‘They finally did it’: Waiakea girls reach season-long goal of winning first BIIF soccer crown
KEAAU – Waiakea High’s girls soccer team is clearly connected.
Baseball: Vulcans sweep Crookston for four-spot
Lucas Sakay singled to right to bring home the winning run in the seventh Saturday night, and the Vulcans earned another walk-off win against Minnesota Crookston, 2-1 at Wong Stadium to take the first four games of the series.
BIIF boys soccer: Kamehameha earns first-round bye with draw
Elijah Dinkel’s 14th goal helped Kamehameha’s ever-busy boys soccer team find its second wind.
BIIF basketball: Hilo seniors have their say
Hilo had a senior night to remember against Waiakea on Friday night in a BIIF basketball game.
BIIF basketball: Olloway exits early, but Kamehameha has slammin’ good time in beating Waiakea
KEAAU – It was all fun and games early on for Kamehameha’s Darius Olloway at well-attended Koai’a Gym, where the only question was: one hands or two?
Volcano Watch: Tonga eruption recorded on Hawaii infrasound network and globally
Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano located in the Kingdom of Tonga produced a powerful eruption on January 15 just after 5 p.m. Tonga Time (TOT). The Tonga eruption was recorded on pressure sensors over a wide number of places around the world, including the Island of Hawaii about 4,900 kilometers (3,000 miles) away.
Cartoon for February 23
The Big Island as seen by Hawaii Tribune-Herald cartoonist Gary Hoff.
Blockades on Canada-US border continue as protests swell
WINDSOR, Ontario — Protesters opposed to COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other restrictions withdrew their vehicles from a key U.S.-Canadian border bridge Saturday though access remained blocked while other demonstrations ramped up in cities across Canada, including the capital, where police said they were awaiting more officers before ending what they described as an illegal occupation.
Many faith leaders wary of religious exemptions for vaccine
By the thousands, Americans have been seeking religious exemptions in order to circumvent COVID-19 vaccine mandates, but generally they are doing so without the encouragement of major denominations and prominent religious leaders.
Gambling measure moves forward: HB 1962 would fund revenue, health study on possible DHHL casino
A bill that would require the Department of Hawaiian Homelands to study potential revenue generation as well as public health and safety concerns arising from “limited casino gaming” on DHHL lands is moving through the state Legislature.
High-tech helping hands: HMC offers minimally-invasive procedures thanks to surgical robot
Hilo Medical Center recently acquired new high-tech surgery equipment and a specialist who knows how to use it.
Roth proposes charging tourists to visit beach parks, zoo
Charging tourists to visit county beach parks and the zoo is being considered as a potential way to help pay for facilities, Mayor Mitch Roth said.
‘The fireworks problem is a multifaceted problem’: State measures include increased fines, permit costs
Five of seven fireworks bills introduced by the state House of Representatives this session cleared their initial committee hurdle, with amendments, while two were shelved.
US evacuating most Ukraine embassy staff over invasion fears
WASHINGTON — The United States is evacuating almost all of the staff from its embassy in Kyiv as Western intelligence officials warn that a Russian invasion of Ukraine is increasingly imminent.
US aims to counter China by opening Solomon Islands embassy
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The U.S. says it will open an embassy in the Solomon Islands, laying out in unusually blunt terms a plan to increase its influence in the South Pacific nation before China becomes “strongly embedded.”
US, Japan, South Korea meet in Hawaii to discuss North Korea
HONOLULU — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Japanese and South Korean counterparts were meeting Saturday in Hawaii to discuss the threat posed by nuclear-armed North Korea after Pyongyang began the year with a series of missile tests.
Biden warns Putin of ‘severe costs’ of Ukraine invasion
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden told Russia’s Vladimir Putin that invading Ukraine would cause “widespread human suffering” and that the West was committed to diplomacy to end the crisis but “equally prepared for other scenarios,” the White House said Saturday. It offered no suggestion that the hourlong call diminished the threat of an imminent war in Europe.
Obituaries for February 13
Calvin “Bong” Yukio Arita, 69, of Pepeekeo died Jan. 26 at home. Born in Hilo, he was a retired mechanic for the former Arita Auto Service, house painter and U.S. Army veteran. Visitation 3-4 p.m. Saturday (Feb. 19) at Dodo Mortuary Chapel. Private services to follow. Casual attire; face masks and social distancing required. Survived by wife, Cathy Arita of Pepeekeo; daughters, Jamielyn (Ian) Tanoue, Shaylyn Arita and Astilyn (Chase Sakamoto) Arita of Pepeekeo; sister, Gwendolyn Santos of Pepeekeo; three granddaughters; nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
Your Views for February 13
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