered, ocean-going device that looks like a Boogie board is being developed in Hawaii and California that could replace deep ocean buoys and warn about approaching tsunamis.
Signs of HOPEAn independent scientific evaluation of a probation strategy known as HOPE has found that it cuts the rate of new crimes by habitual offenders in half and helps them stop using drugs, validating earlier results that some observers thought were "too good to be true."
Reform groups want changes in campaign spending lawsCitizen and government reform groups are pressing for changes in the state's campaign spending laws before the crucial fall elections, but it is not clear whether legislators will adopt the reforms.
Nagasako named to run state teacher's unionThe state teachers union has selected Alvin Nagasako as its next executive director. Nagasako, whose hiring was approved by the Hawaii State Teachers Association board of directors yesterday, starts tomorrow.
Plan consolidates QUEST servicesThe state Health Department is "trying to connect the body with the head" in a plan to shift behavioral health services for QUEST members to QUEST health plans, says Michelle Hill, deputy director of Behavioral Health Administration.
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