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Bridget Morgan fires off quotes like arrows.

About the City Council’s tainted rail votes, Morgan said, “This was an institutional failure. We’re not talking about one or two measures.

The family of a missing 16-year-old Hawaii Kai teenager is hoping for his return after a possible sighting on Tantalus on Friday, while an ocean search by city and federal agencies is expected to continue for a fourth day today.

An unprecedented $10 million gift to Punahou School is expected to help 150 more families over the next five years afford an education at the state’s largest single-campus private school, and advance Punahou’s long-standing goal to increase access for qualified students.

SALT LAKE CITY >> The white-haired, bespectacled, tie-wearing rock star of modern-day homeless reform insists that Hawaii officials should try something bold — and soon — to address island homelessness.

Special state tax credits lawmakers approved almost 15 years ago to spur growth in Hawaii’s technology sector could eventually cost the state up to $1.7 billion in lost tax collections, or more than twice the amount the state previously estimated, according to the Hawaii state auditor.

Young Bobby Pedro was a thin, fit medic with long, curly hair, who looked like Olympic swimmer Mark Spitz and was “very popular with the nurses,” said longtime friend and acting Emergency Medical Services Assistant Chief Eddie Fujioka.

As part of a plan to help prevent flooding in Waikiki, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is proposing to change the Ala Wai Canal.

Firefighters ID lost fisherman • 3 arrested in car break-in

Police and paramedics were summoned Friday morning to Makaha, where of a 65-year-old man was reported on the beach near the water’s edge.

Police arrested two males Wednesday after a loaded rifle was allegedly found in their vehicle while parked at Kauai High School.