Kevin Knodell

Honolulu

Reporter at Honolulu Star-Advertiser

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Damages are awarded in first Red Hill lawsuit

6 days ago | staradvertiser.com | Kevin Knodell

Hawaii’s U.S. District Court has awarded damages to 17 people affected by the November 2021 Red Hill water crisis.
Retired general and Hawaii activist to give lecture at Oxford

1 week ago | staradvertiser.com | Kevin Knodell

Retired Air Force Gen. Dan Leaf and longtime activist Christine Ahn will be the featured speakers Thursday for a prestigious lecture series at England’s University of Oxford. The two Oahu residents have formed an unlikely partnership aimed at bringing a formal end to the Korean War, which began in 1950 when the Soviet-backed North invaded the American-backed South. The bloody fighting ended with an armistice in 1953, but the war never officially ended.
Hawaii Marines field new weapons in the Philippines

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Kevin Knodell

SUBIC BAY, Philippines — A unit of Hawaii Marines is in the Philippines fielding new weapons for the first time amid simmering tensions with China. The Kaneohe-based 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, which is in the country for the annual Exercise Balikatan, sent its new Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System—better known as the NMESIS—on Saturday to the northern Batanes Islands in the Luzon Strait, just south of Taiwan.
Hawaii Marines field new weapons in the Philippines

1 week ago | staradvertiser.com | Kevin Knodell

SUBIC BAY, PHILIPPINES >> A unit of Hawaii Marines is in the Philippines fielding new weapons for the first time amid simmering tensions with China. The Kaneohe-based 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, which is in the country for the annual Exercise Balikatan, sent its new Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System — better known as the NMESIS — on Saturday to the northern Batanes Islands in the Luzon Strait, just south of Taiwan.
From Tetris to solar power: Henk Rogers tells story in new book

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Kevin Knodell

STAR-ADVERTISER / 2019 Henk Rogers’ new book, “The Perfect Game, ” traces his beginnings as “being a penniless student in Hawaii majoring in computer science and minoring in Dungeons and Dragons ” to becoming a game developer, entrepreneur and philanthropist pushing for renewable-energy initiatives. Rogers is shown at the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum.
From Tetris to solar power: Rogers tells story in new book

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Kevin Knodell

STAR-ADVERTISER / 2019 Henk Rogers’ new book, “The Perfect Game, ” traces his beginnings as “being a penniless student in Hawaii majoring in computer science and minoring in Dungeons and Dragons ” to becoming a game developer, entrepreneur and philanthropist pushing for renewable-energy initiatives. Rogers is shown at the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum.
From Tetris to solar power: Rogers tells story in new book

2 weeks ago | staradvertiser.com | Kevin Knodell

Henk Rogers has a story to tell. The University of Hawaii graduate brought the iconic video game Tetris to America from the Soviet Union, changing both the gaming and culture as we know it. That story was turned into a Hollywood film staring Taron Egerton in 2023.
Honolulu Coast Guard Crew Nabs 20K Pounds of Cocaine in Pacific

2 weeks ago | military.com | Kevin Knodell

The crew of a Honolulu-based Coast Guard cutter has offloaded nearly 20, 000 pounds of cocaine it seized during a deployment in the Eastern Pacific as the U.S. ramps up drug war operations. The CGC Kimball and its crew delivered the drugs, worth an estimated $214.3 million, to authorities in San Diego on Thursday.
Honolulu Coast Guard crew nabs 20K pounds of cocaine in Pacific

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Kevin Knodell

U.S. COAST GUARD Crew members from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball on Thursday stacked bales of interdicted illegal drugs on the flight deck to prepare for offloading in San Diego. The narcotics were seized in the Eastern Pacific during counternarcotic patrols. 1 /3 U.S. COAST GUARD Crew members from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball on Thursday stacked bales of interdicted illegal drugs on the flight deck to prepare for offloading in San Diego.
Honolulu Coast Guard crew nabs 20K pounds of cocaine in Pacific

2 weeks ago | staradvertiser.com | Kevin Knodell

The crew of a Honolulu-based Coast Guard cutter has offloaded nearly 20,000 pounds of cocaine it seized during a deployment in the Eastern Pacific as the U.S. ramps up drug war operations. The CGC Kimball and its crew delivered the drugs, worth an estimated $214.3 million, to authorities in San Diego on Thursday.

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