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Public worker union pacts wild card for budget
Local News Comments Updated: May 23, 2013 12:05amBy NANCY COOK LAUER
Stephens Media
Hikes in property taxes, park fees, bus fares and vehicle registration and weight taxes will balance Mayor Billy Kenoi’s proposed $394.3 million 2013...
3 accused of operating pot farm in Kona
Local News Comments Updated: May 23, 2013 12:05amBy JOHN BURNETT
Tribune-Herald staff writer
A Kona grand jury last week returned indictments against two men and a woman for allegedly operating a marijuana farm in South Kona.
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Man sought in drug case
Local News Comments Updated: May 23, 2013 12:05amPolice are searching for a 51-year-old Puna man wanted on a $40,000 bench warrant in connection with drug charges.
Arthur Clayton of Keaau is also wanted for questioning in connection with a...
North Korea sends special envoy to China
World Comments Updated: May 23, 2013 12:05amBy MARGIE MASON
Associated Press
PYONGYANG, North Korea — After months of ignoring Chinese warnings to give up nuclear weapons, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a high-level...
State roundup for May 23
State Comments Updated: May 23, 2013 12:05amUH researchers studying sharks
HONOLULU (AP) — University of Hawaii researchers are using new technologies to study shark behavior.
Carl Meyer with the Hawaii Institute of Marine...
Cartoon for May 23
Their Views Comments Updated: May 23, 2013 12:05amThe world as seen by cartoonist Steve Breen, The San Diego Union-Tribune
Nation roundup for May 23
Nation Comments Updated: May 23, 2013 12:05amJury deadlocks in Arias murder trial
PHOENIX (AP) — Jurors in the Jodi Arias murder trial said Wednesday they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether she should be sentenced to...
Cruise industry announces passenger bill of rights
Nation Comments Updated: May 23, 2013 12:06amBy BETH J. HARPAZ
Associated Press
NEW YORK — The cruise industry said Wednesday that it’s adopting a passenger bill of rights that guarantees the “safety, comfort and care” of guests...
4 Americans killed since 2009 in U.S. drone strikes
Nation Comments Updated: May 23, 2013 12:05amAssociated Press
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen since...
College fossil-fuel divestment movement builds
Nation Comments Updated: May 23, 2013 12:05amAssociated Press
SWARTHMORE, Pa. — Student activists at more than 200 colleges are trying a new tactic in hopes of slowing the pace of climate change: They are asking their schools to stop...
