SWEET 'Y': The new Leeward YMCA sits near the smokestack left from the old Waipahu Sugar Mill. Hundreds have already signed up for membership.
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Tax raises isle gas price
Some lawmakers want to reinstate an exemption that expired Monday
Isle home market soft but steady, experts say
The market expects a healthy 2007
Waipahu halfway house seeks legal status
Victory Ohana has been unlicensed for the past 16 years
in Features
Search and rescue
Three boutiques try to make vintage and pre-owned fashions new again
in Sports
New era for PGA Tour
This weekend's Mercedes-Benz on Maui opens the first season of the NASCAR-like FedExCup
in Business
Outrigger will manage the Ala Moana Hotel
More than 1,000 of the individually owned units will be managed as vacation rentals
in Editorial
Improvements needed in emergency communications
A federal report has given Honolulu a modest rating in emergency agencies' disaster communications effectiveness
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