Increased military air presence in Hilo part of National Guard exercise
The Hawaii National Guard said today the increase in military aircraft doing takeoffs and landings at Hilo International Airport is a National Guard exercise.
BIIF volleyball: Kamehameha starts afresh in Division I title defense
Everyone is gone from the Kamehameha boys volleyball team that captured the BIIF title in 2019, the last year the state tournament was held.
A Rose without a thorn: With sweet X-cellence, Waikoloa swimmer continues rapid rise
PAHOA – The name befits a Hollywood Script, and so does the physique.
Baseball: Vulcans try to find winning PacWest form
The UH-Hilo baseball team started out 9-2, which was wonderful. But after two non-conference series against San Diego Christian and Minnesota Crookston, they went 0-2 in a PacWest road trip against Hawaii Pacific, which was not wonderful.
Hawaii oil refinery to stop using crude oil from Russia
Hawaii’s top energy official on Thursday said he supports a decision by the owner of Hawaii’s only operational oil refinery to cease purchasing crude oil from Russia because of its war against Ukraine.
Fuel in water deepens Native Hawaiians’ distrust of military
HONOLULU — A well-known adage in Hawaiian, ola i ka wai, means “water is life.”
Russia attacks Ukraine nuclear plant as invasion advances
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces shelled Europe’s largest nuclear plant early Friday, sparking a fire as they pressed their attack on a crucial energy-producing Ukrainian city and gained ground in their bid to cut off the country from the sea.
PTA: Training, convoys planned for March
Military units are scheduled to conduct essential training activities at Pohakuloa Training Area this month that may be heard by surrounding communities.
State lawmakers to wear blue and yellow to show support for Ukraine
In light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, legislators and staff at the Hawaii State Capitol will be wearing blue and/or yellow today to show their support and solidarity for the people of Ukraine.
Iconic Kona hotel sells for $21M
A West Coast-based private equity firm recently purchased the iconic Kona Bay Hotel in the heart of Kailua Village.
Public meeting in Pahala to discuss wastewater options
The Department of Environmental Management will hold an informational public meeting regarding wastewater treatment at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 16, at the Pahala Community Center, 96-1149 Kamani Street.
Airport ‘serial stowaway’ pleads guilty, gets 3-plus years
CHICAGO (AP) — A 70-year-old woman with a history of slipping past security at airports and sneaking onto flights was sentenced on Thursday to more than three years in prison for trespassing at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport in 2019.
As vaccine demand falls, states are left with huge stockpile
As demand for COVID-19 vaccines collapses in many areas of the U.S., states are scrambling to use stockpiles of doses before they expire and have to be added to the millions that have already gone to waste.
Virtual Ka‘u Coffee Festival offers online slate of events
Tune in April 1-30 for the Virtual Ka‘u Coffee Festival at kaucoffeefestival.com.
Stocks end another bumpy day lower and crude oil prices ease
Stocks fell and oil prices eased back Thursday after another bumpy day of trading on Wall Street as markets remained anxious about the broader impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Russia’s war spurs corporate exodus, exposes business risks
LONDON — Car factories idled, beer stopped flowing, furniture and fashion orders ceased, and energy companies fled oil and gas projects.
Obituaries for March 4
John Cerra, 68, of Ocean View died Feb. 4 at Kona Community Hospital. Born in Cambridge, Mass., he was a drug and alcohol counselor for Lokahi Treatment Center and member of Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous Fellowship. Services at a later date. Survived by companion, Kathleen Cerra of Milolii; daughter, Michelle (Nathaniel) Nobles of Plymouth, Mass.; sisters, Audrey Cerra of Provincetown, Mass., and Dawn (John) Lunnin of Whitman, Mass.; two grandchildren; two nephews. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
Climate change isn’t as flashy as war, but just as much of a threat
At this point, the language of scientific warnings about climate cataclysm has familiar characteristics, even as it gets more dire: The climate is changing as a direct result of human activity; the change is accelerating due to our inaction; some of the consequences are now unavoidable; and it will wreak havoc on our society, plunging billions into food insecurity, storms, fires, heat waves, floods and other assorted mayhem.
Biden offers no reset
President Joe Biden gave a rousing, upbeat State of the Union address Tuesday night suitable for a nation moving forward together to get its many challenges under control. Unfortunately, that country is not America.
