The ground game: Harris’ turnout machine vs. Trump’s unproven alliance
In the final weeks of the 2024 election, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are staking their chances on two radically different theories of how to win: one tried-and-true, the other untested in modern presidential campaigns.
Deadly year for Hawaii pedestrians as the number of fatalities has gone up
Maunakea authority to occupy former BoH building
The new state agency that will take over management of Maunakea will have a new home in Hilo.
Big plans for Hilo airport: Initial design work will begin soon for $162M runway project
The Hawaii Department of Transportation has received more than $7 million in state funds to prepare for an eventual project to rehabilitate the Hilo International Airport’s main runway in 2027.
As Floridians return, officials size up Milton’s uneven trail of destruction
Florida residents on Friday returned to neighborhoods stricken by power outages and filled with piles of soggy, stinking debris as tens of thousands of emergency workers began repairing the destruction caused by Hurricane Milton.
Trump ratchets up rhetoric, calls for death penalty for migrants who kill Americans
AURORA, Colo. — Donald Trump portrayed migrants as dangerous criminals during a rally in Aurora, Colorado, on Friday, calling for the death penalty for migrants who kill U.S. citizens as he escalates the anti-immigration rhetoric that has fueled his presidential run.
For atomic bomb survivors, a Nobel Peace Prize and a reckoning, 80 years later
Cities blasted to rubble. Burned bodies and flayed flesh. Invisible waves of radiation coursing through the air. And the indelible image of a mushroom cloud.
Nevada asked AI which students need help. The answer caused an outcry.
Nevada has long had the most lopsided school funding in the country. Low-income districts there have nearly 35% less money to spend per pupil than wealthier ones do — the largest gap of any state.
Hurricane Milton spawned dozens of tornadoes, one of them deadly
As Hurricane Milton spun out over the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday, St. Lucie County reported five people dead in its wake. But those fatalities were eerily on the opposite coast from Siesta Key, where Milton made landfall Wednesday as a powerful Category 3 hurricane.
Hurricane Milton kills at least 11, many far from landfall
SIESTA KEY, Fla. — Hurricane Milton cut an uneven path of destruction as it tore across Florida from the Gulf of Mexico late Wednesday and entered the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday, largely sparing the densely populated cities around Tampa Bay but spawning deadly tornadoes far from its center.
Hawaii Supreme Court weighs in on Schweitzers’ case
The Hawaii Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered Hilo Circuit Judge Peter Kubota to transfer a petition seeking monetary compensation for brothers Albert “Ian” Schweitzer and Shawn Schweitzer to a new civil case.
DHHL project will create 78 homestead lots at King’s Landing
Portions of land at King’s Landing in Hilo could be awarded for Hawaiian homesteads by 2026.
Honolulu airport moves up in passenger satisfaction, but still 4th worst
Inside the battle for America’s most consequential battleground state
ERIE, Pa. — When Vice President Kamala Harris rolled out her economic agenda, she went to Pittsburgh. When she unveiled her running mate, she went to Philadelphia. And when she had to pick a place for former President Barack Obama’s first fall rally this Thursday, it was back to Pittsburgh.
Powerful Milton makes landfall on Florida’s Gulf coast
SARASOTA, Fla. — Hurricane Milton crashed into Florida with drenching rain, driving wind and a surge of seawater on Wednesday, menacing millions in a state still recovering from Hurricane Helene’s fury less than two weeks ago.
Battered by Helene and now bracing for Milton
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Hundreds of thousands of people fled Florida’s Gulf Coast on Tuesday, packing up belongings and draining gas stations as they moved out of the path of Hurricane Milton, in what could be one of the largest evacuations in state history.
Pahoa bus hub/library could break ground in 2025
A combination bus hub and library planned to be built in Pahoa is on track to begin construction next year.
Nonprofit holds event to raise awareness about domestic violence
Sign-wavers lined a portion of Kilauea Avenue in midtown Hilo on Tuesday to help raise awareness about domestic violence in the community — and share messages of hope and strength — with passing motorists on the busy thoroughfare.
Book raises unverified claims about Trump’s ties to Putin
WASHINGTON — Just weeks before an election, Americans are once again being confronted with a familiar if vexing question that has never been definitively resolved: What is up with former President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin of Russia?
