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For a third month in a row, rail board members have held off approving a nearly $9 million delay claim for Ansaldo Honolulu because they’re not yet comfortable with the deal.

A Honolulu company struggling to secure financing to develop the Waikiki Landing at Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor and owes the state nearly half a million dollars in back rent escaped having its lease with the state terminated Friday.

Rail leaders say they’re confident their federal partners will work with them to extend the project’s deadline, given all the challenges that it faces. At this point, however, those federal officials remain guarded about what might happen next — or whether the city might have to pay back millions of dollars for breach of contract.

French cinema icon Catherine Deneuve will be the guest of honor at the Hawaii European Cinema Film Festival next month and will receive a lifetime achievement award.

Kamehameha trustee Janeen-Ann Olds has lost the support of her colleagues as she seeks another term on the Board of Trustees of Kamehameha Schools.

Many Pacific island nations are grappling with how to cope with sea level rise as the oceans heat up and polar ice caps melt.

Hawaii has a new butterfly, which has spread to every island within two years, University of Hawaii researchers report.

Oahu residents will have to wait a few more weeks for the next Blue Angels show, which will include a Navy pilot who grew up in Hawaii Kai, but those around the Marine Corps base today might get a visual reminder of some of the spectacle to come.

A mainland watchdog group is crying foul over a “God bless the military” sign on the Marine base in Kaneohe, claiming the display violates the First Amendment.

Numerous tips to CrimeStoppers led to the arrest Thursday of a 34-year-old homeless man at a hotel near Honolulu Airport in connection with a brazen armed robbery of a soccer mom at Kapiolani Park.