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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 7h

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) announced on Monday the three finalists for the position of Administrator/Chief Executive Officer, marking a significant milestone in the search for the organization’s next executive leader. The three finalists are Todd Apo, Kaulana Park and Summer Sylva.

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OHA announces three finalists for CEO, administrator

The three finalists are Todd Apo, Kaulana Park and Summer Sylva.

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 7h

The U.S. is enduring its worst year for measles since 1991, with nearly 3,900 reported cases, according to the CDC. The nation has seen eight reported measles-associated deaths in the past two years — more than the combined total of reported deaths over the previous three decades.

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Pennsylvania's measles outbreak is the largest in decades in the US

Pennsylvania has more than 1,000 measles cases this year, making it the largest state outbreak in decades.

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 7h

But it wasn’t long before the California scientist asked for a break from all the attention for a more ordinary task: He needed to make school lunches for his children, who were asleep in the family home in Stanford, where their father had been speaking in the middle of the night with journalists...

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California scientist wins a Nobel Prize, then makes school lunches for his kids

Dr. Karl Deisseroth spent hours fielding congratulatory calls after learning that he had won a Nobel Prize for medicine for helping to open a new field of brain science called optogenetics.

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 7h

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis says in a new book that his deciding vote to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in January 2025 is the “biggest regret of my career” and that he also “should’ve stopped” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from becoming Health and Human Services secretary in the early days of ...

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Republican Sen. Tillis calls his vote for Hegseth the 'biggest regret of my career' in a new book

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis says in a new book that his deciding vote to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in January 2025 is the “biggest regret of my career.”

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Bos has two daughters, with a third due in January. At the grocery store, five items cost as much as a full cart once did. And on Wednesday, Bos and nearly 1,400 other people were laid off from their jobs at what had been the Navistar truck factory in southwestern Ohio.

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A gut punch in Ohio: Nearly 1,400 laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rally

President Donald Trump is trying to rally voters in the Dayton, Ohio, area on Saturday. But days ago, 1,400 workers were laid off from a truck factory there.

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Prime members in the United States can only use this discount between Oct. 2, 2026, and Jan. 29, 2027, at participating bp, Amoco, ampm and Thorntons locations across the country. During that time, members can save $0.20 per gallon.

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Amazon Prime members can save 20 cents at the pump for a limited time. Here’s how.

Amazon Prime members are getting a new fuel discount in time for the holiday travel. Here’s how it works.

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“It is a unique phenomenon; there are more than 200 plant species,” Jorge Carabantes, head of the Protected Areas Department at the National Forest Corporation. “This is a flowering event that is obviously extraordinary and unusual, very different from other blooms that occur elsewhere on the globe”

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Earth’s driest desert is covered in wildflowers right now

Spring has arrived in the Southern Hemisphere, and even Chile's Atacama Desert is blossoming. Known as the driest nonpolar desert, it's now covered in flowers due to heavy rains from the El Niño weath...

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A dentist and other passengers wrestled with a violent copilot. A plumber seized the controls as the plane plunged towards the desert. And the captain, despite being stabbed, managed to open the cockpit door — helping save all 182 people aboard the Israel-bound flight.

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A plumber and a dentist are praised as heroes in FlyDubai near-disaster

A plumber, a dentist and others are being hailed as heroes after a dramatic incident on a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv.

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

While HECO only shared broad, oft-cited explanations for the outages during the Niu Valley meeting, the company has far more detailed information on what’s happening, including a detailed, root-cause analysis for every outage.

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HECO Knows What's Behind Outages. It Just Won't Tell You

The state's consumer advocate wants the utility to provide more information about storm outages. Residents say they also deserve clearer answers about frequent outages that don't seem tied to weather.

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Honolulu motorists had their license plate information and driving locations accessed by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service more than 2,000 times this year through a data-sharing agreement with the Honolulu Police Department.

