POLIHALE STATE PARK, Hawaii — In Washington, officials are keeping a close eye on Hawaii amid concerns that North Korea will fire a missile at the state.
But in Hawaii itself, Paula Rego isn’t worrying. As she sits on a beach here on the westernmost point on the island of Kauai — Hawaii’s closest publicly accessible [...]

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DARPA: No underwater sonar used
While the community awaits answers with regards to the Ni‘ihau, Lehua and Kaua‘i fish kills that occurred earlier this year, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency — which conducted military operations during the same time period — and the Pacific Missle Range Facility said Thursday all activities administered during the month [...]

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A Navy contractor was engaged in classified operations around Ni‘ihau in mid-January when a major fish kill and dead humpback whale calf were reported on the island’s shores.
Chris Swenson, coastal program administrator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said crews involved with a project to eradicate rats on Lehua had to leave the islet [...]

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ISTAQLAL, Iraq – Overcoming challenges and defying the odds is nothing new to Spc. David Denson.
The 37-year-old infantryman with Multi-National Division – Baghdad’s Company A, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment “Wolfhounds,” 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team “Warrior,” 25th Infantry Division, currently attached to the 3rd BCT, 4th Inf. Div., has spent his life doing what [...]

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