Police arrest 16-year-old for campus threats that led to lockdown
Police have arrested a 16-year-old student in connection with threats he made towards other students.
UPDATE: School threat resolved, lockdown lifted
UPDATE 11 a.m. Police say the school threat at Keaau High School has been resolved, and all schools have lifted their lockdown.
‘Who killed my brother?’ Slain man’s family wants justice
The acquittal last week of a man accused of killing 39-year-old Keola Penovaroff with a shotgun on Thanksgiving 2015 has the brother of the slain man wondering if he and his family ever will receive justice.
Food trucks coming soon to a state park near you?
Food trucks could be coming to Rainbow Falls, Hapuna Beach and other state parks around the island.
Muslim communities fearful after 4 killings in Albuquerque
First was the killing of a Muslim man from Afghanistan late last year. Then came two more slayings in the last two weeks — men from Pakistan who attended the same mosque in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Olivia Newton-John, who played Sandy in ‘Grease,’ dies at 73
NEW YORK — Olivia Newton-John, the Grammy-winning superstar who reigned on pop, country, adult contemporary and dance charts with such hits as “Physical” and “You’re the One That I Want” and won countless hearts as everyone’s favorite Sandy in the blockbuster film version of “Grease,” has died. She was 73.
US pledges $1 billion more rockets, other arms for Ukraine
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration said Monday it was shipping its biggest yet direct delivery of weapons to Ukraine as that country prepares for a potentially decisive counteroffensive in the south against Russia, sending $1 billion in rockets, ammunition and other material to Ukraine from Defense Department stockpiles.
Misfired rockets may have killed over a dozen in Gaza battle
TEL AVIV, Israel — Close to one-third of the Palestinians who died in the latest outbreak of violence between Israel and Gaza militants may have been killed by errant rockets fired by the Palestinian side, according to an Israeli military assessment that appears consistent with independent reporting by The Associated Press.
Obituaries for August 9
Delbert Joseph Benevides, 71, of Hilo, died July 1 at home. Born in Hilo, he was the owner of ABBA Appliance Repair and a member of New Hope Church. Visitation 10-11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 17, at Onekahakaha Beach Park Pavilion No. 4 in Hilo. Celebration of life service at 11 a.m. Online condolences: homelanimemorialpark.com. Survived by wife, Shelley Bereman-Benevides; mother, Rose Marie Ciaramitaro; daughters, Jennifer Falepapalangi and Jaclyn (Ely Barnett) Herrick; stepdaughters, Caralyn (William) Badua and Susan (Zack) Sanders; stepson, Matthew (Mandy Calicdan) Castro; sister, Darla (Hugh) Lovell; sisters-in-law, Lyla Vogeler and Mary Ann Gouveia; 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Arrangements by Homelani Memorial Park.
Study connects climate hazards to 58% of infectious diseases
Climate hazards such as flooding, heat waves and drought have worsened more than half of the hundreds of known infectious diseases in people, including malaria, hantavirus, cholera and anthrax, a study says.
‘Abstract Only!’ opens at Wailoa Center
The Wailoa Center and the Hawai‘i Island Art Alliance are proud to present “Abstract Only!, the 12th Annual Multimedia National Juried Exhibition,” open now through Aug. 25, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday-Friday.
Kona Orchid Society show set for Aug. 20
KAILUA-KONA — The public is invited to come browse and talk story at the Kona Orchid Society Show and Sale, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, at the Makaeo County Pavilion at the Old Kona Airport State Recreation Area.
Let’s Talk Food: Julia Child’s birthday
Monday, Aug. 15, is Julia Child’s 110th birthday. She is credited with the distinction of bringing the love of French cooking to America. Her husband Paul’s work took them to Paris, where Julia enrolled in Le Cordon Bleu cooking school at the age of 37. In 1952, she worked with various chefs and established a cooking school in Paris with Louisette Bertholle and Simone Beck. In 1961, her cookbook, ‘Mastering the Art of French Cooking’ was published. This has become the bible for French cooking.
Orioles hit 4 homers in 7-4 victory over Blue Jays
BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays will be seeing a lot of each other in the coming weeks.
PGA Tour says players knew consequences of joining LIV Golf
The PGA Tour asked a federal judge in San Francisco to deny the appeal of three suspended players who joined Saudi-backed LIV Golf and now want to compete in the tour’s lucrative postseason, arguing the players knew the consequences two months ago.
Serena Williams earns first win of season in Toronto
TORONTO (AP) — Serena Williams hadn’t won in so long, she said she couldn’t even remember the feeling.
Olivia Moultrie proud of stand she took to play in NWSL
PORTLAND, Ore. — It’s been a little more than a year since Olivia Moultrie signed with the Portland Thorns after suing to join the National Women’s Soccer League at just 15 years old.
Fact-free speech is not free speech
The proliferation of lying in the body politic and certain news media has reached proportions so great that America finds itself on the brink of a revolution that threatens our entire system of government.
America needs a Declaration of Independents
Whether one watches Fox News or MSNBC, reads The New York Times or the Wall Street Journal, it has become difficult to view the United States as anything but a game of political dodgeball, with two opposing teams that loath one another trying to knock the other out by whistling partisan fastballs at any vulnerable opponent. Gone are the days of what Richard Nixon liked to call “the great silent majority” — a phrase he appropriated from Homer, who used it to describe the dead. There is not much silence in politics these days. Nor is there much reasonable discourse. Screeching has largely taken its place.
Oil facility fire jeopardizes Cuba’s frail electric system
HAVANA — A deadly fire that began at a large oil storage facility in western Cuba spread on Monday, threatening to plunge the island into a deeper energy crisis as it forced officials to shut down a key thermoelectric plant.
