Lending a hand: HIHS working with Rainbow Friends to ready animals for adoption
The Hawaii Island Humane Society had all hands on deck to bring in over 20 dogs to its shelter in Keaau from Rainbow Friends Animal Sanctuary on Thursday afternoon.
Two men face charges after a pair of Shipman beach robberies
Police have charged two men in connection with armed robberies that took place on Shipman Beach Trail. In the first robbery, on June 20, a man and woman told police they were confronted by a man wielding a large stick. According to police, the assailant struck the man in the face and the woman to her head and arm, took their belongings and fled.
Fisherman statue to be relocated soon
A controversial statue left Liliuokalani Gardens Friday, and will be officially moved within a week.
Hawaii Island Humane Society reopening to the public in August
The Hawaii Island Humane Society is looking forward to opening its two shelters to the public in August.
Distance learning will be offered at some BI schools
With a new school year nearing and COVID-19 case counts currently climbing, the state Department of Education this week published a list of schools that will offer distance learning options when students return Aug. 3.
Irwin: Incentives, rewards and expectations
Over 50 years ago, a Stanford psychologist designed and conducted the “Marshmallow Experiment” study on delayed gratification. In it, children were offered an immediate reward (the aforementioned marshmallow) or a larger reward (more marshmallows) if they were willing to wait. Follow-up studies found that those children who could delay gratification had better life outcomes as measured by SAT scores, educational achievement, and body mass index. In other words, they seemed smarter, healthier, and more successful. This study has been repeated, reworked, and cited many times over the years. Other factors — wealth, living environment, etc. — it turns out, have an impact on the predictive power of the experiment.
Obituaries for July 25
Myradean L.K. (Mahi) Abraham, 68, of Kalaoa, Kona, died May 4 at The Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu. Born in Kealakekua, she retired from KTA Super Stores Kailua-Kona, was a manager and driver for Yamaguchi Bus Service and member of Hula Halau Na Pua Ha‘aheo ‘O Kona and ‘Ahahui Ka’ahumanu. Drive-thru visitation and sharing of memories 11 a.m. Saturday (July 31) at OTEC. Condolences : P.O. Box 845 Holualoa, HI 96725. Survived by sons, Timothy Abraham, Makaio Abraham and Pelika Abraham; daughter, Hokuaoalohilohi (Kalani) Abraham; brother, Wayne Mahi; hanai sons Ash Danao, Hiro Takaishi and Kimo (Sharla) Kaiawe; hanai daughters Heather Goto, Tiare DeAguiar and Pele (Dominic) Uyetake. Arrangements by Nuuanu Memorial Park and Mortuary.
Wildfires blasting through West draw states to lend support
BLY, Ore. — Out-of-state crews headed to Montana Saturday to battle a blaze that injured five firefighters as the U.S. West struggled with a series of fires that have ravaged rural lands and destroyed homes.
Your Views for July 25
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Is the U.S. finally taking cyberattacks seriously?
We’re barely a month out from the Colonial Pipeline hacking, perpetrated by the Russian-speaking hacking group DarkSide, which left thousands of Americans without gas, preventing many from accessing food or medicine. Not long after that was the attack on JBS, the world’s largest meat supplier, which shut down multiple processing plants, perpetrated by Russian cybercriminal group REvil.
French protesters reject virus passes, vaccine mandate
PARIS — Some 160,000 people, including far-right activists and members of France’s yellow vest movement, protested Saturday across the country against a bill requiring everyone to have a special virus pass to enter restaurants and mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for all health care workers.
States scale back virus reporting just as cases surge
OMAHA, Neb. — Several states scaled back their reporting of COVID-19 statistics this month just as cases across the country started to skyrocket, depriving the public of real-time information on outbreaks, cases, hospitalizations and deaths in their communities.
Groups urge state to protect last wild Atlantic salmon in US
PORTLAND, Maine — Maine is home to the last wild Atlantic salmon populations in the U.S., but a new push to protect the fish at the state level is unlikely to land them on the endangered list.
Residents say flood-hit German towns got little warning
AHRWEILER, Germany — Like other residents of his town in Germany, Wolfgang Huste knew a flood was coming. What nobody told him, he says, was how bad it would be.
Volcano Watch: Stressed out: Hawaiian volcanoes are heavy
Many people living in the Hawaiian Islands are accustomed to feeling occasional earthquakes since the State of Hawaii is one of the most seismically active locations in the United States. Unlike some other earthquake-prone places in the U.S., for example California, where the earthquakes are related to tectonic plates sliding past each other, our earthquakes are related to volcanoes.
Tropical Gardening: Plants for home foundation
Foundation plantings are like spandex garments. They smooth out bumpy features and add a dressy look. When properly used, a foundation planting serves definite purposes. It connects the structure with the grounds and adjacent ornamentals so that the building and grounds appear to have grown together into an eye appealing design. Shrubs and vines also tend to soften and blend architectural lines. Such plants give the home a finished look.
Small businesses lifted by return of summer tourists
Small businesses in the U.S. that depend on tourism and vacationers say business is bouncing back, as Americans rebook postponed trips and spend freely on food, entertainment and souvenirs.
Tokyo Olympics begin with muted ceremony and empty stadium
TOKYO — Belated and beleaguered, the virus-delayed Tokyo Summer Olympics finally opened Friday night with cascading fireworks and made-for-TV choreography that unfolded in a near-empty stadium, a colorful but strangely subdued ceremony that set a striking tone to match a unique pandemic Games.
Green touts money for shots: Says state may not reach 70% vaccination goal without further incentives
Lt. Gov. Josh Green said people should receive $50 for each COVID vaccine shot they receive in order to boost vaccination rates as COVID cases continue to mount.
AP-NORC poll: Most unvaccinated Americans don’t want shots
Most Americans who haven’t been vaccinated against COVID-19 say they are unlikely to get the shots and doubt they would work against the aggressive delta variant despite evidence they do, according to a new poll that underscores the challenges facing public health officials amid soaring infections in some states.
New technology propels efforts to fight Western wildfires
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As drought- and wind-driven wildfires have become more dangerous across the American West in recent years, firefighters have tried to become smarter in how they prepare.
Western wildfires: Crews make progress on huge Oregon blaze
BLY, Ore. — The nation’s largest wildfire raged through southern Oregon on Friday, but crews were scaling back some night operations as hard work and weaker winds helped reduce the spread of flames even as wildfires continued to threaten homes in neighboring California.
Making blue foods central to global food systems
Afriend used to tell me “something’s a-fish” when things were off kilter. Today, the global food system is not just “a-fish”; it’s failing billions of people.
Search for bodies concludes at Florida condo collapse site
MIAMI — Firefighters on Friday declared the end of their search for bodies at the site of a collapsed Florida condo building, concluding a month of painstaking work removing layers of dangerous debris that were once piled several stories high.
Trump inaugural committee chair to be released on $250M bail
LOS ANGELES — The chair of former President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee was ordered freed Friday on $250 million bail to face charges he secretly worked as an agent for the United Arab Emirates to influence Trump’s foreign policy.
