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Saturday, August 16, 2014 |
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Hawaii and the USA: A Union Worth Celebrating
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:38 PM :: 4068 Views :: Hawaii History
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...Grassroot Institute President Keli'i Akina gives strong message of unity on Hawaii Statehood Day....
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 |
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It was 116 years ago today: The U.S. becomes a global power
By Selected News Articles @ 5:31 PM :: 4410 Views :: Hawaii History
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On August 12, 1898, the United States and Spain reached a cease-fire agreement in its brief conflict over Cuba and the Philippines....
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Friday, August 8, 2014 |
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Iniki: Years later Kauai Population, Workforce Still Suffered
By UHERO @ 1:11 AM :: 5874 Views :: Hawaii History, Hawaii Statistics
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...Kauai’s economy only returned to pre-Iniki levels 7-8 years after the storm....
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Sunday, August 3, 2014 |
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NPS: Draft Ewa Plains Battlefield Nomination And Photo Archive Available
By John Bond @ 4:17 PM :: 5770 Views :: Hawaii History, Military
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Former MCAS Ewa Field is an especially unique battlefield that has been officially recognized....
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Monday, July 14, 2014 |
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Indian Tribe? Hawaii Political Leaders Haven’t Learned a Thing Since 1999
By Andrew Walden @ 12:46 AM :: 6302 Views :: Akaka Bill, Hawaii History
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What is left to cronies of the Akaka Tribe as their defeat and humiliation are revealed for all to see?
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Friday, July 11, 2014 |
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1935: Hawaii Imposes GE Tax
By Selected News Articles @ 6:28 PM :: 5315 Views :: Hawaii History, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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By the end of the 1930s, 22 states had implemented a sales tax....
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Monday, July 7, 2014 |
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July 7, 1898: Hawaii Republic Annexed by USA
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 14153 Views :: Hawaii History
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Hawaii became a U.S. Territory JULY 7, 1898, as President McKinley signed the Treaty of Annexation.
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Saturday, July 5, 2014 |
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1874: Liliuokalani Cheers as Marines Occupy Queen’s Palace
By Selected News Articles @ 9:01 PM :: 4855 Views :: Hawaii History
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"No dependence could be placed on the police nor on the Hawaiian Guards; these had proved unfaithful to their duties to preserve order, and had in some cases joined the partisans of Queen Emma...."
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Sunday, June 29, 2014 |
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Liliuokalani 1895: “Monarchy is Forever Ended, Republic of Hawaii is only lawful Government”
By Andrew Walden @ 9:37 PM :: 8268 Views :: Hawaii History
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"I, Liliuokalani Dominis, do solemnly swear in the presence of Almighty God that I will support the Constitution, Laws and Government of the Republic of Hawaii...."
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Wednesday, June 11, 2014 |
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1901: Territory of Hawaii Adopts First Income Tax in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 10:00 PM :: 7763 Views :: Hawaii History, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...Now every state has an income tax except for Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming. Alaska is notable in that it is the only state to repeal an existing income tax....
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Friday, June 6, 2014 |
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Video: Proud Hawaiians, Loyal Americans
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:34 PM :: 7762 Views :: Akaka Bill, Hawaii History, OHA
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Grassroot President Keli’i Akina interviews a young man and young woman who share what it means to them to be both Native Hawaiian and a proud American....
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Wednesday, June 4, 2014 |
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Hawaiians Are Not A Tribe
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:37 PM :: 7212 Views :: Akaka Bill, Hawaii History, OHA
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In 2000, the Supreme Court ruled in the landmark Rice v. Cayetano case that Native Hawaiian is an ethnicity (like, for example, Portuguese or Hispanic) and not a tribal or political category....
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Friday, May 30, 2014 |
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Today in 1984: SCOTUS Upholds Hawaii Land Redistribution Eminent Domain Plan
By Robert Thomas @ 5:52 PM :: 6318 Views :: Hawaii History, Land Use
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It was on this day in 1984 that the U.S. Supreme Court issued its 8-0 decision in Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff....
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014 |
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Intermediate Court of Appeals: No Landlocked Real Estate in Hawaii
By Robert Thomas @ 2:36 PM :: 8957 Views :: Hawaii History, Judiciary, Land Use
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In Malulani Group, Ltd. v. Kaupo Ranch, Ltd., No. 30509 (May 5, 2014), the issue was whether the owner of a landlocked parcel could assert an easement....
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Friday, May 9, 2014 |
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Parks Service Announces Hearings on Honouliuli Gulch Internment Site
By News Release @ 5:01 AM :: 4153 Views :: Hawaii History
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This draft study report is available for public review for 60 days, with comments due to us by July 15, 2014....
