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LWV to host July 11 candidate forum in Hilo

Updated: May 22, 2012 12:05am

The League of Women Voters of Hawaii County invites the public to a candidate forum at 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 11, at Aunty Sally Kaleohano’s Luau Hale at 799 Piilani St. in Hilo. Doors will open...

Catholic dioceses, colleges sue over Obama mandate

Updated: May 22, 2012 12:05am

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Roman Catholic leaders opened a new front against the Obama administration mandate that employers provide workers birth control coverage, filing federal lawsuits...

<p>HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald</p><p>Project Linus Chapter Coordinator Lynne Bautista (right) and Chapter Assistant Kathleen Stacey look at donated blankets during a Project Linus Blanketeers sewing event at Discount Fabric Warehouse Saturday afternoon. The donated blankets are given to Big Island keiki in need mostly through Hawaii Child Welfare Services and youth hospice programs. “Without our blanketeers we wouldn’t be able to do it,” said Bautista. Donations are excepted at Discount Fabric Warehouse year round.</p>

Project Linus

Updated: May 22, 2012 12:05am

Project Linus volunteers sew blankets for children in need.

Sheriff: Gang started prison riot in Mississippi

Updated: May 22, 2012 12:05am

Sheriff: Gang started prison riot in Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A gang fight in a prison for illegal immigrants quickly escalated into a riot involving as many as 300 inmates, some...

<p>Associated Press</p><p>Dharun Ravi arrives at court for his sentencing hearing in New Brunswick, N.J., Monday. Ravi, a former Rutgers University student who used a webcam to watch his roommate kiss another man days before the roommate killed himself, was sentenced Monday to 30 days in jail.</p>

Ex-Rutgers student gets 30 days in webcam case

Updated: May 22, 2012 12:05am

Ex-Rutgers student gets 30 days in webcam case

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — A former Rutgers University student who used a webcam to spy on his gay roommate was sentenced Monday to just 30...

<p>Associated Press</p><p>Chicago police monitor demonstrators during a protest march and rally at this weekend’s NATO summit Sunday in Chicago.</p>

Obama on Afghan: Leave on time, no ‘perfect’ end

Updated: May 22, 2012 12:05am

By ANNE GEARAN

Associated Press

CHICAGO — President Barack Obama and leaders around the globe locked in place an Afghanistan exit path Monday that will still keep their troops fighting...

<p>JOHN BURNETT/Tribune-Herald</p><p>Alison Taylor appears Monday with attorney Christopher Bridges in Hilo Circuit Court.</p>

Hit-and-run suspect pleads not guilty

Updated: May 22, 2012 12:05am

By JOHN BURNETT

Tribune-Herald staff writer

A 40-year-old Volcano woman pleaded not guilty Monday to charges stemming from a hit-and-run collision that killed a 20-year-old bicyclist...

<p>Associated Press</p><p>Afternoon rain falls over South Kona on Monday. Despite it being the dry season, upland Kona, particularly the coffee belt, is unique because more rainfall is observed in the summer than in winter, according to the National Weather Service.</p>

Big isle drought persists

Updated: May 22, 2012 12:05am

By Carolyn Lucas-Zenk

Stephens Media

Drought lingered on the Big Island through another dry winter and is returning this summer to more deeply ravaged, already water-stressed places....

Bioenergy firm signs agreement to sell power

Updated: May 22, 2012 12:05am

By PETER SUR

Tribune-Herald staff writer

Hu Honua Bioenergy took another big step toward the start of operations with the announcement Monday that it has signed a power purchase...

Big Island trio among state’s best

Updated: May 22, 2012 12:05am

The Hawaii High School Athletic Association has announced the 2012 Class of Inductees into the HHSAA Hall of Honor. The impressive list includes:

• Dawnyelle Awa, Konawaena (basketball,...

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