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HPD May Have Shared Your License Plate Data With The IRS

The Honolulu police chief says the department will no longer share data with other agencies, but five months of data remain in the hands of the IRS.

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yaw Boahene, 57, was exiting the train at a Brooklyn subway station around 6 p.m. when his bag, which police described as a shopping bag, snagged in the closing train doors. The Brooklyn resident was pulled onto the tracks and run over by the train as it left the station, police said in a statement.

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Man dragged to death by subway train after his bag gets caught in doors

Police say a man was dragged to death by a subway train after a shopping bag he was carrying got stuck in the closing doors.

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park confirmed on Wednesday that the beloved Holei Sea Arch collapsed. The collapse happened on Sunday, Sept. 27 on Hawaii Island. The park said this impressive sea arch was cut into the cliff of an ancient lava flow from about 550 years ago due to “differential erosion"

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Famed 90-foot Holei Sea Arch collapses on Hawaii Island

The collapse happened on Sunday, Sept. 27 on Hawaii Island.

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Capt. Smit Machchhar, who is from India’s financial hub of Mumbai, was seriously injured in Wednesday’s attack. Passengers described how the pilot still managed to open the cockpit door, allowing them to enter and restrain the attacker as the Boeing 737 descended sharply, according to witnesses...

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An Indian airline captain is hailed as a hero after a cockpit attack on a FlyDubai flight

An Indian airline captain is being hailed as a hero after thwarting an apparent attempt to crash a FlyDubai flight. Capt.

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Tennessee officials were unable to put Christa Gail Pike to death Wednesday for a 1995 murder after administering two doses of a lethal drug. A death penalty expert said it was an unprecedented failure. Pike was alive and loudly snoring after the attempted lethal injection and taken by ambulance...

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Tennessee unable to carry out the execution by lethal injection of Christa Gail Pike

Media witnesses say Tennessee officials were unable to carry out the execution of Christa Gail Pike for a 1995 murder on Wednesday.

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Workers who check boarding passes and IDs will no longer be able to sit down while doing their job. The TSA is removing all chairs at the check-in site, according to a branch of the American Federation of Government Employees union. Workers will now have to stand during their shifts.

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TSA officers no longer allowed to sit during ID checks, union says

The TSA is removing all chairs at the check-in site.

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This year’s El Niño has the potential to be one of the strongest in living memory, and the evidence is showing up around the world. The U.S. just saw its hottest summer on record in the Lower 48 states. Drought is slowing shipping in the Panama Canal. The Pacific is experiencing an exceptionally...

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Super El Niño Is Here. Are Cities Ready?

Infrastructure upgrades, disaster planning and on-the-ground exercises are essential as we confront one of the most powerful El Niños ever.

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“It does make me a bit wary about just going out to more crowded areas and stuff. It’s kind of disheartening to hear about it,” said Harazin. And when families are involved, that concern can feel even greater. “It’s a family festival. It just makes me a little wary about going out,” said Harazin.

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Kailua shooting leaves people second-guessing attending large events

As families gathered for the annual Kailua Fall Festival, just across the street, a man was shot and killed just before 8:30 on Saturday night. Incidents like these are leaving

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"It’s different,” Stephanie said. “Obviously, she’s not my daughter. [But] I think of her heart as still kind of Autumn’s in a way. So, it’s just very confusing.” Now, Autumn’s legacy is living on inside a woman she never knew. “She’s living through me and helping keep me alive,” Sandra said.

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Mom breaks down hearing her daughter’s heartbeat again a year after she died in a fire

A mother heard her late 12-year-old daughter’s heartbeat again a year after her death when she met the woman who received her donated heart.

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Coastal erosion has been eating away at the beach in San Clemente, known for nearly a century as a “Spanish village by the sea.” The rising sea and crashing waves have pushed the shoreline landward, splitting the city’s picturesque North Beach. Crumbling seaside bluffs have damaged oceanfront homes

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Sea level rise is reshaping a California beach town and threatening a key rail line

The beach in this small Southern California community has been shrinking due to rising ocean waters.

