Honolulu News

Hawaii's four mayors on Thursday called on Gov. Linda Lingle to personally attend an on-the-record negotiation session next week now that state employee unions have submitted what the mayors called a viable preliminary proposal on pay cuts or furloughs.

Mayor Mufi Hannemann, who is known for belting out tunes, is singing the praises of a delegation from Hiroshima that was in Honolulu this week to mark the 50th anniversary of a sister-city relationship between the destinations.

Superb Internet, a Honolulu-based Web hosting service, said it's opened a new data center in Springfield, Virginia that will compliment its existing facilities in McLean, Virginia and Seattle.

Tee up with the Navy League of the United States Honolulu Council for its 6th annual fundraising golf tournament on Friday, August 28, 2009.

Original art by City employees and their family members will be on display July 13-28 at City Hall.

HONOLULU - The Mayor of Hiroshima, the Honorable Tadatoshi Akiba, will commemorate 50 years of the sister-city relationship between Hiroshima and Honolulu at a special luncheon presentation today.

More than three dozen Honolulu firefighters returned this morning to battle a wild fire that has already scorched 250 acres in a remote area between Waiawa Correctional Facility and the Pearl City Industrial Park.

Honolulu has moved up in a ranking of the world's costliest cities to live in, placing 41st of 143 metropolitan areas examined.

The Honolulu Police Department on Wednesday asked for the public's help in finding a man they said tried to sexually assault a juvenile male.

State negotiators walked out of a meeting Monday afternoon because they said union representatives did not want to discuss issues on the record.

A man who gave a 13-year-old girl a ride last week in Waikiki allegedly tried to get her to work as a prostitute, then raped her, police said.

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There were many more supporters than protesters when Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou arrived at the Chinese Cultural Plaza on Sunday.

Firefighters rescued a dog and a senior citizen from hiking trails today in separate incidents, a fire official said.

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Honolulu's new ban on the use of cell phones and other hand-held electronic devices while driving led to just 38 citations on its first day.

Honolulu Board of Water Supply crews were repairing an 8 inch water main break on Moanalua Road in Aiea that left 29 homes and the Aiea Library without water today.

Hawaii Superferry Inc. can abandon its ships to lenders owed $158.8 million for their construction, the company's bankruptcy judge ruled.

Honolulu police are advising motorists to expect traffic delays and road closures today and tomorrow during Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou's visit to Honolulu this weekend.

In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, the agency says a pharmacy manager at the chain's North Nimitz Highway store subjected the woman to age-based insults.