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The state Department of Health on Thursday revealed more details on the detection of the H5 avian influenza on Oahu. Officials say the specimen was collected on Nov. 7 from the Wahiawa Wastewater Treatment Plant as part of routine testing and DOH received the result Tuesday.

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President-elect Donald Trump has named former Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard as his nominee for director of national intelligence.

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Some scathing reports from the Inspector General of the Department of Defense over the Navy's handling of the jet fuel spill at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

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Police on Hawaii island are investigating a possible drowning in Kealakekua Bay. Authorities said in the morning of Sunday Nov. 10, a 29-year-old woman was found floating face down in the bay. Police said she was wearing a mask, snorkel, fins, and a wetsuit.

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The state Department of Health is warning of impersonators pretending to be food inspectors. Earlier this month, DOH said a woman with dark hair went to the Whole Foods in Kahala and identified herself as a health inspector. She began questioning an employee about the store’s food products.

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Testimony continued Tuesday in the manslaughter trial for a former babysitter accused of killing an infant in 2019. Prosecutors say Dixie Villa gave 7-month-old Abigail Lobisch a fatal dose of Benadryl, also known as diphenhydramine, while watching her at Aliamanu Military Reservation.

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For the first time ever, Hawaii's Department of Health believes it has detected H5 Avian influenza from a wastewater site on Oahu. 

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Cleanup is underway after a crash involving a semitruck downed several poles and damaged a home Tuesday.

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Local policy and banking experts join "Spotlight Now" to discuss housing in Hawaii.

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The Biden-Harris Administration announced Tuesday that it is awarding the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands more than $72 million to expand high-speed internet access and digital literacy for Native Hawaiians. The grant will fund state internet infrastructure deployments and internet adoption projects to connect unserved Native Hawaiian households to high-speed internet service.

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