Opponents Launch Ukulele Attacks at Spaceport Meeting
HILO, THE BIG ISLAND (Ben Caxton) — Opponents of a small spaceport on the Big Island used an information meeting to launch attacks against the…
State Proposes Ban on Alcohol for Dui Offenders
HONOLULU, OAHU (Ben Caxton) — Whether you continue to drive, have a driver’s license, or even have a car or not, legislators in the Hawaii…
Smile Drivers! Hawai`i Is Watching You!
HONOLULU, OAHU (Ben Caxton) — Despite having seen the same proposal shot down every year for the last twenty years, Democrat State Senator Lorraine Inouye…
"Good Samaritans" Find Missing Woman Safe
LIHU`E, KAUA`I (Ben Caxton) — Kaua’i Police say a woman who had been missing for seven days was found alive Thursday in a ravine behind…
Judge Denies Hawai`i Access to Airbnb Records
HONOLULU, OAHU (Ben Caxton) — The State of Hawai`i is not entitled to see a decade’s worth of Airbnb vacation rental receipts a Hawai`i judge…
Maui Sex Discrimination Settlement Costs County $350,000
WAILUKU, MAUI (Ben Caxton) — a retired Maui police captain who claimed in a federal lawsuit that she faced sex discrimination when she was passed…
"Unprecedented" Coastal Flooding Possible
LIHU`E, KAUA`I (Ben Caxton) — High Surf Warnings are once again in effect for the north- and west-facing shores of Kaua`i and Niihau through the…
Court Orders Solar Water Heaters for All
HONOLULU, OAHU (Ben Caxton) — A Hawai`i judge is making sure everyone buying a new home on Hawai`i gets a solar hot water system. Judge…
Oxford English Dictionary Additions a Hammajang
HONOLULU, OAHU (Ben Caxton) — Pidgin Hawai`ian Creole has gone mainstream. One of the more than 600 words added to the Oxford English Dictionary in…
Hawai`i Can’t Even Count Registered Guns
HONOLULU, OAHU (Ben Caxton) — It might be easy to understand why a state would have no idea how many illegal, or unregistered weapons were…