Waimea Bonyu Kai Bonsai club to showcase living artform this weekend
The Waimea Bonyu Kai Bonsai Club will hold its annual Bonsai Show for the community this weekend following a three-year hiatus amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Coast Guard holds inter-agency search-and-rescue drills
The Coast Guard, Navy, Hawaii Fire Department, Hawaii Police Department, Ocean Safety and other responders successfully concluded two search and rescue exercises (SAREX) on the Island of Hawaii on May 20.
Leleiwi restrooms closing for repairs
The county Department of Parks and Recreation said Friday that the restrooms at Leleiwi Beach Park (Wai‘uli), in Hilo, will be closed from Tuesday to June 3 for plumbing repairs.
Proposed budget includes $64M for West Hawaii roads
Hawaii County’s proposed capital improvement budget includes more than $64 million to revamp two heavily used roads in West Hawaii.
County asking Laupahoehoe to cut water use by 25%
The county Department of Water Supply has issued an immediate water restriction request for the Laupahoehoe water system until further notice.
Official: Girl told 911 ‘send the police now’ as cops waited
UVALDE, Texas — Students trapped inside a classroom with a gunman repeatedly called 911 during this week’s attack on a Texas elementary school, including one who pleaded, “Please send the police now,” as officers waited more than an hour to breach the classroom after following the gunman into the building, authorities said Friday.
On remote US territories, abortion hurdles mount without Roe
HONOLULU — Women from the remote U.S. territories of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands will likely have to travel farther than other Americans to terminate a pregnancy if the Supreme Court overturns a precedent that established a national right to abortion in the United States.
NRA speakers unshaken on gun rights after school massacre
HOUSTON — One by one, they took the stage at the National Rifle Association’s annual convention in Houston and denounced the massacre of 19 students and two teachers at an elementary school across the state. And one by one, they insisted that further restricting access to firearms was not the answer to preventing future tragedies.
Ukraine fears repeat of Mariupol horrors elsewhere in Donbas
KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Moscow-backed separatists pounded eastern Ukraine’s industrial Donbas region Friday, claiming to capture a railway hub as concerns grew that besieged cities in the region would undergo the same horrors experienced by the people of the port city Mariupol in the weeks before it fell.
China’s Pacific plan seen as regional strategic game-changer
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — When China signed a security pact with the Solomon Islands in April it raised concerns from the U.S. and its allies that Beijing may be seeking a military outpost in the South Pacific, an area of traditional American naval dominance.
Surfer helps families honor loved ones with ‘one last wave’
NEWPORT, R.I. — Surfing is no longer a solitary pursuit for Dan Fischer. When he catches a wave along the shores of Rhode Island, he looks down at a surfboard covered with the names of people who have died, and who shared his love of the ocean.
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts:
Russia’s nuclear threat endangers us all
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has made us all more acutely aware of the dangers of nuclear conflict than at any time since the end of the Cold War. Now, with Russia losing ground against an entrenched Ukrainian resistance, the stakes are only going to get higher.
White replacement theory is fascism’s new name
Since Anders Breivik killed 77 people in Norway in 2011, mass murders in the name of white replacement theory (WRT) have become prevalent. Many of these killers, including Breivik; Brenton Tarrant, the Christchurch shooter; and Payton Gendron, the suspect in the massacre in Buffalo, New York, are self-identified as fascists.
Tropical Gardening: Hurricane season requires special care for island trees
June is the beginning of the hurricane season in the tropical Pacific north of the equator. It generally lasts for six months but with global warming the storms may even develop later. According to the meteorologists studying our Hawaiian weather, it looks like a La Nina year. We will likely have fewer storms than during an El Nino year. This is due to cooler than normal ocean waters in the eastern and central Pacific this year.
