The Supreme Court cannot allow homelessness to be a crime
If you are homeless and have nowhere to go — neither a temporary shelter bed nor a permanent home — can you be fined or, worse, jailed for sleeping on a sidewalk? Or is that cruel and unusual punishment?
Motherʻs Day concert at the Volcano Art Center
Volcano Art Center is pleased to present the Volcano Chamber Players, who will perform a classical music concert to celebrate Mother’s Day at 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 12, at VAC’s Dietrich Varez Hall in Volcano Village.
Zappa tribute show Saturday at Palace
Hilo might be the only place on Earth a Frank Zappa tribute concert would be considered a return to normalcy.
Sun, fun, surf: Nearly 150 keiki attend event at Kohanaiki
Kohanaiki, also known as Pine Trees, was bustling Saturday with families attending the 26th annual Surf for the Earth and Beach Clean Up.
Herro scores 24, Heat hit franchise playoff-record 23 3s to beat Boston and even series 1-1
BOSTON — The Miami Heat beat Boston with an unprecedented barrage of 3-pointers on Wednesday night to erase the home-court advantage the Celtics worked all season to establish.
‘Thunder run’: Behind lawmakers’ secretive push to pass the TikTok bill
Just over a year ago, lawmakers displayed a rare show of bipartisanship when they grilled Shou Chew, TikTok’s CEO, about the video app’s ties to China. Their harsh questioning suggested that Washington was gearing up to force the company to sever ties with its Chinese owner — or even ban the app.
DII boys volleyball playoffs kick off today
The 2024 Central Pacific Bank/Big Island Interscholastic Association Division II boys volleyball playoffs begin today, as four teams — all of which happen to be from the isle’s north side — will clash in the first round tonight in Waimea.
Obituaries for April 25
Darrell Lee Lehmann, 72, of Kailua-Kona died April 21 at Kona Community Hospital. Born in Idaho, he was a metal fabrication business owner, farmer and president of Wehilani Estates. Private services. Survived by his wife, Kathleen Lehmann of Kailua-Kona; daughter, Amanda Nemitz of Kailua-Kona; sisters, Dolly Goolsby of Sacramento, Calif., and Kay Lehmann of Idaho; brother, Lee Lehmann of Washington; a grandson; nieces, nephews and cousins. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
College protesters make divestment from Israel a rallying cry
As they gathered near the guarded gates of Columbia University in upper Manhattan on Tuesday, a hundred or so protesters began to chant: “Disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest.”
