COVID cases creep up on the Big Island
Hawaii Island hospitals are reporting a slight increase in COVID-19 activity similar to rising rates throughout the state.
Recent Kilauea eruptions could indicate new phase of activity
The brief eruption of Kilauea earlier this week was three years in the making.
Oil industry asks Supreme Court to block climate change lawsuits from Hawaii, other states
WASHINGTON — Oil and gas companies are asking the Supreme Court to block dozens of high-powered lawsuits from Hawaii to Massachusetts seeking to hold the industry liable for billions of dollars in costs related to climate change.
Traveling to Europe, Biden will find both solidarity and isolation
PARIS — When President Joe Biden lands in France today, he will be rallying European leaders to his side and showcasing the resolve he has helped to foster on behalf of Ukraine.
Training simulation staged for first responders
A multi-agency training simulation Tuesday at Waiakea High School evaluated and improved the responses to potential incidents involving hazardous materials.
Biden is expected to sign order letting him seal border with Mexico
President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order today allowing him to temporarily seal the U.S. border with Mexico to migrants when crossings surge, a move that would suspend longtime protections for asylum-seekers in the United States.
Gov. Green signs measures aimed at lowering cost of living, increasing access to medical care
Gov. Josh Green signed into law “the largest income tax cut in state history” Monday with an eye toward helping lower-income families and improving the availability of medical services.
Police, fire, National Guard, others stage exercise at Hilo school today
Waiakea High School will take on the appearance of Ground Zero today — but rest assured, this is only a drill.
Case of missing Hilo woman is still a mystery after seven years
Police have more tools than ever to solve missing person cases — GPS, cellphone records, electronic bank transactions and airline flight databanks have been used to solve disappearances.
Can billions in new subsidies keep family farms in business?
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has a line about the state of small-scale agriculture in America these days.
ROD fight continues: Experts hope to limit spread by preventing injuries to trees
While the fight against Rapid ‘Ohi‘a Death continues throughout Hawaii, scientists have shifted their focus to managing ungulates and other invasive species.
A felon in the Oval Office would test the American system
WASHINGTON — Revolutionary hero Patrick Henry knew this day would come. He might not have anticipated all the particulars, such as the porn actor in the hotel room and the illicit payoff to keep her quiet. But he feared that eventually a criminal might occupy the presidency and use his powers to thwart anyone who sought to hold him accountable. “Away with your president,” he declared, “we shall have a king.”
UPDATE: Eruption of Kilauea has paused, according to HVO
UPDATE 3:45 p.m.
VIDEO: Overflight footage of new eruption of Kilauea volcano
During an overflight at approximately 6 a.m. today, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists observed the fissures system that opened on the upper portion of the Southwest Rift Zone early this morning.
Court rejects access road claim: Justices rule DOT erred when it designated thoroughfare to Maunakea a state highway
The Hawaii Supreme Court on Thursday ruled the state Department of Transportation’s 2018 designation of Maunakea Access Road as a public highway “took almost all property rights” from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.
Trump has few ways to overturn his conviction as a New York felon
NEW YORK — “This is long from over,” Donald Trump, the former president and current felon, declared Thursday, moments after a Manhattan jury convicted him on 34 counts of falsifying records to cover up a sex scandal.
UH observatory the first to go: Hoku Kea removed from Maunakea; CSO will be next
The Hoku Kea Observatory, the University of Hawaii’s educational telescope on Maunakea, is no more.
Trump’s conviction fuses the GOP even closer to him
A day after Donald Trump’s conviction, it quickly became clear that Republicans across the country would not run away from his newfound status as a felon.
Trump says he will appeal historic conviction
NEW YORK — Donald Trump said on Friday he would appeal the guilty verdict that made him the first U.S. president convicted of a crime, though he will have to wait until after his sentencing on July 11 before taking that step.
Biden endorses Israeli proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. — Declaring Hamas no longer capable of carrying out a major terrorist attack on Israel, President Joe Biden said Friday that it was time for a permanent cease-fire in the Gaza Strip and endorsed a new plan he said Israel had offered to win the release of hostages and end the fighting.
