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State Rep. Chris Lee regularly runs up Koko Head, goes hiking and hits the beach — a routine that has helped make him one of the most physically fit legislators at the state Capitol.

Hawaiian Electric Co. has given the green light to nearly 10,000 rooftop solar systems on Oahu this year, and still the rush of applicants outpaces what the utility can approve.

To people who fear moray eels: don’t. Unless you accidentally place a hand or foot right in a moray’s mouth, it will nearly always back off. Now I have photographic proof.

It’s the last Sunday in September and time to “flASHback” on the month’s news that amused and confused.

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 most striking planet event of October is the beautiful gathering of Venus, Mars and Jupiter in the eastern sky in the two hours before dawn. October begins with Venus, Mars and Jupiter strung out like beads in the eastern sky.

Kauai police looking into man’s death • Suspect charged in gunpoint robbery • Police say driver crashed on purpose

Coast Guard and Hawaii County Fire Department personnel conducted an extensive search on Saturday for a 51-year-old man who was swept out to sea while fishing near Kaloli Point in Puna.

A Pearl City family’s dogs were the apparent targets of what appeared to be a random pellet-gun shooting in their front lawn Tuesday, minutes after a similar shooting of a 13-year-old Highlands Intermediate School student at a bus stop in front of the school.

Tropical Storm Niala turned west and away from the islands on Saturday, but high winds and locally heavy rains will persist through Monday, according to the National Weather Service.