Hawaii became home to many veterans of the war between the North and the South. The islands' close ties to New England put Hawaii on the side of the Union.
In 1860, the State Department became so concerned about the behavior of the men who had been sent to represent the U.S. in the Kingdom of Hawaii it ordered a secret investigation.
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The owner of the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, the Hawaii Tribune-Herald and West Hawaii Today has entered a court-supervised restructuring to reduce debt and to position the company for a possible sale to a partnership that plans to invest in quality, impactful journalism in Hawaii.