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Bouncing back

By GRACE INEZ ADAMS Hawaii Tribune-Herald In September of 2015, the coral reef off of Kahalu’u Beach was not doing well. Warm waters and human presence had left the cauliflower corals that once carpeted the shallow bay bleached and damaged. But now, over 10 years later, the reef has made a comeback, according to the Kohala Center, a nonprofit that has been spearheading restoration efforts at the site. For the first time indecades, the water ofKahalu’u Bay was transformed to a milky…Read more

‘It’ll be a bright light light for the community’

By STEFAN VERBANO Hawaii Tribune-Herald The Hawaii County Leeward Planning Commission on Thursday unanimously approved issuing a permit for the renovation of the Kona Seaside Shops found along Ali’i Drive – a project that multiple commissioners described as a much-needed “uplift” for the economically struggling seaside boulevard. In a 5-0 vote, the commission greenlit the estimated $5 million plan to demolish three of the five existing structures on the pie-slice-shaped property located…Read more

Presidents line up for Obama’s long-awaited center in Chicago

By JULIE BOSMAN NYTimes News Service It took more than a decade of planning, a messy court battle with preservationists and years of plodding construction,but the ObamaPresidential Center was finally unveiled on the South Side of Chicago on Thursday. The opening was a star-studded party, concert and celebration, the rare event that drew four former presidents standing together onstage – George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Joe Biden, along with Barack Obama. (An invitation was not extended…Read more

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