Kott keeps UHH volleyball on the right setting

It was perfect timing for Kendall Kott and the UH-Hilo volleyball team, which went to the postseason in 2019 for the first time since 2011 with the freshman setter having a fabulous breakout season.

Vulcans baseball transfer Yukumoto soaks in family feel

It was a perfect fit for Trey Yukumoto to join the UH-Hilo baseball team because familiarity was all around. He had an old teammate on board, his dad Garrett Yukumoto was an assistant, and coach Kallen Miyataki welcomed him with open arms after watching him rake his pitchers.

Airport COVID-19 testers ousted

Hawaii County ousted Premier Medical Group from its COVID-19 testing program at the island’s three major airports, uprooting more than 100 workers with less than a week’s notice, and brought in another vendor on an emergency two-week, $508,200 contract.

Red states on U.S. electoral map lagging on vaccinations

SAVANNAH, Georgia — With coronavirus shots now in the arms of nearly half of American adults, the parts of the U.S. that are excelling and those that are struggling with vaccinations are starting to look like the nation’s political map: deeply divided between red and blue states.

Hilo man wanted on warrants

Hawaii Island police are seeking the public’s assistance with locating 31-year-old Bronson Isaac Kaleo Lee of Hilo, who has outstanding warrants for his arrest totaling $100,000.

Police arrest 22 for DUI

During the week of April 5-11, Hawaii Island police arrested 22 motorists for DUI. Four of the drivers were involved in traffic accidents; none were younger than 21.

The end of trickle-down economics

As President Joe Biden gears up to sell his new infrastructure plan, Democrats are finally calling out Republican hypocrisy on government spending. The GOP, they note, supported Trump’s 2017 tax cuts — which greatly expanded the national debt — but now refuse to back Biden’s stimulus bills.

The facts on the vax

Our hearts sank on word Tuesday that officials at the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were recommending a pause in the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine after doctors recorded six instances of people developing blood clots after getting the shot.