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State Department of Health officials reported four more cases of dengue fever Thursday, bringing the total to 19 on Hawaii island.

The state Public Utilities Commission scolded Hawaiian Electric Co. for its “repeated failures to properly plan” a path to lower electrical rates using renewable energy.

Hawaii’s native forest birds will need a substantial helping hand if they are to survive the growing impacts of climate change, a new study has concluded. The study, published last week in the journal PLOS ONE, found that birds living in the higher-elevation forests could lose a majority of their habitat due to the global warming projected by the end of the century.

The moped rider who suffered fatal head injuries in a collision with a pickup truck in Aina Haina was identified as Hunter J.L. Ortego, 17, of Honolulu.

Hilo death being investigated as homicide • Missing hikers find way out of mountains • 12-year-old arrested on robbery suspicion

Ige to promote state on 9-day trip to Asia • Rare birds taken to fenced colony on Kauai

Question: I hear information in the news about Medicaid and often wonder if that is the same as QUEST here in Hawaii? Q: People are so quick to complain about deteriorating conditions in Honolulu related to homelessness, lack of funding, etc., but what do they do to help? Some of us do want to pitch in. What can we do?

The Honolulu City Council honored Pearl Harbor survivor Ray Emory on Wednesday and admired a model of his ship, the USS Honolulu, that had been kept in relative obscurity for several years.

A moped rider was killed in a collision with a vehicle on Kalanianaole Highway in Aina Haina on Wednesday afternoon. The accident happened at about 2:45 p.m. between East Hind and West Hind drives.

Police have arrested a second suspect in connection with an incident earlier this month in which a 15-year-old boy was injured by shots fired from a BB gun. Because the suspect is a minor, police are not releasing the person’s age or specifying the charges in the arrest that took place early Wednesday morning.