29 new COVID-19 cases reported on the Big Island; two more deaths at Life Care Center

Oct. 22, 2020 • Updated 11:38 a.m.

Hawaii County Civil Defense has reported 29 new cases of COVID-19 on the Big Island today.

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UH basketball teams to play conference series back-to-back

Oct. 22, 2020

Under a modified formula, the University of Hawaii basketball teams will play a Big West Conference schedule of five two-game series at home and five two-game series away, the league announced Wednesday.

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DOH: Uptick in syphilis cases in Hawaii a concern

Oct. 22, 2020

The number of syphilis cases in women and newborns in Hawaii has increased annually during the past four years, the state Department of Health said Wednesday.

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Road projects begin today in Honokaa

Oct. 22, 2020

Roadwork along Plumeria and Lehua streets in Honokaa begins today.

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Council members support Mill Beach trail resolution

Oct. 22, 2020

The Hawaii County Council voted Wednesday in support of a resolution to seize through eminent domain portions of a Papaikou property containing a trail to Mill Beach.

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Council members work with developers on controversial project

Oct. 22, 2020

Two County Council members are meeting behind closed doors with developers of a controversial Kailua-Kona development, trying to work out a deal after proposed changes to the project received negative recommendations from the county Planning Department and Leeward Planning Commission.

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Face to face: Trump and Biden to meet for final debate

Oct. 22, 2020

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, are set to square off in their final debate today, one of the last high-profile opportunities for the trailing incumbent to change the trajectory of an increasingly contentious campaign.

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OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to plead to 3 criminal charges

Oct. 22, 2020

WASHINGTON — Drugmaker Purdue Pharma, the company behind the powerful prescription painkiller OxyContin that experts say helped touch off an opioid epidemic, will plead guilty to federal criminal charges as part of a settlement of more than $8 billion, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.

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AP-NORC/USAFacts poll: Many in US distrust campaign info

Oct. 22, 2020

In a presidential election year that has thrown the country’s divisions into stark relief, Americans can agree on this: Misinformation about government and politics is a major problem.

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Pandemic relief faces uncertainty in post-election session

Oct. 22, 2020

WASHINGTON — Negotiations for a COVID-19 relief bill are inching forward, but it’s clear that the window for action before the Nov. 3 election is closing and the issue will be tossed to a post-election lame-duck session of Congress.

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In pitch for Biden, Obama urges voters to cast Trump out

Oct. 22, 2020 • Updated 4:28 p.m.

PHILADELPHIA — Former President Barack Obama on Wednesday blasted President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus, his culpability in national discord and his overall fitness for the job as he made his first in-person campaign pitch for his former vice president, Joe Biden.

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US officials link Iran to emails meant to intimidate voters

Oct. 22, 2020

WASHINGTON — U.S. officials accused Iran on Wednesday of being behind a flurry of emails sent to Democratic voters in multiple battleground states that appeared to be aimed at intimidating them into voting for President Donald Trump.

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US surgeon general to plead not guilty in Hawaii virus case

Oct. 22, 2020

HONOLULU — A lawyer for U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams said Wednesday that his client, who is charged with illegally entering a Hawaii public park that was closed because of the coronavirus, will plead not guilty.

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State briefs for October 22

Oct. 22, 2020

DOH updates school reopening guidance

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Can’t crush this: Beetle armor gives clues to tougher planes

Oct. 22, 2020

NEW YORK — It’s a beetle that can withstand bird pecks, animal stomps and even being rolled over by a Toyota Camry. Now scientists are studying what the bug’s crush-resistant shell could teach them about designing stronger planes and buildings.

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Divided reactions in US as pope backs same-sex civil unions

Oct. 22, 2020

LGBTQ Catholics and their allies in the U.S. welcomed Pope Francis’ endorsement of same-sex civil unions, the first time he’s done so as pontiff, while some prominent members including a bishop said Wednesday that he was blatantly contradicting church teaching.

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Hilo Coast UCC welcomes new pastor

Oct. 22, 2020

With great joy, the congregation of Hilo Coast United Church of Christ in Honomu recently installed the Rev. Joseph Medlin as the church’s settled pastor.

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American Heart Association to host free virtual workplace wellness workshop

Oct. 22, 2020

The American Heart Association’s popular annual free worksite wellness workshop will be offered digitally from 8:30-11:30 a.m. Nov. 3.

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East Hawaii Cultural Center begins upgrades thanks to new grants

Oct. 22, 2020

The East Hawaii Cultural Center is taking the first steps of an initiative to preserve and improve its home, the Old Police Station and District Courthouse.

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Imagine a future nearly free of COVID

Oct. 22, 2020

For a moment’s respite from pandemic news that can seem unrelentingly bad, cast your mind into the future _ say, to November 2021.

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