Domestic business improves for Hawaiian Airlines, but international travel still grounded
Business has nearly returned to pre-pandemic levels for Hawaiian Airlines, even with no news for when international travel can resume.
Let’s Talk Food: Indian Keema Curry
Want something different and yet quite simple to make? Keema is a popular Indian dish. In India, it is a stew prepared as a curry with minced lamb, goat, or mutton meat, green peas, potatoes, ginger, chili, onions, ghee, garlic and garam masala spices. Keema matar, translated, means “peas and minced meat” and was created by the royal cooks of Mughal India. It was served at special occasions and events like weddings and other celebrations and in Mughal families, it is part of their weekly meal.
Injured hiker rescued at Boiling Pots
Hawaii Fire Department personnel rescued an injured hiker on the banks of the Wailuku River at Boiling Pots above Hilo late this morning.
Ige says he will veto TAT bill
Gov. David Ige will veto a bill that would allow counties to impose their own taxes on hotel rooms.
Growing Big Island’s ag industry: Ways and Means Committee chairman pushes leaders to create opportunities
Hawaii lawmakers want to grow and commercialize the Big Island’s agricultural industry to boost the economy, but more and better coordination among private, public and education sectors will be necessary to do so.
‘It lessens my bills’: $500 payments tested in upstate NY
Annette Steele isn’t destitute or unemployed. But for a year she’ll be receiving $500 per month in no-strings-attached payments as part of an experimental universal basic income program in upstate New York.
Leeward Planning Commission at a crossroads: County Council scrutinizes Roth’s nominees
The spotlight has been on the membership of the Leeward Planning Commission lately, not because of actions they’ve taken, but because of who they are.
KukuiOla homeless village yet to bring construction
A homeless village first discussed in 2017 and expected to be completed in May has yet to begin construction.
Fewer turn up for The Food Basket’s monthly drop, but costs rising
Fewer people in West Hawaii are turning out for The Food Basket’s monthly food drop, however, the nonprofit has a new worry to keep an eye on as the Big Island rebounds from the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Officials: Deadly Pride parade crash appears unintentional
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A member of a men’s chorus group unintentionally slammed into fellow chorists at the start of a Pride parade in South Florida, killing one member of the group and seriously injuring another, the group’s director said Sunday, correcting initial speculation that it was a hate crime directed at the gay community.
New leaders, new era: US-Israel relations reach crossroads
WASHINGTON — Their countries at crossroads, the new leaders of the United States and Israel have inherited a relationship that is at once imperiled by increasingly partisan domestic political considerations and deeply bound in history and an engrained recognition that they need each other.
8 kids in youth van among the 13 lives lost to Claudette
ATLANTA — Eight children in a van from a youth home for abused or neglected children were killed in a fiery multi-vehicle crash on a wet interstate that also killed a man and his baby in another vehicle, the most devastating blow from a tropical depression that claimed 13 lives in Alabama as it caused flash floods and spurred tornadoes that destroyed dozens of homes.
Take 2: Spacewalking astronauts install new solar panel
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Spacewalking astronauts equipped the International Space Station with the first in a series of powerful new solar panels Sunday, overcoming suit problems and other obstacles with muscle and persistence.
MLB’s tacky problem: It’s time to clean the gunk from baseballs and America’s pastime
For Gaylord Perry, today’s pitcher’s mound would be a candy store.
The long slog: America has mostly been fighting the ‘war on drugs’ the wrong way
June 17 marked the 50th anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s 1971 speech beginning the war on drugs. By any objective accounting, the drawn-out conflict has been a colossal failure. It was begun under false pretenses, has cost billions, has destroyed livelihoods and lives — and perhaps most glaringly, has not made a dent in drug abuse, which is unhealthy to individuals and society.
Driver rams cyclists in Arizona race, critically injuring 6
SHOW LOW, Ariz. (AP) — A driver in a pickup truck plowed into bicyclists during a community road race in Arizona on Saturday, critically injuring several riders before police chased the driver and shot him outside a nearby hardware store, authorities said.
Out of control: sudden shift in leadership raises concern within Hawaii Rainbow Rangers
Weeks after transitioning into full services for Hawaii County’s animal control contract, abrupt changes have been made in leadership for the Hawaii Rainbow Rangers.
Major damage to Alabama mobile home park amid tropical storm
NEW ORLEANS — Authorities in Alabama say a suspected tornado spurred by Tropical Storm Claudette demolished or badly damaged at least 50 homes in a small town just north of the Florida border.
Two dozen additional inmates test positive at HCCC
Another two dozen inmates at the Hawaii Community Correctional Facility in Hilo have tested positive for COVID-19 amid an ongoing outbreak that has sickened more than 200.
Owner of Puna retreat seeks special permit
After six years and a contested case hearing, a Puna retreat might finally be in compliance with county zoning codes next week.
New fire chief responds to fatal police shooting on his street
Hawaii Fire Department Emergency Medical Services personnel responded to two fatal police-involved shootings in Hilo within a week — one June 13 in Wainaku and the second Friday at a vacant Kilauea Avenue home on Hilo’s southern outskirts.
Room to heal: New building for cancer center, second cath lab among HHSC improvement projects
The halls of the East Hawaii Cancer Center were crowded Thursday afternoon, bustling with patients and staff.
‘Protected them to death’: Elder-care COVID rules under fire
Barbara and Christine Colucci long to remove their masks and kiss their 102-year-old mother, who has dementia and is in a nursing home in Rochester, New York. They would love to have more than two people in her room at a time so that relatives can be there too.
Changes to tipping fees postponed
Residential rubbish haulers will not have to raise their rates next month after a controversial change to how landfill fees are managed has been indefinitely postponed.
A narrow victory for religious freedom over gay equality
Advocates of equal rights for same-sex couples feared the worst when the Supreme Court agreed to hear the appeal of a Catholic agency that faced the loss of its city contract because it declined to work with gay and lesbian prospective foster parents. On Thursday, the justices ruled for the agency, but in a reassuringly narrow way that doesn’t create a gaping exception to anti-discrimination laws.
