LeBron scores 46, Lakers beat Cavs to stay perfect on road
CLEVELAND — Back home, LeBron James kept the Lakers perfect on the road.
Hill kills with thrills: Chiefs’ speedster puts Bucs in the danger zone
The best performance in the Super Bowl tournament’s semifinals belonged to a player who stands 5-foot-8 and weighs 185 pounds.
Big Isle briefs, Jan. 26
‘Big Dog’ Scholarships
Penn arrested on suspicion of DUI
Jay Penn of Hilo, also known as B.J. Penn, was arrested Saturday for allegedly operating a vehicle under the influence of intoxicants, police said in a news release this afternoon.
State lab detects COVID-19 variant
The state Department of Health State Laboratories Division has detected a variant of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
VIDEO: New footage captures “cyclic fluctuations” at Halema‘uma‘u lava fissure
This USGS video shows “cyclic fluctuations” in eruptive vigor that were present Jan. 22-23, 2021, at the western fissure in Halema‘uma‘u crater at the summit of Kilauea volcano. The cycles lasted 5-6 minutes.
Snow falls on Maunakea, Mauna Loa; winter storm warning in place until 6 p.m. Tuesday
Snow has fallen on the Big Island summits, covering much of the ground visible this morning on webcams located on Maunakea and Mauna Loa.
White House begins talks with lawmakers on virus relief
WASHINGTON — Top aides to President Joe Biden on Sunday began talks with a group of moderate Senate Republicans and Democrats on a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package as Biden faces increasing headwinds in his effort to win bipartisan backing for the initial legislative effort of his presidency.
Teaching telescope project to proceed at Halepohaku
Despite receiving predominantly negative feedback from community members, the Office of Maunakea Management will seek to proceed with constructing a telescope facility at Halepohaku.
ICUs put on edge: 2 in 5 Americans live where COVID-19 strains hospitals
Straining to handle record numbers of COVID-19 patients, hundreds of the nation’s intensive care units are running out of space and supplies and competing to hire temporary traveling nurses at soaring rates. Many of the facilities are clustered in the South and West.
Final hours for Jimmy’s: Landmark Hilo restaurant to close
For more than 65 years, the local-style restaurant directly across from the Tribune-Herald on Kinoole Street has been a Hilo landmark.
Obituaries for January 25
Michael Edward Keapolani Glendon, 38, of Kapu‘euhi died Jan. 13 at home. Born in Honolulu, he was the owner of Hawaii Island Rain Gutters. Survived by children, Kuahiwi Glendon, Kamaehu Glendon and Ka‘olino Glendon of Kapu‘euhi and Keahi‘ena Hopkins and Kahanuolahou Hopkins of Hilo; parents, Edward and Sarah Glendon of Kapu‘euhi; sisters, Cybil (Grant) Glendon-Baclig of Kapu‘ehui and Tootie (Jerel) Glendon Lee of Waikele, Oahu; nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
White supremacist extremists are the nation’s deadliest terror threat
The United States is under serious threat of a terror attack from within. That statement is not panic or hyperbole but is based in the very real attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6 and messages monitored by federal law enforcement and security officials about follow-up actions contemplated for the days up to and including Wednesday, Inauguration Day.
‘Sometimes funny, sometimes sad’
Now that the United States is in a new political era, we’re all wondering what it means.
O’Hare’s invisible man. How does someone live at the airport undetected for nearly 3 months?
Questions abound in the bizarre tale surrounding Aditya Singh, the man found living at O’Hare International Airport for nearly three months. The biggest is the most obvious: How could security personnel at O’Hare, one of the world’s busiest airports, fail to notice someone living in a secured area, turning it into his own Airbnb?
Cartoon for January 25
The world as seen by cartoonist Ken Catalino, Creators.com.
