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New bill has beekeepers buzzing

Updated: Jun 18, 2013 12:05am

It’s a honey of a bill for local beekeepers.

Starting today, small beekeepers can produce up to 500 gallons of honey a year and sell it to retail establishments as well as directly to the...

<p>JOHN BURNETT/Tribune-Herald</p><p>Daniel Taka Sr. and his wife, Charlotte, survey the remains of their Waiakea Uka home after a fire destroyed it Saturday night.</p>

Retired couple loses home in fire

Updated: Jun 18, 2013 10:02am

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Harry Connick Jr. writes song for Newtown victim

Updated: Jun 16, 2013 12:06am

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Harry Connick Jr. has written a song in honor of a 6-year-old girl killed in the Newtown, Conn., school shooting.

Connick this week released the song “Love Wins,”...

Downey Jr. calms upset boy

Updated: Jun 16, 2013 12:06am

SUNDERLAND, Mass. (AP) — Robert Downey Jr. may not be a real superhero, but he sure acted like one for a little Massachusetts boy.

Heather Denno took her 1 1/2-year-old son Jaxson to watch...

Kobey Geronimo-Babas wins art, essay contest from FCE

Updated: Jun 16, 2013 12:06am

Representatives of the Hilo Association for Family and Community Education presented monetary awards to the Hilo winners of the Character Counts! Art and Essay Contest last week at their...

Downey Jr. calms upset boy

Updated: Jun 16, 2013 12:06am

SUNDERLAND, Mass. (AP) — Robert Downey Jr. may not be a real superhero, but he sure acted like one for a little Massachusetts boy.

Heather Denno took her 1 1/2-year-old son Jaxson to watch...

Kobey Geronimo-Babas wins art, essay contest from FCE

Updated: Jun 16, 2013 12:06am

Representatives of the Hilo Association for Family and Community Education presented monetary awards to the Hilo winners of the Character Counts! Art and Essay Contest last week at their...

Harry Connick Jr. writes song for Newtown victim

Updated: Jun 16, 2013 12:06am

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Harry Connick Jr. has written a song in honor of a 6-year-old girl killed in the Newtown, Conn., school shooting.

Connick this week released the song “Love Wins,”...

Iranians cast votes for president

Updated: Jun 15, 2013 12:05am

By BRIAN MURPHY

Associated Press

TEHRAN, Iran — Reform-minded Iranians who have faced years of crackdowns looked Friday to claw back a bit of ground in a presidential election that...

USDA: GMO wheat appears to be isolated

Updated: Jun 15, 2013 12:05am

By MARY CLARE JALONICK

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Agriculture Department says it has no indications that genetically modified wheat found in Oregon last month has spread beyond...

Maui student wins in court

Updated: Jun 15, 2013 12:05am

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER

Associated Press

HONOLULU — The state Department of Education violated the law by holding a meeting to change an autistic Maui student’s educational plan...

Survey: Fewer comfortable reporting crime

Updated: Jun 15, 2013 12:06am

By NANCY COOK LAUER

Stephens Media

Hawaii County residents are less comfortable calling the police to report a crime than they were four years ago, and many are ambivalent about the...