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Department of Health personnel sprayed areas of South Kona, Hilo, Puna and Kau on Sunday in an ongoing effort to combat the spread of mosquito-borne dengue fever on the Big Island.

I’m home from Palau, but as I recall my excellent two weeks of snorkeling there, one image pops out: floating mesmerized above millions of jellyfish in a landlocked marine lake.

The Honolulu Fire Department awarded its highest medal for valor to a civilian who rushed into a burning Vineyard Boulevard apartment to rescue a 54-year-old man in July before firefighters arrived.

Fourteen finalists are vying to fill four seats on the voluntary 15-member University of Hawaii Board of Regents. The advisory council said it received 46 applications and interviewed 21 applicants.

Kona Realtor Bob Myers never worried about immigration before, but lately he has been watching television coverage of the refugee crisis in Europe and the terrorist attacks in Paris. His gut reaction is, “I don’t want it coming here,” he said.

AN unprecedented number of hurricanes swirled through the Central Pacific this year, but Hawaii managed to dodge all eight of them, and the hurricane season officially ends today.

Hawaiian Airlines and other air carriers should expect some pointed questions next year from lawmakers about some long-standing state tax exemptions that are costing the state millions of dollars a year in lost tax collections.

A Waianae native who was shot and killed at the Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado was remembered by friends and family members Sunday as a caring woman with an infectious sense of humor.

Question: I live in public housing on Maui, and I want to know why people like me who are working part time and looking for better jobs have to do community service when people who are sitting around collecting welfare don’t. How did this rule come into place?