Hilo High football field in works; legislature OKs funds for turf surface, synthetic track
Kaeo Drummondo and Chris Todd can joke about it now, that Hilo High will finally get a new track and field facility to not only hold football practice but host BIIF games as well.
DOH releases ‘stipulations’ for restaurants
The state Department of Health on Friday released a series of “stipulations” for the safe reopening of restaurants as multiple islands prepare to resume dine-in service in the coming weeks.
Stores continue to reopen at Prince Kuhio Plaza
Fifteen stores inside Hilo’s Prince Kuhio Plaza have opened their doors since the mall’s reopening on May 9.
Some ‘medium-risk’ businesses get permission to reopen
In accordance with Gov. David Ige’s eighth supplemental emergency proclamation, the counties of Oahu, Maui and Kauai are allowing “medium-risk” businesses and operations to reopen.
University of California pressured to cease TMT funding
A group of students and faculty at the University of California are calling on the university to divest from its financial involvement in the Thirty Meter Telescope project after obtaining documents that allege the university has concealed the extent of that involvement.
Memorial Day tempts Americans outdoors, raising virus fears
Millions of Americans are getting ready to emerge from coronavirus lockdowns and venture outdoors to celebrate Memorial Day weekend at beaches, cookouts and family outings, raising concern among public health officials that large gatherings could cause outbreaks to come roaring back.
Trump declares churches ‘essential,’ calls on them to reopen
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday labeled churches and other houses of worship as “essential” and called on governors nationwide to let them reopen this weekend even though some areas remain under coronavirus lockdown.
Debt and coronavirus push Hertz into bankruptcy protection
Hertz filed for bankruptcy protection Friday, unable to withstand the coronavirus pandemic that has crippled global travel and with it, the heavily indebted 102-year-old car rental company’s business.
San Francisco sanctions once-shunned homeless encampments
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco is joining other U.S. cities in authorizing homeless tent encampments in response to the coronavirus pandemic, a move officials have long resisted but are now reluctantly embracing to safeguard homeless people.
As acting intelligence chair, Rubio can be the ‘Trump whisperer’ on foreign policy
Florida’s senior U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio should make the most of his talents as “Trump whisperer.” He could help elevate the country’s stature in the eyes of a disappointed world.
Biden says he was too ‘cavalier’ about black Trump backers
ATLANTA — Joe Biden declared he “should not have been so cavalier” on Friday after he told a prominent black radio host that African Americans who back President Donald Trump “ain’t black.”
Pakistan jet with 98 aboard crashes in crowded neighborhood
KARACHI, Pakistan — A jetliner carrying 98 people crashed Friday in a crowded neighborhood near the airport in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi after an apparent engine failure during landing. Officials said there were two survivors from the plane but they also found at least 57 bodies in the wreckage.
Your Views for May 23
Hong is wrong
NASA’s newest test pilots are veteran astronauts, friends
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The two astronauts who will test drive SpaceX’s brand new rocketship are classmates and friends, veteran spacefliers married to veteran spacefliers, and fathers of young sons.
Trump says a lot of idiotic things. Taking them seriously gives him too much credit
It has often occurred to me that the appropriate response to some of the ridiculous things President Donald Trump utters is: “He’s an idiot.”
A drive-through celebration
Editor’s note: Each year the Tribune-Herald covers one high school graduation. This year, the newspaper chose Hilo High School.
