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Blue Angels pilot Lt. Matt Suyderhoud told Maryknoll School students Tuesday that fighting through discomfort and setting daily goals helped him find success as he prepared for his upcoming performance — his first in the islands — with the Navy’s F/A-18 Hornet jet group in Kaneohe this weekend.

New Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson said that if international law allows freedom of navigation near China’s man-made islands in the South China Sea, then it should come as no surprise that the United States would exercise that right.

If you don’t have solar now and are not in line to get it, the cost for switching just went up.

That was the ruling Tuesday from the state Public Utilities Commission, which decided to reduce the credit that new rooftop solar owners on Oahu, the Big Island and in Maui County will receive for the excess energy their photovoltaic systems send to the grid.

A “God bless the military” sign is staying up at the Marine base in Kaneohe, despite cries from a religious freedom group that the message is unconstitutional.

It’s a cool, quiet Thursday afternoon at the Honpa Hongwanji in Nuuanu and a determined group of about 25 regulars are bending, thumping and flexing along to the spirited exhortations of exercise leader Sue Yajima.

Part of Kalia Road, near the Hilton Hawaiian Village, was expected to remain closed Monday night due to a gas leak.

Sirens to be tested at several Oahu sites • Kailua-Kona toddler struck by SUV dies • Big Isle officials seek to identify drowning victim

Question: My wife and I were in Japan in May and Ikuko Matsui was our volunteer guide in Osaka. She chose us because we were from Hawaii. She showed me this photo and asked if I knew who the woman was on the right.

A weak front bringing more showers is expected to arrive today on Kauai and spread to the remainder of the state through tonight or by Thursday, the National Weather Service forecasts.

A Kapolei man is facing state charges for allegedly possessing and disseminating child pornography.