Wind lashes Windward side; Union's trustees say assets are secure; Star-Bulletin celebrates a milestone birthday; Bill aims to cool schools; Scientists seeking neutrinos; Rancher is held in Big Isle pot operation; House OKs $30M for Legislature; Kamaile seeks charter conversion; Art illuminates conservation; Dance teacher faces more assault charges; Maui firefighters contain blaze; 2,700-acre Waikoloa brush fire is reduced to flare-ups

Kamehameha plans North Shore changes; Power shortage blackout is averted; 3 Hawaii levees make national danger list; Hawaii quarter designs under scrutiny; Manoa school keeps its sixth-graders; Stealer of artifacts gets prison; Fallon weighs anchor - for now; Hearing on airport irradiator draws dozens; Full disclosure expected of judicial nominees; Enrollment at UH stable; Injured woman sues 'Dog,' A&E; Social safety net spans greatest need; Police fire up 911 cell phone locator; Mental exam ordered in Arizona Memorial theft case

Artist-turned-soldier is laid to rest; Hawaii Marine unit loses 2 more in Iraq; Super Bowl fans rush to score HDTV for game; State asks schools to weigh in on disputed book; Keating nominated to take Pacific command; Wind returns to hasten Hokule'a; Evidence denied in Tantalus case; Caregiver to be retried as jury deadlocks on theft; Report recommends regulation of combat sport; Quake-hit palace awaits funding; Honolulu climate pioneer wins honors

Bill would buy state a $1.9M private jet; UH to launch satellites; ACLU lawyer tackles state's ugly sides; Soldier calls war a fraud; Mom says Navy corpsman loved life of service; Lawmaker wants end to stadium 'drifting'; Recruited to serve; Flying is in the Taintors' genes; Change in command; Akaka wants an investigation of 2 VA hospitals; Voyaging canoes nearing Johnston

Transit factors into plan for bikes; Power loss can't foil fans' Super Bowl parties; Isle vulnerabilities dictate disaster strategy; Learning experience; Artificial reef could raise fish population; Lawmakers go native with Hawaiian bills; Event promises latest information on diabetes; Bill raises scrutiny of fish-tank stockers; Sailor helped injured crew mates

Oahu home costs dip; Court-martial judge bars experts; Pedestrian dies after being hit in Kapolei; Court names Kalama new KS trustee; Obama's presidential lineage; House panel wants to restructure regulators; UH rail route gaining steam; Senator: 'Too early' to cut state's cut of transit tax; Soldiers expected home soon die in Humvee crash; Seagull Schools opens campus in Ewa Beach; President of BYUH to take post in Tonga; Police seek man about bound, strangled victim

UH dorms unsafe, audit says; Refusal dubbed betrayal, a disgrace; Scrutiny rankles Red Cross volunteers; Questions, nightmares haunt young victim; Boost sought for Civil Defense Agency; Campaign reform bill proposes public funding; Council kills ban on building near rail line; Ruling on dog custody upsets Humane Society; Maui leptospirosis case prompts public meetings

Watada mistrial declared; Punahou left lasting impression on Obama; Disputed book to remain in schools; Nightclub extortion is admitted; Mayor, councilmen clash over rail plans; City begins 1,200-foot sewer dig; Assisted-suicide bill in death throes; World's largest ocean liner docking here; Ferry reports colliding with whale; Workers free humpback from mass of fishing line; 2 charged with murder and robbery in death; Releasing pet fish is harmful

Bills target insurance rates; Watada trial judge erred, one expert says; Residents suspicious of plan to sell housing; Tax plan could aid some renters; Haraga lost power long before losing job; Pilfered copper cheap but theft costs; Broken water main fixed -- twice; Raptors rest at Hickam; Isle forests are most imperiled in nation; New air tour rules already in place here; Victim called dealer as duo hit with slaying; Maui plant fined for sewage spill; Pro Bowl 2007: What to know before you go

Read this! Offenders to get police warning; OHA challenge set back; Mold delays Wyland Waikiki hotel -- again; Lahaina sewage flows into sea; Kualoa contamination nets city $300,000 fine; Officer warned cockfighters; Husband admits to conspiracy over 'ice'; Kauai police grab suspect in burning; Victims of sub collision mourned; Band's CD proves sellout hit for city