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“I asked him to bless our motherland with favorable weather and to make it even more prosperous,” Liu Haiyan said while sitting outside the Golden Hall, a Taoist temple at the summit of Tianzhu Peak. “This place watches over our country,” she added. “We’re Chinese and this is part of our faith.”

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Some climb for faith, others for the views. This Chinese sacred mountain draws them all

China’s Wudang Mountains have long been considered sacred in Taoism, with temples and palaces reflecting centuries of religious and imperial history.

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“Someone may not be able to work, but they can’t see a doctor because they can’t afford it. So they’re now applying for Medicaid,” said Jennifer Tolbert, director of state health policy and data at the research organization KFF. “But Medicaid is saying you need documentation from a provider.”

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As work requirements kick in for Medicaid, some states are taking a tougher stance

At least six states will require documentation that individuals are too sick to meet Medicaid work requirements kicking in next year.

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

McDonald’s is also rolling out new employee training that will focus on hospitality and food quality. The training will be more experience-based, showing employees what a perfectly cooked Big Mac tastes like, for example, and will encourage more pleasant interactions with customers.

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McDonald’s bets $8.5 billion on a sweeping restaurant makeover and new protein-focused menu

McDonald’s said Wednesday it will spend $8.5 billion over the next decade to modernize its restaurants globally.

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Public schools and government offices across Maui County will close Friday, while Hawaii Island will see closures both Thursday and Friday, officials announced Wednesday. Hawaiʻi County also announced a suspension of non-emergency services and operations on Thursday and Friday.

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Public schools, government offices closed Friday across Hawaii Island and Maui County

Public schools and government offices are closing across Hawaii Island and Maui County, officials announced.

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The company didn’t say Thursday which coffeehouses will close or how many are located in the U.S. It also didn’t say how many of the affected coffeehouses are unionized. More than 700 U.S. Starbucks stores have voted to unionize since late 2021, but Starbucks doesn’t support the unionization effort

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Starbucks to shutter 250 stores in North America this week in 2nd wave of closings

Starbucks plans to close 250 North American stores later this week. Starbucks Chief Operating Officer Mike Grams said the locations targeted either aren’t delivering acceptable financial results or ca...

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The storm is expected to become Category 3 Hurricane Nolo and pass near or just south the of islands this weekend. Nolo is expected to strengthen quickly over the next couple of days, potentially becoming a hurricane Thursday and possibly a major hurricane by the weekend.

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Wednesday Afternoon Nolo Update: Tropical Storm expected to become Category 3 Hurricane Nolo

Tropical Storm Nolo formed Wednesday with winds of 40 mph. Nolo is about 310 miles south of South Point and moving west-northwest around 6 mph. The storm is expected to

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It was built with federal low-income housing tax credits that came with a condition: its senior citizen apartments had to remain affordable for 30 years. That commitment expired last December, leaving the complex no longer set aside for seniors, with no limits on rents aside from what the market ...

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What Happens To Your Affordable Housing When Income Rules Run Out?

Seniors at a state-owned affordable housing complex in Kakaʻako are scared about rising rents as the development authority seeks to recoup losses at the financially troubled project.

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Tropical Depression 15-E is restrengthening and expected to become a hurricane on Thursday. Its forecast path takes it south of the islands, but close enough to bring flooding rain, especially to the east half of the state, along with gusty, possibly damaging winds from late today through Sunday.

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First Alert Forecast: Tropical Depression, strengthening, expected to become a hurricane and threaten the state

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Kaimukī High School teacher Chu Hong, who created a hands-on agriculture program connecting students with sustainability, entrepreneurship and future careers, has been named the 2027 Hawaiʻi State Teacher of the Year.

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Kaimukī High School’s Chu Hong named 2027 Hawaiʻi State Teacher of the Year | Big Island Now

Also honored were three teachers from the Big Island: Haley Agbayani, Matthew Moustakas and Adam Tuifagu.

