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Veronica Gail Kawananakoa, center, wife of Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawananakoa, stands by her wife's casket during a public memorial at 'Iolani Palace, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023, in Honolulu. The Campbell estate heiress with royal lineage died on Dec. 11, 2022, at the age of 96. Also pictured are members of the Hawaiian Royal Society Hale O Na Ali'i, which Kawananakoa was a member of. (Cindy Ellen Russell/Honolulu Star-Advertiser via AP)

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Public viewing at palace for 'last Hawaiian princess'
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER - Associated Press
Sun,01/22/23-12:42PM , 34 Reads
HONOLULU (AP) — The casket bearing the 96-year-old heiress long considered the last Hawaiian princess went on public display Sunday in the downtown Honolulu palace that benefited from her wealth.
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Doreen Hall Vann walks with son Zaiden after tryouts for a club baseball team Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023, in Las Vegas. In 2019 Vann moved from Hawaii to Las Vegas to be closer to her daughter in Seattle. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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Native Hawaiians flock to Las Vegas for affordable living
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER - Associated Press
Sun,01/22/23-7:57AM , 129 Reads
KAPOLEI, Hawaii (AP) — Kona Purdy never wanted to live anywhere but Hawaii. As a Native Hawaiian, he wanted his children to grow up like he did: rooted in their culture, and nourished by the mountains and ocean.
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Police chief in Alaska charged with assaulting man at resort
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER - Associated Press
Fri,12/30/22-4:16PM , 105 Reads
A police chief in Alaska pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he assaulted an intoxicated man while he was off-duty at a resort restaurant, including allegedly shoving the man head-first into a wall and putting him in a chokehold.
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Native Hawaiian heiress Abigail Kawananakoa poses outside a Honolulu courthouse on Oct. 25, 2019. Kawananakoa, the so-called last Hawaiian princess whose lineage included the royal family that once ruled the islands and an Irish businessman who became one of Hawaii’s largest landowners, died on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022. She was 96. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, File)

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Kawānanakoa, 'last Hawaiian princess,' dies at 96
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER - Associated Press
Mon,12/12/22-12:53PM , 162 Reads
HONOLULU (AP) — Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa, the so-called last Hawaiian princess whose lineage included the royal family that once ruled the islands and an Irish businessman who became one of Hawaii’s largest landowners, died on Sunday. She was 96.
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