BIIF paddling championships: Favored crews from Keaau, Kamehameha, HPA claim titles
As expected, all the favorites — the Keaau girls, Kamehameha boys and Hawaii Prep mixed crews — won at the BIIF canoe paddling championships on Saturday at Hilo Bay, where Kealakehe was the only one to qualify all three crews for the state championships.
BIIF girls D2 soccer: Kamehameha dethrones HPA with 3-0 win
KEAAU — Kamehameha waited until the BIIF Division II girls soccer championship against Hawaii Prep to explode on offense.
The racist ‘crack pipe’ panic and the White House’s shameful capitulation
“Anybody want a crack pipe with their fourth booster? Biden will hook you up.”
US ramps up Ukraine warning, says Russia may invade any day
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Friday escalated dire warnings of a possibly imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine, saying it could happen at any moment, even as emergency diplomatic efforts continued. U.S. officials said the United States is preparing to evacuate its embassy in Kyiv, and Americans in Ukraine are being told to leave within the next 48 hours.
Landlords finding ways to evict after getting rental aid
A day before she was due to be evicted in November from her Atlanta home, Shanelle King heard that she had been awarded about $15,000 in rental assistance. She could breathe again.
An eye on the midterms, Dems alter approach on virus
WASHINGTON — “People are tired,” Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock says in the opening ad for his reelection campaign.
Hilo man indicted for sexual assault of minor
A 25-year-old Hilo man is accused of sexually assaulting an underage girl last year.
Baseball: Vuls rally to beat Crookston 5-4
UH-Hilo’s sixth win in seven tries was its most dramatic one yet.
Hawaii congressmen back bill to shut down Navy fuel tanks
HONOLULU — Hawaii’s U.S. Reps Ed Case and Kaiali‘i Kahele said Friday they have introduced legislation to permanently shut down the U.S. Navy’s fuel storage facility near Pearl Harbor.
Tropical Gardening: It’s time to rethink Valentine’s Day
Whoops! Valentine’s Day is Monday. Luckily we have the weekend to prepare. You might consider jewelry or a fancy dinner at a local restaurant, but with today’s economy it might be better to be a bit conservative. Valentine’s Day is a time to celebrate our love for spouses, friends and family, but most folks don’t know about the dark origins of this holiday as its history is shrouded in mystery. It appears to have started with the ancient Roman festival of Lupercalia. Of course, they borrowed it from even earlier pagans. At any rate, before it became a Christian holiday, men sacrificed goats or dogs and then whipped the women with the hides of slain animals. This was supposed to enhance fertility! According to some historians, there was lots of drinking and nakedness. A lottery was often included where men would pull women’s names from a jar for the temporary match. Some matches lasted and some were one night stands. The result was almost certain fertility! Fifty Shades of Grey doesn’t hold a candle to those days.
