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The 90-year-old North Kahana Stream Bridge on Kamehameha Highway is due to be replaced with a new structure designed to carry heavier loads and to help reduce flooding in the area. The $13.3 million project is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2011.
Though about 38 percent are deemed deficient or obsolete, officials say they are not necessarily perilous
More of Hawaii's bridges are in need of modernization than bridges in most other states, according to an annual survey of state and county bridges by Better Roads magazine.
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Police yesterday shot a 29-year-old man who allegedly drove away while dragging a police officer during what had been a routine call in Kakaako.
Perfect in the regular season. Perfect in the top all-conference awards. No. 3 Hawaii dominated the Western Athletic Conference volleyball season with a 16-0 record.
The Honolulu Police Department is risking a legal challenge by posting on the Internet the names and photos of drivers cited but yet to be tried on drunken driving charges.

Time to make a last stand. The six seniors on the Hawaii basketball team have one final year to leave their mark on a Rainbow Warriors program searching for a winning identity under third-year coach Bob Nash.

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Dave Lamoureux's kayak, named Fortitude, must be the only one in Massachusetts registered as a motor vessel. That's because a powerboat registration is required to get a permit to fish for tuna here.
The role of public hospitals in America has been remarkably consistent over the decades, in spite of health care policy debates, insurance trends and shifting medical advice.
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Page One of the Star-Bulletin's "Warrior World" UH vs. New Mexico State University preview. (New Mexico State sophomore quarterback Jeff Fleming, who spilts time with freshman Trevor Walls, and Hawaii sophomore quarterback Bryant Moniz.)
The receiver's numbers make him one of the best in the nation
To think, Greg Salas might have been using those hands to knock down passes rather than reel them in. Coming out of Chino (Calif.) High School, the scholarship offers coming Salas' way were predicated on his potential as a cornerback, and defense appeared to be in his future when he eventually signed with Hawaii.
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The New Mexico State Aggies need a spark. A win at the University of Hawaii would do the trick. So would a scoring drive for an offense that hasn't gotten into the end zone in 13 quarters. That would certainly be a good place to start.
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