Star-Bulletin writers
earn Kilohana Awards

Star-Bulletin staff

Honolulu Star-Bulletin reporters Rob Perez, Christine Donnelly, Jaymes K. Song, Richard Borreca and Ian Lind jointly received a Kilohana Award for "State of the Unions," a four-day series that examined public-employee labor unions in Hawaii.

Business Editor Ed Lynch, artist David Swann, and photographers Dean Sensui and Kathryn Bender shared in the award.

Other Star-Bulletin writers receiving the in-house award yesterday are:

Craig Gima, for stories on the state Child Support Enforcement Agency (Day One) (Day Two) (Day Three) and the state Capitol's reflecting pools.
Sports writer Paul Arnett, for coverage of the University of Hawaii football coach change, and the Western Athletic Conference.
Mary Adamski and Mike Yuen, for "Bitter Battleground," a series of articles on same-gender marriage.
Lind, for exclusive reports on questionable dealings by United Public Workers state director Gary Rodrigues.
Feature writers Cynthia Oi and Tim Ryan, for "Walking Stories" chronicling their walk around Oahu.
Lori Tighe, for "The Horror of Crystal Meth," a two-part series on how the drug dragged a Waianae family down, and how it fought back.