John Burnett, Author at Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Roth turns over prosecution of TMT protesters to AG

Sep. 18, 2019 • Updated 5 p.m.

The Big Islands elected prosecutor is stepping aside, at least for now, from prosecuting criminal cases arising from protests of the planned construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Maunakea.

Forecasters track 3 tropical storms in Eastern Pacific

Sep. 18, 2019

Three named storms are now lurking in the Eastern Pacific.

Alleged Bade accomplice agrees to plea deal

Sep. 17, 2019

A second of four former employees of a Hilo doctor raided by authorities last October for alleged overprescription and illegal distribution of opioid prescription painkillers and other narcotics has made a plea deal with federal prosecutors.

Weekend was a scorcher while Hurricane Kiko now a Category 2

Sep. 16, 2019 • Updated 12:48 p.m.

In East Hawaii, predictions for a wet weekend failed to materialize and record heat temperatures were instead recorded.

Former cop makes plea deal in domestic abuse case

Sep. 16, 2019

A former Hawaii Police Department officer pleaded no contest Tuesday to third-degree assault for an April 8 domestic abuse incident that resulted in his wife being treated at Hilo Medical Center for bruising to her throat area.

Judge reduces probationer’s drug charge

Sep. 14, 2019

A Hilo District Court judge reduced charges and bail for a probationer police accused of drug distribution.

Wet weekend predicted; Kiko is expected to temporarily strengthen

Sep. 13, 2019 • Updated 5:33 p.m.

Its looking like a wet weekend for East Hawaii.

State: Don’t buy rape kit

Sep. 13, 2019

Hawaii’s attorney general added her voice to the growing number of state attorneys general speaking out against the MeToo rape evidence collection kit.

Man convicted of assault in Waikoloa attack

Sep. 13, 2019

A Hilo Circuit Court jury on Thursday convicted a man accused of attempted second-degree murder with the lesser offense of first-degree assault.

Tropical Storm Kiko develops off Mexico; forecasters also eye low-pressure system south of Big Island

Sep. 12, 2019 • Updated 11:35 a.m.

A tropical depression in the Eastern Pacific has developed into a tropical storm.

Keaau restaurant owner charged with sex assault

Sep. 12, 2019

A Hilo grand jury indicted a man identified in court documents as the owner of Lemongrass Restaurant in Keaau for allegedly sexually assaulting an employee.

Attempted murder trial in hands of jury

Sep. 12, 2019

The prosecutor in an attempted murder trial told the jury during closing arguments Wednesday that they “don’t have to approve of anything” the victim, a drug dealer, did.

Customer stymies heist of booze at Longs

Sep. 11, 2019

A customer at the downtown Hilo Longs Drugs foiled an attempt last month to shoplift spirits by a Kailua-Kona man too young to legally drink alcohol, according to a court document filed by police.

White takes stand in attempted murder trial

Sep. 10, 2019 • Updated 8:18 p.m.

A 40-year-old Waimea man on trial for slitting his friends throat in the latters Waikoloa apartment more than five years ago described the victim as a young punk drug dealer and sort of a gangster wannabee.

Big Island’s coffee belt sees record rainfall in August

Sep. 08, 2019

August was a very wet month for the Kona coffee belt.

Couple accused of theft at nonprofit organization for disabled

Sep. 07, 2019

According to court documents, video surveillance led to the arrest of a Honokaa couple in a four-month investigation of a break-in and truck theft that occurred in April.

Study: Kilauea lava triggered massive algae bloom

Sep. 06, 2019 • Updated 7:25 p.m.

In the midst of the destruction during last year’s lower East Rift Zone eruption of Kilauea volcano, scientists from the University of Hawaii and the University of Southern California observed how one of nature’s most devastating forces can also create and sustain life.

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