State Senate District 9 incumbent Les Ihara answers your questions
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Shimmy Showcase shakes it up with Middle Eastern dance in Waikiki
Jamie Winpenny / Read
Why is Saudi Arabia stockpiling U.S. weapons?

$60 billion over 10 years make the purchase one of the single largest U.S. weapons sales ever

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In last weeks arms deal, one of the biggest single U.S. arms deals ever, Saudi Arabia will acquire 84 F-15 fighter jets like the one pictured above.
Halawa District Park Complex presents keiki Halloween costume contest
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Koolau Poko Sustainable Communities Plan: Cemetery expansion continues to raise concern
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Above: Hawaiian Memorial Park Cemetery off of Kamehameha Highway on Oahu's Windward side. Below: Mokolii Islet, popularly known as Chinaman's Hat, at the north end of Kaneohe Bay, seen here from the south shore of Kualoa Beach Park.
Cost of life: One in four Hawaii retirees over 65 depends almost entirely on Social Security
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You can apply for Social Security three months before you turn 62 years old or later. Below: President Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act on August 14, 1935.
One Voice: Kamehameha Schools song contest documentary, screens at Sunset on the Beach
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North Shore Neighborhood Board discusses controversial Haleiwa Hotel replica
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Public invited to World Polio Day exercise event in Downtown
Jamie Winpenny / Read
HPD reports 94 calls for North Shore, Wahiawa, and Mililani in one week
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