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Hawaii public media face big cuts as CPB funding ends
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii
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August 2, 2025
COURTESY PBS HAWAII PBS The PBS Hawaii building is seen on North Nimitz Highway. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting said Friday that it would shut down next year, effectively ending its half-century role as a backer of NPR, PBS and local...
Can you Believe South Dakota On List States With Nicest Drivers!
97.3 KKRC - South Dakota
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August 15, 2025
Have you experienced nice or crabby drivers on the roads in South Dakota? We've all seen angry drivers acting badly on South Dakota roads, but good news for the Mount Rushmore State! South Dakota has claimed the #2 spot on a list of states with...
Every matchup from the Celebration Bowl to the national title game
ESPN India
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Kyle Bonagura Close Kyle Bonagura ESPN Staff Writer Covers college football. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Mark Schlabach Close Mark Schlabach ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on...
Expect traffic delays during $183M electrical upgrades in downtown, Chinatown
Hawaii News Now
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August 15, 2025
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaiian Electric is in the middle of $183 million electrical upgrades in downtown Honolulu and Chinatown, and you can expect traffic slow downs. Drive on Queen Street near Alakea Street and you’ll see Hawaiian Electric...
Hawaii Schools Ask Families to Spend Big on School Supplies As Kids Go Back to Class
The 74
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Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Just three days before the start of school, Relinda Nakasone picked up her children’s classroom supply list from Lunalilo Elementary and searched the emptying...
Little League World Series: Schedule, how to watch today's games
USA Today
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The 2025 Little League Baseball World Series is back in action on Friday, Aug. 15 with another slate of group-stage games in the United States and International brackets. The tournament began on Wednesday, Aug. 13 with four games on opening day,...
FRI: EPA approves more nuclear waste storage at New Mexico WIPP site, + More
KUNM - New Mexico
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August 15, 2025
EPA approves more nuclear waste storage at New Mexico WIPP site - Cathy Cook, Albuquerque Journal The only permanent nuclear waste storage site in the country, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in Carlsbad, has federal approval to add two new...
Media access to HPD radio channels receives pushback
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii
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August 7, 2025
Pushback continued Wednesday against proposed legislation to force the Honolulu Police Department to restore limited access to its radio communications to news media outlets. The Council voted 8-1, with Val Okimoto dissenting, to advance Bill 46...
The Sports Report: 2028 L.A. Summer Olympics finds a new revenue stream
Los Angeles Times
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August 15, 2025
From Thuc Nhi Nguyen: More than 40 years after L.A. produced the most financially successful Olympic Games in history, the 2028 Summer Olympics will feature a new advertising revenue path for the Games. In an Olympic first, venues used for the...
Beacon Hill Roll Call: Aug. 4 to Aug. 8, 2025
Greenfield Recorder - Massachusetts
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August 15, 2025
Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ and senators’ votes on roll calls from recent sessions. There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week.$259 million fiscal year 2025 supplemental budget (S 2575) The House, 150-6, and...
Weekend Wishlist: 10 summer essentials our fashion and beauty team are loving
The Mirror
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August 15, 2025
This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more In this instalment of Weekend Wishlist, our shopping team is gearing up for the August bank holiday and chasing the last of summer....
Henriette Regenerates Near Hawaii, But Should Stay Away from Aloha State
Weatherboy
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August 9, 2025
Current view of Henriette east of Hawaii from the GOES-West weather satellite. Image: NOAA Tropical Storm Henriette which degenerated into a tropical low yesterday has regenerated into a tropical depression again as forecast; it is expected to...
COVID-19 outbreak hits Hilo nursing home
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii
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August 15, 2025
With the summer wave, a COVID-19 outbreak has hit the Hilo Benioff Medical Center’s nursing home. Currently, there are 10 residents and five staff that tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week, according to Kaui Chartrand, the center’s...
Group of 5 and Independents Football Preview: Notre Dame, Boise State Ready to Make Noise
Sports Illustrated - New York
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August 15, 2025
The powers that be in college football may have been preoccupied this offseason with trying to widen the moat around certain conferences, but that tended to obscure just how good a year those outside the Power 4 had in the sport. Notre Dame woke...
As vote nears on Ventura's Main Street, consensus remains elusive
Ventura County Star - California
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At its meeting on Sept. 16, the City Council is expected to decide the Main Street's fate for good. The council could also consider various half measures between the current full closure and the pre-2020 status quo. Main Street Moves has not...
State introduces its new chief economist
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii
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August 15, 2025
The state has hired a new chief economist following the retirement of Eugene Tian at the end of May. Seth Colby recently succeeded Tian, and is now the fourth chief economist in state history. Colby was previously the tax research and planning...
Hawaii's 11th case of dengue fever reported in 2025
KITV - Hawaii
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HONOLULU (Island News) -- The Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) confirmed Hawaii's 11th travel-related dengue fever case this year. The infected person recently returned to Oahu after traveling to a country where dengue is common. 10 cases were...
Tough day for regional champs from Bristol as Pennsylvania, Massachusetts fall
Bristol Press - Connecticut
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SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — After a Connecticut (Fairfield National/Metro Region champion) victory on Monday, the other regional champions coming out of Bristol found tough sledding in the Little League World Series. Mid-Atlantic champion...
Cabrillo Festival 2025 Celebrates the Range of Stylistic Personalities in New Music
I Care if You Listen
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August 15, 2025
For 63 years, the Cabrillo Festival has been a bold champion of new music; composers from all stages of the career spectrum have been featured at the festival, which often include premieres alongside canonical contemporary works. This year, I was...
Honolulu City Council blocks Haleiwa housing development
KITV - Hawaii
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The Honolulu City Council deferred a bill that would have reclassified more than seven acres of land in Haleiwa for urban development. Hundreds of North Shore residents opposed the zoning change from agricultural to urban, which aimed to pave the...