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$10.7 million verdict against Naniloa hotel owner
Local News Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 12:07amBy JOHN BURNETT
Tribune-Herald staff writer
Hilo businessman Ken Fujiyama and Ken Direction Corp. have been ordered to pay almost $10.7 million to a North Carolina bank holding a...
Victim describes brutal hammer attack
Local News Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 12:07amBy JOHN BURNETT
Tribune-Herald staff writer
A 67-year-old Hilo man who survived a brutal beating with a hammer almost two years ago broke into tears while describing the incident on...
Isle leaders talk DUI threshold
Local News Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 12:07amBy CHELSEA JENSEN
Stephens Media
The National Transportation Safety Board is recommending Hawaii reduce its allowable blood alcohol content by nearly 40 percent with the hope of...
Geothermal bill would cap relocation requests
Local News Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 12:07amBy TOM CALLIS
Tribune-Herald staff writer
Geothermal relocation requests would be limited to existing homeowners under a bill before the Hawaii County Council.
The bill,...
Lauhala weavers unite on Big Island
Local News Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 12:07amBy CAROLYN LUCAS-ZENK
Stephens Media
Aunty Elizabeth Maluihi Lee has spent a lifetime weaving lauhala and sharing this vibrant art with anyone interested. Day after day, as she has for...
Syrian gov’t troops retake prison from rebel fighters
World Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 12:06amBy ZEINA KARAM
Associated Press
BEIRUT — Syrian government troops on Thursday flushed out rebels who had stormed a prison compound in the northern city of Aleppo in a bid to free...
American will favor passengers without roller bags
Nation Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 12:06amAmerican will favor passengers without roller bags
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — In a quest to speed up the boarding process, American Airlines is letting passengers board sooner if they travel...
Obama picks budget official to run troubled IRS
Nation Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 12:06amObama picks budget official to run troubled IRS
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama picked a senior White House budget official to become the acting head of the Internal Revenue Service...
US, Turkey project united front on Syria
Nation Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 12:06amUS, Turkey project united front on Syria
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan projected a united front Thursday on Syria, keeping stark...
Deal reached in lawsuit over child pornography
Nation Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 12:06amBy BILL DRAPER
Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A lawsuit filed against the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph and Bishop Robert Finn by a girl who was 2 years old when Kansas City...
