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Tokyo: 5 freebies from shrine to ‘cool’ Japan
Features Comments Updated: Jun 16, 2013 12:06amBy MARI YAMAGUCHI
Associated Press
TOKYO — Finding free things in one of the world’s most expensive cities may sound impossible. Surprisingly, Tokyo offers a wide range of museums,...
Cruising Alaska? Alternatives to pricey excursions
Features Comments Updated: Jun 16, 2013 12:06amBy BECKY BOHRER
Associated Press
JUNEAU, Alaska — It’s cruise season in Alaska, with more than 1 million cruise passengers expected between April and September in port towns from...
Mackinac Island:
Features Comments Updated: Jun 16, 2013 12:06amBy ANICK JESDANUN
Associated Press
MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. — Producers of the 1980 movie “Somewhere in Time” didn’t need to build elaborate sets to depict the tale of a playwright who...
Vegas visitor tally flat, room rates up in April
Features Comments Updated: Jun 16, 2013 12:06amVegas visitor tally flat, room rates up in April
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tourism officials say they counted 3.34 million visitors to Las Vegas in April, up a slight 0.5 percent from the same month...
Dud artillery shells left above Yellowstone pass
Features Comments Updated: Jun 16, 2013 12:06amDud artillery shells left above Yellowstone pass
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — An unknown number of dud artillery rounds litter the slopes above a remote pass inside Yellowstone National Park, but...
Officials: NSA programs broke plots in 20 nations
Nation Comments Updated: Jun 16, 2013 12:06amBy KIMBERLY DOZIER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Top U.S. intelligence officials said Saturday that information gleaned from two controversial data-collection programs run by the...
Tourists regain access to Grand Canyon Skywalk
Features Comments Updated: Jun 16, 2013 12:06amTourists regain access to Grand Canyon Skywalk
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Tourists who had been denied access on the main road to the Grand Canyon Skywalk now have a way to get to the glass...
Kohanaiki park closer to reality
Local News Comments Updated: Jun 16, 2013 12:06amBy NANCY COOK LAUER
Stephens Media
The County Council’s planned acceptance Tuesday of the Kohanaiki coastal park is a landmark event for Kohala Councilwoman Karen Eoff.
“I pretty...
Council eyes raises for staff
Local News Comments Updated: Jun 16, 2013 12:06amBy TOM CALLIS
Tribune-Herald staff writer
Hawaii County Council members will consider giving their staff a 4 percent raise Tuesday.
The pay raise would apply to 31 employees in...
Waimea residents work to stop coqui’s spread
Local News Comments Updated: Jun 16, 2013 12:06amBy CHELSEA JENSEN
Stephens Media
They searched high, they searched low and they searched in nearly every nook and cranny for the quarter-sized coqui frog Tuesday evening in Waimea....
