The Food Basket to get $8.4 million in federal funding
U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) on Monday announced $8.4 million in funding for The Food Basket, the food bank on Hawaii Island working to end hunger and distribute safe, high-quality food in the community.
Operation Christmas Child seeks shoebox gifts
KAILUA-KONA — More than 4,500 locations will open to collect Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts for the Samaritan’s Purse project.
Justice is not revenge. The nomination of Matt Gaetz as attorney general cannot stand
“The implacable logic of retribution will prove as appalling as the crime itself,” observes the loyal-to-a-fault Macduff in William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” “consisting of the soul’s slow agonizing descent.”
Bird flu is about to crash flu season. It could get ugly
It’s been nearly eight months since avian flu was first detected in U.S. dairy herds, and cases in both cows and humans continue to pile up.