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“Let’s get them involved with us, let’s get the involved with the boys and girls club,” Chief Lazar said. “So that we don’t really have to crack down on curfew because the kids are so busy. I know it sounds like a dream, and you know ‘he’s dreaming, he’s disconnected,’ but I tell you, it works.”

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‘It works’: Lazar outlines plans for reducing youth crime, issues in Kalihi

During a talk story event in Kalihi Monday night, HPD Chief David Lazar said the antidote to youth crime is healthy youth activities.

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The Saline County Sheriff’s Office identified the man as 24-year-old Joachim Lanham. Lanham was documenting his rollerblading journey across the U.S. on Instagram. According to a post from his family, he was hit by an SUV on day 22 of his journey from New York to Los Angeles.

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24-year-old attempting to rollerblade across the entire US killed in hit-and-run

A Norwegian man rollerblading from New York to Los Angeles was killed after being hit by an SUV near Salina, Kansas, officials said.

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Invasive deer and goats are impacting ranches in the state, according to a new study from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. In the first study to measure the impact of wild grazing animals on Hawaii rangelands, scientists observed forage losses at two-thirds of the sites they surveyed.

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Invasive deer, goats are eating away Hawaii’s ranchlands, new study finds

The study’s authors say this is the first evidence that wild grazing is reducing the forage at many of Hawaii’s working cattle ranches.

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Construction began on Gulick Avenue in Kalihi Monday morning. The road will be fully closed for a year during demolition and reconstruction of the overpass along the H-1 Freeway. A temporary steel pedestrian bridge that was installed in July opened Monday morning for pedestrians and cyclists to...

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Gulick Avenue closed for yearlong construction on H-1 overpass

Gulick Avenue in Kalihi will be fully closed for a year during demolition and reconstruction of the overpass along the H-1 Freeway.

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

In China, recent American arrivals like Popeyes and Five Guys are seen as a guilty pleasure, said Yaling Jiang, the founder of ApertureChina, while the increasingly international palates of Americans have created space for Chinese brands to serve as their nation’s unofficial ambassadors.

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Fast food from the US and China catches on in both countries

China and the United States are divided on many issues, from tariffs to Taiwan. But fast food is one thing tying the two superpowers together as their leaders prepare to meet in Washington.

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

“She begins handing me his birth certificate, his Medicaid, his Social Security card,” Benavides said. Benavides says when she realized Ibarra was serious about giving away her baby, she tried to get help from a friend who lives nearby. The two went to the friend’s home, where Benavides says ...

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Mother, 18, arrested after giving away baby to stranger at bus stop, police say

A mother is facing charges after police say she gave her baby to a stranger at a bus stop, saying she no longer wanted the little boy.

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Including its holdings in Hawaiʻi, like real estate in Iwilei and Kakaʻako, the total value of assets under OHA’s purview stands at about $942 million. While it’s seen large gains in investments, spending by OHA has risen more slowly, going up about 24% from around $54 million in 2016 to a spen...

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OHA's Native Hawaiian Trust Fund Has Doubled In Value

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs now oversees nearly $1 billion in assets, including real estate and its trust fund.

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A few hundred people, including some of Hawaiʻi’s most prominent politicians, came to the State Capitol Rotunda to pay their respects to former Hawaiʻi Gov. George Ariyoshi and his family. Under a cobalt blue sky and breezy tradewinds, the hearse carrying the casket of Ariyoshi arrived at the Cap...

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Shootz! Former Gov. George Ariyoshi Remembered At Capitol Ceremony

The governor died at his home in Honolulu on April 19 at age 100.

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

For years, Hawaiʻi seemed to be pushing for a new vision of tourism: fewer visitors who would spend more money, stay longer and leave less of a footprint on the islands. Decades of overcrowded beaches and favorite local spots being overrun by outsiders had soured local sentiment toward visitors ...

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Fewer Tourists, But They’re Spending More. Is This What Hawaiʻi Wanted?

