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The University of Hawaii will seek $16.2 million in additional state funding for operations next fiscal year under a supplemental budget request approved unanimously Thursday by the university’s Board of Regents.

The cost of the city’s rail project is now expected to swell to $6.57 billion as rail officials Thursday made public a new outline of the rail financial plan that incorporates additional utility work, traffic signals and finance charges that had not been included in previous cost estimates.

For those interested in taking a look at sections of the sunken USS Arizona not normally seen — those below the murky waters of Pearl Harbor — the National Park Service is diving on the historic battleship and broadcasting it on a live webcast Saturday.

Hawaii fishermen are once again being allowed to catch a prized tuna species in the fleet’s most productive fishing grounds west of the islands, sparking criticism that they are adding to overfishing.

One of three drifters accused of killing a tourist in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park and a yoga instructor hiking in Marin County went to school in Hawaii, school officials confirmed.

Shooting on Molokai leaves 2 men injured • Man who jumped in front of car ID’d • Makakilo man to face weapons charges • Man found unresponsive off Makaha • Sex assault reported on UH campus • Wayward hiker found on Maui • Blessing today at Coco Palms

An outpouring of support continues for a North Shore resident and surfer who lost his lower left leg last week in a shark attack. Colin Cook, 25, a Tiverton, R.I., native who was living out his surfing dreams on the North Shore, hopes to return to the waves, family and friends say.

Three more possible BB or pellet gun incidents were reported Wednesday, adding to a half-dozen incidents that began last month. EMS responded to a possible BB gun shooting of a 13-year-old boy shortly after 5 p.m. at a Chevron gas station near Waipahu Intermediate School.

The city finally cleared out the last of the Kakaako homeless encampment Wednesday after a five-day delay. City officials had hoped to have the encampment around the University of Hawaii medical school and Hawaii Children’s Discovery Center dismantled and cleaned up by Friday.

A lawsuit filed by the Attorney General’s Office to try to recoup millions of dollars the state spent on a failed Department of Transportation computer project was tossed out of Circuit Court this week.