I was prowling through some old computer files in search of a particular photo and ran across these two short videos of photos taken during the struggle a decade ago to rescue the Honolulu Star-Bulletin from closure.

Those involved with recognize friends and colleagues, some who have died in the intervening years, many others no longer in the business of news.

This first video includes some of the major events following the September 1999 announcement that the Star-Bulletin would be closed.

Then there was November 9, 2000. The day David Black announced that his deal to buy the Star-Bulletin and keep publishng had finally been completed. There was a press conference outside the federal courthouse, champagne in the newsroom, and a celebration at Murphy’s.

No audio accompanies this second set of photos.

How things have changed in the decade since these events unfolded!