Let’s Talk Food: Miso soup
Hilo Intermediate School to serve ‘grab-and-go’ meals starting April 6
The state Department of Education said Monday that Hilo Union Elementary School on April 6 will become one of the Big Island public schools where parents, guardians or caregivers can pick up a “grab-and-go” meal for all public and charter school students.
Maunakea Observatories launch virtual outreach program
The Maunakea Observatories started a temporary suspension of telescope operations following Gov. David Ige’s stay-at-home order issued March 23 aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19.
Your Views for March 31
Reopen parks
Auditions for ‘The Laramie Project’ to be submitted online
The plan for auditions for Aloha Theatre’s June production of “The Laramie Project” has been revised because of the coronavirus crisis.
Education briefs for March 31
Local students named to Pacific University dean’s list
Staying the course: Yada, Cactus Tour not slowing down for pandemic
Hilo’s Britney Yada probably thought she’d reached exclusive company when she teed off on the LPGA Tour for the first time, or when she played at the U.S. Women’s Open.
Wright On: ‘Q’ minding his Ps and Qs during lockdown
Looking ahead and thinking about when the baseball season would start and what shape it might take was fun, for a while.
Volcano Watch: Water, ash, and the great unknown of explosive volcanic eruptions
The presence of water in Halema‘uma‘u has sparked an important discussion about what the pond means for future eruptions at Kilauea Volcano. There are no written records of water at the summit, so to guide the discussion we need information about magma-water interaction from deposits of the past.
Tropical Gardening: Have we met our match with COVID-19?
We humans have considered ourselves at the top of the food chain above all the plants, fish, birds and mammals. But the real top of the food chain is actually the bacteria, virus and fungi that feed upon us! Coronavirus is just the most recent example of how nature may work to put us in our place so to speak. Great civilizations have disappeared due to plagues and pestilences in the past and We can learn these lessons as we tend our gardens.
Your Views for March 29
Don’t be a host
Hospital response and preparation for COVID-19
As the only acute hospital in the East Hawaii Region, we, along with our communities, are facing unprecedented challenges as a result of the COVID-19pandemic. I want to share with you what we are doing on the local level to prepare for this global emergency.
Testing continues as virus case count rises
A second pop-up drive-through testing clinic for COVID-19 was set up at the Old Kona Airport Park on Saturday as the state’s number of presumptive or positive cases reached 151.
Your Views for March 28
Aggressive isolation
TMT protesters leave camp due to virus concerns
HONOLULU (AP) — Opponents of the Thirty Meter Telescope project on Big Island have pulled out of their camp due to concerns over the spread of the coronavirus.
Two more Big Island cases; drive-through testing Sunday
Two more cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed on Hawaii Island, state health officials said Friday, bringing the total number of diagnosed cases in the county to seven.
Gerhart: Sweet dreams, BIIF fans, there’s much to miss these days
I was covering BIIF tennis the other day, though my memory of the experience is a little too fuzzy to offer much of a report.
Your Views for March 27
Trillions upon trillions
