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BUNDABERG, Australia >> Today is my first day back on my sailboat, Honu, moored here in the Bundaberg Port Marina. Bundaberg is a town in Queensland, the state famous for its offshore neighbor, the Great Barrier Reef.

Question: Thank you for the timely answers regarding Hawaiian Telcom (808ne.ws/1QeYL8A). I’m one of the customers who is affected by the outages.

There are at least two ways to enjoy Hawaii Opera Theatre’s 2015-2016 season-opener production of “The Magic Flute.”

A Chinese army-navy ship will visit Pearl Harbor this week, a stopover that comes with tensions mounting between the United States and China in the South China Sea.

Ansaldo Honolulu JV, the firm that won the largest contract in state history to deliver rail’s train cars and signaling system, recently understaffed key job positions at a “critical juncture” of the transit project, according to the agency overseeing rail.

A Las Vegas-based company rated “F” by the Better Business Bureau because of the number of complaints it triggered on the mainland is moving into the Hawaii market, offering help with college admissions and financial aid.

After 10 years or so of unshakable drought, Maui’s Ulupalakua Ranch is now sporting a striking coat of green.

Last month, Gov. David Ige traveled to the Big Island to conduct official government business.

When Shan Tsutsui awoke one morning in December 2012, his mind was made up: He was going to tell then-Gov. Neil Abercrombie that he was passing on becoming his lieutenant governor — the post left vacant when Brian Schatz was appointed to the U.S. Senate to replace the late Sen. Daniel Inouye.

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.