The largest daily newspaper in Hawaii is reportedly making deep cuts to its newsroom staff, eliminating many positions and reducing the staff's size by almost half Honolulu Civil Beat reported that the paper will cut 31 positions across several departments, around half of the roughly 60 employees currently working for the Star Advertiser. The announcement reportedly comes after months of negotiations between the company's owners and the Pacific Media Workers Guild, a union representing journalists at the newspaper. "There are ways through this, not only short term but long term, that are viable options," said Michael Applegate, the union's executive...