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City officials are proposing several short- and long-term projects to revitalize the Pearl Harbor Historic Trail after residents expressed concerns with improving the trail’s safety and infrastructure.

Krystle and Levi Otholt were living out of their van with two young children when they found out she was pregnant last year, and their stress level jumped through the roof. It was rough raising kids on the streets, but an infant would make it even harder.

Each Sunday, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser publishes Oahu vital statistics for marriage licenses and birth certificates filed with the state Department of Health's Vital Statistics System. The statistics cover the five-business-day period ending the Thursday of the previous week.

More than 20 years after the project was first conceived, Gov. David Ige led community leaders Saturday in breaking ground on the new Nanakuli Public Library.

Several lawmakers have pledged to help the teachers union in its dispute with the state Ethics Commission over a ban on free trips for teachers who organize out-of-state student field trips.

Marcelo Pacleb sits in the dark theater and watches his dancers rehearse onstage. "She's a flight attendant and a double-major," he says, pointing to a lithe young woman who is, seemingly impossibly, emerging as though unfolding herself from inside a magician's box.

International students studying in Hawaii contributed more than $104.5 million to the state's economy in tuition and living expenses in the 2014-15 academic year, an annual report by the Institute of International Education said.

The chairman of the Honolulu Charter Commission has resigned from the panel after taking a job with the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation.

University of Hawaii at Manoa Chancellor Robert Bley-Vroman has initiated the search for a permanent director for the financially struggling UH Cancer Center.

A parasite affecting a portion of the feral cat population is responsible for the death of a monk seal in Hawaii.