Identity of Rainbow Falls body released
Police said today that the man whose body was found at the bottom of Rainbow Falls on Saturday was 37-year-old Adam David Broom of Hilo.
Obituaries for March 31
Darcy Christine Alvarado, 60, of Hilo, formerly of Santa Cruz, Calif., died March 1 at Hawaii Care Choice Pohai Malama Care Center. Born in San Jose, Calif., she was a registered nurse, hard-working mother and loyal friend. Survived by mother, Sally Miller; daughter, Talaur Alvarado; sons, Brandon Alvarado and Cameron Alvarado; brothers, Jon Alvarado, Robert (Auriel) Alvarado and Laurance (Lisa) Alvarado; a grandson. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
Couple in Hilo file TRO against ‘Justice League’ actor
A couple in Hilo has filed a temporary restraining order against “Justice League” star Ezra Miller after the actor, who plays The Flash, allegedly entered their bedroom, threatened them and stole personal items.
BIIF track and field results
Saturday at Kamehameha
BIIF track and field: With familiar last name, Kahiau Poe blazes own trail for Kamehameha
KEAAU – Growing up, Kahiau Poe could run, but that doesn’t mean he could hide. There were, however, definite advantages to being chased around by four older, athletic sisters.
Poll: Nuclear fears in US amid Russia-Ukraine war
WASHINGTON — Russia’s war on Ukraine has most Americans at least somewhat worried that the U.S. will be drawn directly into the conflict and could be targeted with nuclear weapons, with a new poll reflecting a level of anxiety that has echoes of the Cold War era.
Man sentenced to 30 years in prison for sexual assault
A 21-year-old man was sentenced Monday to up to three decades behind bars for the 2019 sexual assault of an elderly woman at a South Kohala campground.
Judge: Trump likely committed crimes related to election
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Monday asserted it is “more likely than not” that former President Donald Trump committed crimes in his attempt to stop the certification of the 2020 election, ruling to order the release of more than 100 emails from Trump adviser John Eastman to the committee investigating the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
$600 million DHHL bill advances
A bill that would allocate $112 million to Big Island housing projects on Hawaiian Home Lands is still alive and moving through the Senate.
Big Island hotel occupancy rates on the rise
Hawaii Island hotel occupancy continues to trend upward toward pre-pandmic levels.
Autopsy scheduled on body found below Rainbow Falls
An autopsy is scheduled for today to determine the exact cause of death of a 37-year-old Hilo man whose body was found Saturday afternoon in the Wailuku River below Rainbow Falls in Hilo.
Police ID man killed in South Kona traffic crash
Police have identified a 77-year-old Captain Cook man who died following a single vehicle collision Friday in South Kona as Eugene Theodore Leslie.
Actor arrested in Hilo after disrupting karaoke night
A 29-year-old actor who reportedly played the Flash in several movies was arrested for allegedly becoming unruly after apparently taking exception to other patrons of a bar near the Port of Hilo enjoying themselves.
Hilo woman charged with arson following Wainaku house fire
Court documents filed by police contain three different accounts as to what led up to a fire that destroyed a home in the Wainaku neighborhood of Hilo on Saturday afternoon.
Ukrainians claim to retake ground ahead of latest talks
LVIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces claimed to have retaken a Kyiv suburb and an eastern town from the Russians in what is becoming a back-and-forth stalemate on the ground, while negotiators began assembling for another round of talks Tuesday aimed at stopping the fighting.
3 dead in snowy pileup of dozens of vehicles in Pennsylvania
POTTSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Tractor-trailers and other vehicles lost control and slammed into each other, people leapt away from careering trucks seconds before collision and at least three people were killed and more than a dozen others injured during a snow squall on a Pennsylvania highway Monday.
State briefs for March 29
City looks at ways to regulate vacation rentals
FDA skeptical of benefits from experimental ALS drug
WASHINGTON — Federal health regulators issued a negative review Monday of a closely watched experimental drug for the debilitating illness known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, after months of lobbying by patient advocates urging approval.
Indigenous tell pope of abuses at Canada residential schools
VATICAN CITY — Indigenous leaders from Canada and survivors of the country’s notorious residential schools met with Pope Francis on Monday and told him of the abuses they suffered at the hands of Catholic priests and school workers. They came hoping to secure a papal apology and a commitment by the church to repair the harm done.
Shanghai starts China’s biggest COVID-19 lockdown in 2 years
BEIJING (AP) — China began its most extensive coronavirus lockdown in two years Monday to conduct mass testing and control a growing outbreak in Shanghai as questions are raised about the economic toll of the nation’s “zero-COVID” strategy.
