‘An incredible partnership’: School-Based Health Centers open in West Hawaii
Hawaii Island Community Health Center has launched School-Based Health Centers to provide care on-site in three local schools.
Tackling teacher shortages: Bill aims to ease licensing process for out-of-state educators
Hawaii is taking part in a multistate effort to address ongoing teacher shortages.
Police seek missing Kona woman
Police are seeking for the public’s assistance in locating 53-year-old Miriam Miller of Kailua-Kona, who was reported missing on Tuesday, Jan. 31, but has been missing more than three months.
Police ask public to take ‘community satisfaction survey’
The public is invited to complete the Hawaii Police Department’s community satisfaction survey, which runs through February.
Balloon bickering over Biden’s actions, China’s intentions
WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers on Sunday accused China of deliberately surveilling sensitive U.S. military sites with a suspected spy balloon and said the Biden administration had given Beijing an intelligence opening by not downing the balloon during its high-altitude drift through American airspace.
US officials offer Congress briefing on Trump, Biden papers
WASHINGTON — U.S. officials have offered to brief congressional leaders on their investigation into the classified documents found at former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence as well as President Joe Biden’s Delaware home and former private office, people familiar with the matter said Sunday.
Man charged following officer-involved shooting in Hilo
Hawaii Island police have charged 32-year-old Aina Kealoha Bill Cachero of Hilo, with several offenses following an officer-involved shooting incident that occurred late Friday morning in Hilo.
Ukraine defense minister expects help from West on warplanes
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s defense minister expressed confidence Sunday that Western allies would agree to the country’s latest weapons request — warplanes to fight off Russian forces that invaded nearly a year ago.
AP source: Kyrie Irving going to the Dallas Mavericks
DALLAS — Kyrie Irving is getting his wish. He’s getting traded.
Rose has 2-shot lead at Pebble going into a Monday finish
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Justin Rose was a steady presence on a day of weather that changed by the minute, playing 19 holes in 9-under par and leaving the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in the dark Sunday with a two-shot lead.
Kirk Cousins rallies NFC to 35-33 win over AFC in Pro Bowl
LAS VEGAS — For Kirk Cousins, it wasn’t quite the NFL-record 33-point comeback against the Indianapolis Colts to win the NFC North.
Truex wins NASCAR’s sloppy return to Los Angeles Coliseum
LOS ANGELES — Martin Truex Jr. won NASCAR’s return to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for its season-opening exhibition race — a sloppy Sunday night extravaganza in which the Wiz Khalifa halftime show might have been the most entertaining part of the event.
No. 1 South Carolina tops fifth-ranked UConn 81-77
HARTFORD, Conn. — In a rematch of last season’s national championship game, South Carolina came out on top again over UConn thanks to a strong fourth quarter by Aliyah Boston.
Tucker Carlson, Joe Biden and whale beachings
We aren’t whaleologists — actually, the term is cetologist; we just looked it up — but neither is Tucker Carlson. So take it with all the grains of salt in the ocean when the Fox News gasbag blames Joe Biden for an elevated rate of whale deaths off the Atlantic Coast. Carlson’s rant, “The Biden Whale Extinction,” claims an uptick in offshore wind exploration for a die-off. That exploration involves some targeted sound mapping that may be upsetting whales’ navigation systems.
Report concludes that California EV plan is a fantasy
California has mandated that by 2035 all new vehicle sales must be plug-ins. A handful of blue states have fallen in line and copied the Golden State’s edict.
Coping with a post-shame world
Growing up I remember hearing the phrase “Have you no shame?” That question must have held some power back in the day. But if you asked that now, some shapers of our current political culture would respond with a resounding “No.” Hyper-partisanship has moved us into a post-shame world.