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Sunday, April 20, 2014 |
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Historic Preservation: Public Denounces Amended Drafts of SB2633 and HB1678
By News Release @ 1:46 AM :: 5466 Views :: Development, Hawaii History
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...SB2633 SD1 HD1 and HB1678 HD1 SD1 attempt to amend the definition of “historic property” by exempting residential properties....
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Wednesday, March 26, 2014 |
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Prince Kuhio: The bridge from Kingdom to State
By Andrew Walden @ 1:01 PM :: 37399 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, Hawaii History, OHA
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The life of Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalaniana'ole tells the story of how Hawaiians came to be Hawaiian-Americans.
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Monday, March 17, 2014 |
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March 17, 1959: Eisenhower Signs Hawaii Statehood Bill
By Video @ 4:10 AM :: 4443 Views :: Hawaii History
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Video March 17, 1959: Eisenhower signs Hawaii statehood bill....
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Wednesday, March 5, 2014 |
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The Real Stories Behind "The Descendants"
By Robert Thomas @ 9:08 PM :: 8510 Views :: Hawaii History, Land Use
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"Deconstructing The Descendants: How George Clooney Ennobled Old Hawaiian Trust and Made the Rule Against Perpetuities Sexy"
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Thursday, February 20, 2014 |
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See it Live: Famed Nimitz' WWII 'Diary' to be Unveiled Online Monday
By News Release @ 8:18 PM :: 5606 Views :: Hawaii History, Military
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The Naval War College Library in Newport, R.I. will publicly unveil online the 4,000-page "Gray Book" collection of Fleet Adm. Chester Nimitz communications that started in the wake of the Pearl Harbor attack and ran right up until the closing days of the war....
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Saturday, February 1, 2014 |
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Living History Day: USS Missouri Celebrates Double Anniversary
By News Release @ 9:57 PM :: 6241 Views :: Hawaii History, Military
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On January 29, 1999, exactly 55 years after its launch, the Battleship Missouri Memorial opened in Pearl Harbor ....
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Friday, January 17, 2014 |
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89 Year Old Ewa Aviation Site, Battlefield and Top Secret Cold War Mission Control
By John Bond @ 11:31 PM :: 11440 Views :: Hawaii History, Military
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One of Hawaii's least known very historic sites is the former Ewa Gate (Gate Two) of former NAS Barbers Point. It has a history going back to 1925....
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Saturday, December 7, 2013 |
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Sunday Morning: Ewa Battlefield Commemoration
By John Bond @ 11:17 AM :: 5947 Views :: Hawaii History, Military
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Ewa battlefield area involved not only destruction of planes at Ewa Field but also overhead air battles between Japanese planes, Army P-40's and Navy SBD's....
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Friday, December 6, 2013 |
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Honor Thy Father: Battleship Missouri Sneak Preview of Hawaii 5-0 WW2 Remembrance Episode
By News Release @ 2:17 PM :: 5608 Views :: Hawaii History, Military
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...the episode focuses on the attempted murder of a Pearl Harbor veteran that lead Five-0 to use decades old evidence to investigate....
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Friday, December 6, 2013 |
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Oneula Beach Dec 7, 1941: Air Photos from Landing B-17 Flying Fortress
By John Bond @ 5:14 AM :: 22250 Views :: Hawaii History, Military
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On the morning of 7 December 1941, twelve Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses were approaching Hawaii after a 14-hour flight from California....
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Wednesday, November 20, 2013 |
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Judge Sam King: A Memoir
By News Release @ 4:49 PM :: 7214 Views :: Hawaii History, Judiciary, Republican Party
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In his half-century on the bench, he presided over some of the most sensational of Hawai‘i’s organized crime trials, and he upheld the 1967 Hawai‘i Land Reform Act that shifted property ownership in Hawai‘i from large trusts to ordinary citizens....
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Thursday, November 14, 2013 |
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Diamond Sangha's Secret: From Zen Buddhism to Preying on Vulnerable Women
By Selected News Articles @ 1:17 PM :: 7042 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion
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Aitken never went public with what he knew about Shimano, not in 1964, and not for the next half century until his death....
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013 |
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Sunday, November 10, 2013 |
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NYT to Hawaiians: We Tell You What Your Culture is
By News Release @ 9:52 PM :: 9180 Views :: Family, Hawaii History, Religion
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As a Native Hawaiian Christian, allow me a response....
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Friday, November 8, 2013 |
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Child molester back at work at Hawaii Legislature (Again)
By Andrew Walden @ 11:48 AM :: 41762 Views :: Family, Hawaii History, Law Enforcement
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Rouse is now managing the office of Rep Karen Awana, D-Nanakuli....
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Thursday, October 31, 2013 |
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1998 Admissions: ACLU, Lambda Legal, and Gays Didn't Want 'Marriage' -- Constitutional Amendment Language 'Misleading'
By Andrew Walden @ 1:05 PM :: 6337 Views :: Family, Hawaii History
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...at their moment of victory over the people they quietly admit to the key deceptions used to manufacture consent....
