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OliverMcMillan Pacific Rim says that sales of its 388-unit mixed-use Symphony Honolulu condominium in Kakaako across from the Neal Blaisdell Center have been strong, with 194 residences sold during the first two days of sales, and several potential buyers still reviewing their choices.

Microscopes, lab benches and glassware no longer needed at the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine are finding their way into high school classrooms.

The City and County of Honolulu is adding a 20 percent fee to certain building permits to cut down on the number of permit applications that are never picked up or paid for.

The Medical Examiner's office has identified the 84-year-old Lahaina man, who died Saturday as the results of burns he received earlier in the week in a Kaanapali condominium fire, as Jurgen Vahrenkamp.

A sonar anomaly that researchers suspect might possibly be the wreckage of Amelia Earhart's aircraft is a straight, unbroken feature uncannily consistent with the fuselage of a Lockheed Electra, new analysis of the sonar imagery captured off a remote Pacific island has revealed.

An international team of astronomers and astrophysicists have created a video spotlighting their new 3-D map of the known universe.

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The Kitsap Sun reports that in her new position, Rear Adm. Bette Bolivar, of Honolulu, will oversee bases in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Alaska.

It's tough being a smoker in Hawaii these days. Not only is it illegal to light up a cigarette in a bar, a restaurant or really any enclosed public space, in April, the city and county of Honolulu extended the smoking ban to some of Oahu's most popular parks, including Kapiolani Park, Kuhio Beach Park and Sandy Beach Park.

A private association of National Guard members plans to hold its annual conference in Honolulu this year, even though some officials at the Pentagon have questioned the wisdom of meeting in a vacation destination.

The Hawaii Small Business Development Center will present "How to Write Your Business Plan and Survival Tips" workshop from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. June 26 at North Hawaii Education and Research Center, 45-539 Plumeria St. in Honokaa.

Inouye, who died in December after 50 years in the U.S. Senate, was instrumental in creating the institution.

This is the corrected imagery of the anomaly. The straight line against the sea floor suggests a manmade object, which has similar dimensions to Earhart's plane.

A gathering of bicycle motocross riders and their supporters at an off-roading area on Sand Island known as the Sandbox.

Honolulu Police Department officers and Drug Enforcement Administration agents arrested John Zachary Katsu Toyofuku on June 7 when he showed up at a location in Manoa to pick up the marijuana from a shipping company.

A Hawaii-based Army major is being court-martialed for having unauthorized possession of classified documents and giving a document with classified assessments of Cambodia to a person not entitled to have it.

A delegation from the Federated States of Micronesia Consulate General of Hawaii Office in Honolulu will visit Hilo Saturday to meet with FSM citizens at 4 p.m. in University of Hawaii at Hilo UCB-127.

The husband of a former Delta Air Lines employee who admitted using her security credentials to smuggle drug money has also pleaded guilty to his role in a meth trafficking ring that operated between California and Hawaii.

Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald announced today that he is seeking written comments on judicial nominees for one vacancy at the District Court of the First Circuit .

Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation officials are considering double the number of rail cars per train for the 20-mile route to accommodate more people per stop, but the plan would cut in half the number of trains running on the line.