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<title>Daily Smiles: Tuesday, January 13, 2026</title>

Daily Smiles: Tuesday, January 13, 2026

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Christian Shimabuku

Sports

Another effort filled with self-inflicted wounds resulted in another loss for the University of Hawai‘i football team, which fell short in a 30-12 defeat at Arizona State on Saturday evening. 

Hawai‘i dropped to 1-5 overall for the 2026 season, while Arizona State improved to 3-2. 

No sequence on Saturday was more symbolic of Hawai‘i's season than its first possession of the second quarter, when a DeVon Rice run gave the Rainbow Warriors a fresh set of downs at the Arizona State 2. After a false start penalty, a delay of game penalty and a pair of Micah Alejado sacks, the 'Bows found themselves trying to salvage points with a 51-yard Sean Olvera-Harle field goal attempt, which sailed wide right to leave UH empty handed. 

The Rainbow Warriors committed six penalties as a team for 47 yards, but none were more costly than the pair that prevented them from scoring in the second quarter. 

Arizona State, which was booed by its own home crowd on Saturday, still outplayed the Rainbow Warriors in each facet. The 'Bows trailed 17-6 with the ball three times in the third quarter but could never capitalize. Arizona State then pulled away with a 67-yard Cardae Mack rushing touchdown. 

Alejado was sacked three times by the Sun Devils, completing just 25 of his 49 pass attempts for 252 yards, a touchdown and an interception. 

Meanwhile, Mack gashed the Rainbow Warriors for 154 rushing yards on 13 carries, two of which went for touchdowns. ASU receiver Reed Harris had an additional two touchdowns after hauling in eight passes for 91 yards. 

The Rainbow Warriors will return home to face New Mexico in its homecoming game, which is set for 4:30 p.m. HST on Saturday, Oct. 17, at the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex. 

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<title>Mistakes doom Hawai‘i football again in loss at Arizona State</title>

The Rainbow Warriors fell to 1-5 for the 2026 season with another lackluster effort.

Mistakes doom Hawai‘i football again in loss at Arizona State

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Government & Politics

Crime & Courts

A federal lawsuit over Maui and Kaua‘i 2024 voter rolls has been partially settled.

, the Virginia nonprofit Public Interest Legal Fund filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the Maui and Kaua‘i county clerks — Moana Lutey and Jade K. Fountain-Tanigawa, respectively — arguing that the two had failed to comply with the National Voter Registration Act to make voter records publicly available.

That lawsuit claimed that PILF requested that both clerks release lists of registered voters who submitted ballots in the 2024 elections, as well as reports about the number of undelivered absentee ballots in those same elections.

According to the suit, both clerks claimed they were unable to provide those records, which PILF argued was a violation of the NVRA, which both requires the counties to maintain election records for at least two years and to make those records available for public inspection.

On Oct. 8, PILF announced that the Maui case has been settled, as Lutey has reportedly provided the records PILF had requested.

PILF’s communications director Amanda Fischer could not be reached for comment Friday, but she said in a statement that the settlement is “a victory for Maui voters,” and that the release of the records will help ensure Maui’s voter lists are accurate.

The Kaua‘i component of the suit remains open. At the start of the month, Fountain-Tanigawa submitted her initial disclosures, the critical information and documents she will provide for the case before a formal discovery process. Those disclosures largely will include her email correspondence with PILF earlier this year.

The case is tied to an ongoing case concerning the 2024 election. A co-plaintiff in the case is Hawai‘i Elections Commission member Ralph Cushnie, who has alleged that thousands of mail-in ballots were mishandled during the 2024 elections, and that the state’s Chief Election Officer, Scott Nago, has blocked the commission from meeting since June.

Cushnie’s petition for the Hawai‘i Supreme Court to intervene in the commission’s affairs will go to oral arguments on Oct. 16.

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<title>Lawsuit over Maui voter records settled, while Kaua‘i suit continues</title>

The Public Interest Legal Fund sued two county clerks after they failed to provide voter records on request.

Lawsuit over Maui voter records settled, while Kaua‘i suit continues

The woman charged with fatally shooting a man in Kailua last month pled “not guilty” to second-degree murder Thursday.

Hilinaikailimakualopali Keeno, 24, appeared in court Thursday for her arraignment on murder and firearm charges after she 

 shot and killed 30-year-old Thomas Malone near the Kailua Fall Festival on Sept. 26.

Members of Malone’s family packed the courtroom, with some holding up photos of the deceased throughout the proceedings. Malone’s father, Mike Malone, declined to speak to reporters, but led a prayer circle with other family members after the hearing concluded.

Keeno herself did not speak during the proceedings, with her attorney, Andrew Strand, issued her plea of not guilty on her behalf.

Strand also requested that the District Court’s decision to hold Keeno without bail be reevaluated, and filed a motion late Wednesday requesting that her previous bail of $1 million be reinstated.

However, Judge Ronald Johnson said that, for the time being, Keeno will not be allowed bail. He said that, given the severity of the charges, Keeno represents a danger to the public, and because a conviction could put Keeno in prison for life, she is also a flight risk.

Johnson added that, based on police accounts of the shooting, Keeno allegedly was carrying a firearm at a public festival even before the fatal altercation, which he said was indicative of her potential danger to the public.

Nonetheless, Johnson said Keeno’s trial judge, Rowena Somerville, may decide to restore Keeno’s bail.

Strand also submitted on Wednesday a request for discovery, asking the Honolulu Police Department to provide communications logs and other records pertinent to how they investigated the shooting.

Among those records Strand requested were phone records of a witness who was named in police records as the person who positively identified Keeno as the shooter. He also requested that witness’ financial records between Sept. 26 and Thursday, to look for any transaction of money between the witness and Malone’s family “in exchange for his false statements to law enforcement.”

Strand’s request also sought Malone’s mother’s complete phone records “regarding her threats to ‘take out’” [Keeno] or otherwise harm [Keeno] in retaliation.”

Johnson scheduled Keeno’s trial for December of this year. Keeno remains in custody at the Women’s Community Correction Center.

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