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013 |
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Lawsuit: Hawaii Constitution Forbids Legislature from Creating Gay Marriage
By Rep Bob McDermott @ 9:50 PM :: 10198 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Hawaii History, Hawaii State Government
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Representative Bob McDermott filed a lawsuit today seeking a Declaratory Judgment regarding the 1998 ballot issue pertaining to same-sex marriage....
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Friday, October 25, 2013 |
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Sierra Club: Senate Should Reject Superferry’s only Supporter
By News Release @ 6:39 PM :: 5604 Views :: Environment, Hawaii History
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Abercrombie has nominated Genevieve Salmonson to the position of interim director of the state Department of Health (DOH) Office of Environmental Quality Control....
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Tuesday, September 10, 2013 |
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September 11 Commemoration, Flags at Half-Staff
By News Release @ 11:43 PM :: 5382 Views :: Hawaii History, Military
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In observance of the 12th anniversary of the attacks of 9/11....
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Friday, September 6, 2013 |
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Thursday, August 15, 2013 |
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UH Responds to Star-Adv: Claims Inouye Center Project 'Not Shrouded in Secrecy'
By News Release @ 2:26 PM :: 8038 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation, Hawaii History, Higher Education, Politicians
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"...swift action on the center was necessary since the senate will store papers for no longer than six months from the time the office is closed...."
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013 |
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Life of the Land? OHA Trustee Seeks to Change State Motto
By Video @ 2:52 PM :: 6492 Views :: Akaka Bill, Hawaii History
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Apo’s newspeak version would read: “The Sovereignty of the Land is Perpetuated in Righteousness” – a slogan which just happens to dovetail with the latest push for the Akaka Tribe. How convenient....
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Sunday, July 7, 2013 |
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JULY 7: Hawaii Annexed by USA
By News Release @ 5:53 PM :: 3726 Views :: Hawaii History
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On this date 115 years ago, the U.S. began absorbing an island paradise....
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Wednesday, June 5, 2013 |
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Hawaii's Forgotten Internment Camps
By Video @ 8:57 PM :: 4754 Views :: Hawaii History
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"[In Hawaii] it was just select families. And for many years, members of those families didn't want to talk about it."
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013 |
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Losing One Of The Good Guys
By Robert Thomas @ 7:21 PM :: 6966 Views :: National News, Agriculture, Hawaii History
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...Bob Fletcher, who saved farms of interned Japanese Americans, dies at 101....
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Friday, May 31, 2013 |
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More Flooding in Kakaako's Future
By John Bond @ 9:29 PM :: 7961 Views :: Environment, Development, Hawaii History
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Right now there is a race to see how fast Kakaako can be sold and developed before the mainland and foreign real estate investors find out they will be stuck with enormous future expenses....
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Friday, April 12, 2013 |
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An Oral History: The Life of Calvin Say
By Video @ 12:29 PM :: 5178 Views :: Hawaii History
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Olelo will be airing "An Oral History: The Life of Calvin Say," a 6-part documentary ....
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Friday, March 29, 2013 |
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VIDEO: Kalaeloa Solar Illegal Heavy Equipment Crushes Hawaiian Caves
By Video @ 12:10 PM :: 7317 Views :: Energy, Hawaii History
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Heavy Trucks In Violation Of Programmatic Agreement. Karst Caves And Sinkholes Get Flooded....
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Monday, March 25, 2013 |
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Valor with Honor – Screening and Discussion with Director Burt Takeuchi
By News Release @ 1:50 PM :: 5937 Views :: Hawaii History, Military
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Comprising more than 35 interviews with Japanese-American veterans who served in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II, Valor With Honor tells the amazing story....
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013 |
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VIDEO: HCDA Bulldozes Ancient Hawaiian Trails for Solar Farm
By John Bond @ 10:53 PM :: 11174 Views :: Energy, Hawaii History, OHA
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...huge wide roads were bulldozed through these Hawaiian sites causing massive, irreparable damage to the ancient Kualaka'i trail that is many hundreds if not one thousand years old....
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Monday, March 18, 2013 |
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Monday, March 18: Hawaii Statehood
By Selected News Articles @ 2:03 PM :: 4929 Views :: Hawaii History
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On this date in 1959, President Dwight Eisenhower signed the Hawaii Statehood Bill ....
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Thursday, December 27, 2012 |
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Obama Skips Inouye in Memoirs
By Selected News Articles @ 12:03 PM :: 7045 Views :: Hawaii History, Politicians
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Obama spent most of the speech describing his own impressions of Inouye....
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012 |
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Seniority? Hawaii is better off without it
By Selected News Articles @ 2:37 PM :: 7837 Views :: Hawaii History, Politicians
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"The lesson for everybody is you don't want your town to turn into this."
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