Public positive about solar project proposed for Keaau
Never forgotten
Kona District Judge Margaret Masunaga, kneeling, with Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell, right, and Bruyere, France, Mayor Yves Bonjean pay their respects Monday at the EpinalAmerican Cemetery and Memorial honoring the 100th Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team soldiers buried in France. Those perished include Teruo Fujioka, Yoshio Tengwan, Tomosu Hirahara, George Suyama, Bob Kameoka, Joseph Byre, Edward Ogawa, Mitsulu Miyoko, Minoru Yoshida, Hachiro Mukai, Uetaro Sanmonji, Ben Rogers and Hideo Yasui.
Bail lowered for woman accused of aiding Waiki
KAILUA-KONA A Kona judge recently reduced bail by 90% for the last of seven people charged in connection with aiding cop killer Justin Waiki in July 2018.
Kona man charged in standoff
KAILUA-KONA A 57-year-old man is slated to make his initial court appearance today on charges stemming from a standoff with police earlier this month.
Panel seeks private counsel to assist with oustanding land claims
The Hawaiian Homes Commission took the first step Monday to hire an outside attorney to put a dollar figure on what the state owes Native Hawaiian beneficiaries for land, including the Maunakea Access Road, that was the subject of a 1995 state law.
Climate change making stronger El Ninos, study finds
Let’s Talk Food: Na‘au, defining Hawaii’s culinary scene
Ceremony commemorates new plaque installed at Laupahoehoe Point tsunami memorial
Spend the “Night at the Museum” at ‘Imiloa
Let the fun of Halloween begin from 4-8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25, at Imiloa Astronomy Center in Hilo.
Kona Community Aquatic Center set to reopen
KAILUA-KONA The Kona Community Aquatic Center is slated reopen to the public today following a lengthy over-the-summer closure.
Avoland in South Kona now USDA certified to ship to customers in 33 states
HONOMALINO More consumers on the mainland will experience what the Big Island already knows Hawaiian Sharwil avocados are arguably the best gourmet avocados with their rich buttery flavor and smooth creamy texture.
Educational gatherings slated for women and their families
Women deserve empowering births. Several upcoming events at Sweet Cane Cafe will inform women about the different choices they need to consider to guide their birthing experience to create a gentle birth for mother and baby.
Changes to county hiring code eyed
A normalized Iran is still best option in Middle East
Get a dog and reap the health benefits
Anyone who has ever owned a dog knows the experience can have its, um, drawbacks. Dogs of our acquaintance have been known to shred rolls of toilet paper, gobble food off counters, bark furiously at squirrels and letter carriers, barf on rugs, whine to be walked no matter what the weather and require expensive, time-consuming visits to the veterinarian, sometimes after midnight.
Cartoon for October 22
The world as seen by cartoonist Steve Breen, The San Diego Union-Tribune.
Your Views for October 22
Lawlessness
$260 million deal averts 1st federal trial on opioid crisis
Nation and World briefs for October 22
Obituaries for October 22
John Jack H. Boeggeman, 65, of Kailua-Kona died Oct. 13 at his residence. Born in Philadelphia, he recently retired as the sole proprietor of JHB Tax Services in Pennsylvania and Kailua-Kona. Private service to be announced. In lieu of flowers, donations can be sent to Hospice of Kona, P.O. Box 4130, Kailua-Kona, HI 96745 or University of Texas Austin, Dell Medical School at http://bit.ly/MatsuiResearch online. Survived by wife, Robin Boeggeman of Kailua-Kona; daughter, Alyssa (Jeff Walton) Boeggeman of Texas; son, John Boeggeman of Texas; father, John Boeggeman of Pennsylvania; mother, Rose Lass of Pennsylvania; sisters, Eileen (Larry) DiTullo and Cynthia Kramarz of Pennsylvania; brother, Daniel (Linda) Boeggeman of Pennsylvania; nephews. Arrangements by Cremation Services of West Hawaii.
US may now keep some troops in Syria to guard oil fields
US takes step to require DNA samples from asylum-seekers
State and Region briefs for October 22
HHSAA volleyball: Waiakea swept away by Hurricanes in first round
It was the same old story as Kapolei came, conquered and dispatched Waiakea into a cold offseason.
Wright On: Throwing a flag on the disgraceful football parents among us
They are irritable and irrational, you can see it in their body tension when they scream out insults publicly, surrounded as they are, on all sides by other adults and parents of school children.