Hawai‘i has long struggled with issues surrounding overtourism, but recent visitor trends may signal long-term problems for the state's biggest industry.

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The study, published in the Journal of Applied Entomology, by researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience revealed that the little fire ant’s (Wasmannia auropunctata) preferred diet is not what scientists and homeowners previously thought.

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Researchers suggest cooked beef, sunflower seeds for little fire ants | Kauai Now

University of Hawaiʻi researchers found that fire ants prefer cooked beef and sunflower seeds over water-packed tuna.

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A fire that tore through the Kāpule Building at the Līhuʻe Civic Center has left Kauaʻi residents without in-person motor vehicle services and disrupted a wide range of county operations, creating a growing backlog for people whose driver’s licenses and vehicle documents are coming due.

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DMV closed on Kauaʻi due to fire leaving residents who need license renewals in limbo | Kauai Now

A recent fire at the Kāpule Building in Līhuʻe that destroyed infrastructure has plunged Kauaʻi's DMV operations into chaos, halting in-person services and leaving residents scrambling for alternative...

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The recall was issued by Danone USA for its So Delicious Dairy Free Salted Caramel Cluster Non-Dairy Frozen Dessert pints. The recall was issued because of the potential presence of foreign materials, such as small stones and other hard objects, within the cashew clusters.

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So Delicious Ice Cream recalled in Hawaii due to foreign material risk

Danone USA has recalled So Delicious non-dairy ice cream pints in Hawaii due to potential foreign materials like small stones in the cashew clusters.

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Rep. Joyce Beatty, an Ohio Democrat and an ex-officio member of the Kennedy Center board, requested an emergency court hearing Wednesday regarding what she called Trump’s “unlawful closure of the Kennedy Center.” Beatty has led efforts to block Trump’s name from being added to the building, and ...

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Fencing goes up around the main Kennedy Center building after Trump-aligned board votes to close it

Fencing has gone up around the main Kennedy Center building, a day after the Trump-aligned board voted to close most of the performing arts center for repairs.

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Zombie Golf follows four golfers who refuse to abandon their round while a zombie outbreak overtakes the course around them. Maui’s Lucas Zarro wrote, directed and produced the film, which is in post-production. The film includes a cameo from Wie West—the Honolulu-born 2014 US Women’s Open champion

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Michelle Wie West chips in cameo appearance in Maui-made ‘Zombie Golf,’ a horror comedy filmed on Maui and Oʻahu | Maui Now

A Maui filmmaker has completed a 75-minute zombie comedy for less than $20,000—and golf champion Michelle Wie West makes a cameo appearance.

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The facility worker described grief among their fellow employees. “I had coworkers in the lunchroom crying and people so stressed that they were yelling at the plant manager: ‘Listen to your people! Why are we here? We shouldn’t be working!’” the worker recalled.

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‘We shouldn’t be working!’ Dozens walk off job after worker dies at meat-producing facility

Dozens of workers walked off the job after they said management ordered production to continue following a worker’s death.

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Ever since Hurricane Lowell whipped through Kauai, residents in recovery mode have been asking visitors to stay away. Some travelers said they are trying to respect their wishes and cancel their upcoming trips to the Garden Isle, but vacation rental owners are refusing to refund their reservations.

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Travelers trying to avoid hurricane-battered Kauai say they can’t get refunds

Some travelers said they are trying to respect locals’ wishes and cancel their upcoming trips to the Garden Isle, but vacation rental owners are refusing to refund their reservations.

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Hawaii World LEN @hawaiiworldlen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Denton said that all applicants for the investigator positions are asked “if there is anything that would prohibit them from fully performing the duties of a law enforcement officer,” and Bandy said there was not.

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He Was Banned From Police Work In California But Hired In Honolulu

A California cop stonewalled an internal investigation into his handling of an alleged kidnapping while lining up a job in Hawai‘i as an investigator in the prosecutor's office.

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