Paradise returned.

• Position: Stateline - Brief Article

The Navy recently returned an island sacred to Hawaiians--Kahoolawe--to them after spending 10 years and $460 million to clean up 50 years of shrapnel and unexploded bombs. The uninhabited 45-square-mile island is untouched by tourists. Hawaiians believe the island connects them with the spirits of their ancestors. The island and its more than 600 archaeological and cultural sites are on the National Register of Historic...