That comes from the blog of Adrienne LaFrance (former Civil Beat staffer), who will post a complete story later at Digital First Media.

Here’s a taste:

Excerpts from my interview this afternoon with Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie, who says “of course” he’d be game to host North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and U.S. officials for diplomacy talks in Hawaii. 

“Hawaii sees itself as the anchor of the Asia-Pacific region. To the degree we can exemplify our facilities, to the degree we can offer what Hawaii has to offer the world — our aloha spirit, our sense that diversity should define us and not divide us — even a meeting place that would enable us to try to work through this in a peaceful way.”

LaFrance’s Twitter feed includes these quotes from Abercrombie:

• On North Korea threat, @neilabercrombie brings up Pearl Harbor attack: “We’ve experienced this. This is not an abstraction to us at all.”

• Hawaii Gov. @neilabercrombie tells me Hawaii is “trying to draw deep breaths, keep clear eyes and not let our hearts get beating too fast.”

Photo courtesy yeowatzup.

—Chad Blair