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‘Little to get voters excited’

By DAN NAKASO Honolulu Star-Advertiser There is little expectation that voters will turn out in droves for the upcoming Aug. 8 party primaries following the 2024 presidential election year, when only 32.3% of all of Hawaii’s registered voters bothered to vote in the primary, a record low since widespread mail-in voting began in 2020. The 2022 primary generated only 39.8% of registered voters ina race that ultimately gave Hawaii voters a choice in the following November general election race…Read more

Much-needed facelift set for UH Hilo theater

By GRACE INEZ ADAMS Hawaii Tribune-Herald The Performing Arts Center at the University of Hawaii at Hilo will soon be getting a makeover. A $6 million renovation project is scheduled to take place next year. The center’s manager, Lee Barnette-Dombroski, said the building, whichhosts dozens of productions and community events every year, has changed very little throughout its over 50-year lifespan. “I’ve been here 20 years, just about, and when I arrived, the current carpet was being…Read more

Israel seeks to retain ability to attack in Lebanon

By RAMI AYYUB, BENJAMIN RAAB and EMILY ROSEReuters JERUSALEM – In launching renewed strikes on Iran on Monday in apparent open defiance of Donald Trump, Israel has tried to make its case to have a say at the peace negotiating table, where it has so far been kept at arm’s lengthby the U.S. president. Despite Trump publicly calling for Israel to hold fire, it struck targets in Iran for the first time since a ceasefire in April, afterIran fired missiles at Israel in what Tehran said was retaliation…Read more

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