Bullies upload abusive tactics online; Obama formalizes bid for president; Sheriff's deputy shot, killed at nightclub; Trip of a lifetime; Konishiki's kids; 5 men rescued after fishing boat burns; Standards advocated for sex education; UH-West tuition among lowest; Army makes public Makua Valley studies; For some, Pro Bowl package was trip to nowhere; Robot to aid surgeries at Queen's; Isle girl urges diabetes research; State high court to hear Kauai property tax suit; Hawaii soldier pleads guilty to taking bribe; Floating radar completes Pearl Harbor-Alaska trip

Family, friends praise deputy slain in robbery; Land mine victim making strides; Law school program analyzes convictions; Bush plan helps parks; Kahuku wins U.S. Constitution contest; Kauai, building homes, invites buyers to fairs; Forum to focus on hepatitis B and C

3 pedestrians hit in 8 hours; Murder suspect was awaiting sentencing; Punahou teacher loses life on boat trip; Isle group upgrades Cambodian hospitals; Mayor criticizes state's worker contract proposal; Conservationist, teacher David Boynton shared Kauai; UH faculty, staff, students to meet chancellor hopefuls; Prostitution bill gains support; Hemisphere of influence; Dad attacks driver who killed baby; Noisy Niu sewer-line repairs scheduled for 24-hour work

Pilots' errors caused 2 Kauai copter crashes; Octogenarian couple treats Valentine's Day as gift; Waikiki's New Look - Special Section; Stowaway squirrel ends flight at Oahu; Navy rejects sonar limits past California coastal waters; 2 regions want rail extensions; Reichel's debut album earns gold status; Lingle making headway stumping for high-tech; Ex-officer acquitted in beating; Man agrees to 30 years for killing girlfriend; Man gets 40 years for shooting; Historian named first Inouye chair

Kailua teacher charged after drug bust; Recktenwald, Kim up for judgeships; Bail raised in killing of deputy; Kauai loses fight over access to Papaa Bay; Addition of 47 affordable units for seniors praised; Legislature focuses on charter schools; Bronze Elvis to appear at Blaisdell; Senate bill demands Superferry review; Overflow at prisons to get worse; Blackout led to teacher's drowning; Free Maui lectures to discuss climate

Firefighters win annual raise of 5%; 2 more service members with isle ties die in Iraq; Mexican court allows extradition of 'Dog' Chapman; Lifeguards busy as North Shore reaches 25 feet; Target's bid for Ewa Beach property fails; Hawaii among 9 with low rate of cardiac disease; Hawaii delegation criticizes Iraq war; Stowaway squirrel has no fun in our sun; Isle institute succeeds in shrimp breeding; High court weighs Kauai tax case; Dog sniffs for drugs at 2 Maui schools; Benefits scheduled for family of deputy; Congress approves $62.5 million for native Hawaiian programs; Woman is found after wandering from home

Accident shatters families with grief; Pier tenants sink about rising fees; Meth use damages the heart, UH shows; Leslie Wilcox leaves KHON for top local PBS position; Goo leaves architectural firm but keeps designing; Bill restricts July 4 fireworks; Chapman's extradition not imminent; General sees a long U.S. presence in Afghanistan; Bill aims to make recycling easier; Senator enlists robotic aid in cancer fight; College chancellor will shift to new post; Neighborhood board vote online; UH panel will fight greenhouse gases

Labor crisis looms for government; UH scientists envision mining town on moon; Maui biodiesel plant planned; Native birds freed in Kauai forest for preservation; A long road to safety; Canoes nearing Micronesia; Hokule'a also bringing gift of medical teams; Queen of Las Vegas lounge acts, Mary Kaye; Fallon sees expansion in U.S.-China relations; Lingle to join governors for Washington meeting

'Truly a Hero'; Aloha has immigrants striving for citizenship; Voyaging canoes arrive at first Micronesian stop; Great Aloha Run rules the road; Giving Hawaiian meaning saves language; Lawmakers kill pitch to track rapists via GPS use; Man held, released in H-1 crash probe; Services set for victim in fatal head-on collision

