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Voting is underway for more than 95,000 Native Hawaiians who will elect 40 delegates to a constitutional convention that will consider models for self-governance.

The state Department of Health has confirmed 10 cases of dengue fever on the Big Island.

“In the coming days I anticipate the case count will increase,” state epidemiologist Dr. Sarah Park said. “What’s happening now is we clearly have pockets of (infected) mosquitoes that have been transmitting dengue.

The state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands has a backlog of more than $55 million in unspent federal housing funds for Native Hawaiians, and President Barack Obama’s administration finally stopped the flow of additional housing funding last fiscal year under the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant program.

Twenty-four hours after the initial job posting for a new football coach, University of Hawaii athletic director David Matlin said Monday, “I’m pretty optimistic we’ll have a good pool of applicants.”

The Pearl Harbor destroyer USS John Paul Jones, among the most capable ballistic missile defense ships in the Navy fleet, shot down a simulated anti-ship cruise missile Saturday but failed to knock down an extended medium-range ballistic missile target during a “layered defense” test.

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The aunt of a 13-year-old boy facing a second-degree attempted murder charge after he allegedly stabbed another 13-year-old boy Sunday during an argument in Kalihi said Monday it was an accident.

Kapahulu Avenue near Campbell Avenue was closed for hours Thursday while police investigated a bomb threat and attempted bank robbery. The incident began at about 1 p.m. when a man walked into the Bank of Hawaii on Kalakaua Avenue and alluded to having a bomb while trying to rob the bank, police said.

Navy Cmdr. Jacob Foret has assumed command of the Pearl Harbor-based submarine USS Santa Fe, relieving Cmdr. Timothy Poe.

Coast Guard personnel evacuated an injured 43-year-old man from a Norwegian gas tanker about 100 miles from Oahu on Friday.