RARE INDEED » Pea-size hail rattled areas of Captain Cook, South Kona, yesterday, leaving drifts like this one among Nelson Stringer's geraniums.

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Park homeless to be evicted
A cleanup will close Ala Moana for a month at night, which may turn permanent.
Heavy showers bring floods and 2 more mudslides
Thundershowers slammed Oahu again last night, flooding rain-soaked communities and overflowing Makiki Stream's banks.
» Lanai tornado damage is $50,000
» Rare hail gives Big Isle residents a scare
» Disaster fund needs emerge
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Human mind is fertile soil for lesson of a story
"Talk story" is no idle pastime. It might be the most important thing we do together.
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Spring moves will stick
Hawaii going forward with three big changes
in Business
Tony Roma’s Kahala will close tomorrow
A former Hawaii resident will open a Chinese restaurant there
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Don't cut federal funds to fight meth in Hawaii
The Justice Department's inspector general reported that some states have not received their fair share of federal anti-meth funds.
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