Lawmakers vow to fund gas-price reporting law; Approval brings Sirius to isles; Canoes arrive in Micronesia; Micronesia has a complicated past; Fatal crash shocks motocrossers; Wildfire on Maui forces 7 to evacuate; Building bridges; A great way to spread the aloha - run; Medicine is put to the test; Founder of Wasa Electric helped settle strike; Trask will discuss Hawaiian sovereignty; Shelter funded for women in recovery

KGMB-TV sold in $40M deal; Maui cops hold man in suicide of woman; Voyagers' gift cites shared goals; Isle man claims cabinet is a royal find; Response to Maui fire criticized by evacuees; Family time, camaraderie drew victim to motocross; Church victimized by copper thieves for third time; First lady will arrive next week; Obama rakes in the campaign dollars; Alternate rail routes up for debate; Bill would allow smoking in bars; State expects cost savings in immunization database; Hawaii gets $6.2M to help homeless; Suspect pleads not guilty in deputy sheriff's murder

Rail route to go via Salt Lake; Council takes up property tax cuts; Hokule'a leaves Majuro; Murder suspect used alias; Peter Aduja first U.S. Filipino to hold office; 'Dog' digs in to appeal extradition; Cambodian girl arrives to culture shock; New trial for Watada could start in summer; Plant lover Lutkenhouse created $2M botanical garden; Beating follows parking lot accident; Kauai fugitive faces multiple drug charges; Man admits gambling business; Pet Ohana - Off-target cat urine could be payback

Police arrest 2 in copper sting; SUV injures Beretania pedestrian; Council head opposes mayor's recycling plan; Some see recycling plan as aiding environment; Panel lets smoking ban stay in place; USS Arizona center expanding 'gateway' to history; City beefs up civil defense; Finalist on 'Idol' lived on Kauai until 2000; UH selects Chicago botanist for Lyon Arboretum; Work to begin on freeway access to Queen's; Senators dedicate park land; Airman faces court-martial for Iraq shooting; Le Jardin begins expansion of campus; Residents urge state to buy Kukui Gardens

'Assault on duo not a hate crime'; Long prison term rejected; Convention center tries to lure groups from Asia; Hospital gets boost from a bake sale; Army, Watada 'back at square 1'; Business owner gets 8 months for tax fraud; Runoff kills sea life near Kohala; Cost of property tax breaks pondered; Dam safety bill draws criticism; Bill seeks warning for plates on roads; Pediatrician was a beloved doctor

Family, friends mourn free-spirited teenager; Army faces questions on studies of Makua; Private schools to raise costs 6%; Surplus fuels tax reform; Inmates clean Hamakua Ditch; Army's isle Gallery of Heroes welcomes four; Drug-test bill prefers saliva over urine jar; 'Morning after' pills confusing pharmacists; Legislators tour run-down college; Annual dining event benefits AIDS patients

Homeless shelter gets a second life; Hula dancers feed needy in Kalaeloa; Hokule'a requires tows in doldrums; In vitro not risky, study finds; Bill would remove cost of Plan B; Permitting for airport projects draws fire; Dunkin' Donuts owner admits fraud

FBI will investigate Waikele beating; Pedestrian is killed in Makaha hit-and-run; Hospitals face crisis, lawmakers are warned; State to steam-clean pesky coqui frogs; Spending by charter office is in question; Teachers enlist gadgets to lure students to math; Woman vies for plea deal in grisly assaults on child; Man, 83, faces murder trial; Legislators debate use of tax credit; Teen held in death, burning of Puna man; Kaneohe man gets 14 years in drug case; Owner gets probation for sale of bar to pusher; Scholarship deadline tomorrow

Masu's Massive closing today; Tourism officials fret over downturn; Mayor sees transit rolling toward construction; Makaha residents push for traffic light; Kapahulu merchants nab suspect red-handed; Quakes might propel lava; First lady scheduled for 1-day Midway tour; Benjamin Kama helped steer neighborhood boards; Filipino WWII vets seeking VA benefits; Glitches in Raptors being fixed; Rising tithes lift all boats, state vows