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April 3, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

The Big Island Interscholastic Federation (BIIF) recently recognized the top football players from the 2024 season, releasing the All-BIIF First Team for Division II. The Division I team was a...

April 3, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday unveiled a 10% minimum tariff on most goods imported to the United States, with much higher duties on products from dozens of countries,...

April 3, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Wall Street shuddered as President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on countries across the globe Wednesday, with the administration unveiling higher taxes on imports than investors had...

April 3, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

LONDON/TOKYO — The latest round of U.S. trade tariffs unveiled on Wednesday will sap yet more vigour from a world economy barely recovered from the post-pandemic inflation surge, weighed...

April 3, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

U.S. President Donald Trump said he would impose a 10% baseline tariff on all imports to the United States and higher duties on some of the country’s biggest trading partners, drawing de...

April 2, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — The White House confirmed on Tuesday that President Donald Trump will impose new tariffs today, though it provided no details about the size and scope of trade barriers that...

April 2, 2025 | 6 MIN READ

The Trump administration laid off thousands of federal health workers Tuesday in a purge that included senior leaders and top scientists charged with regulating food and drugs, protecting Amer...

April 2, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

A Kona judge ruled Friday that the Hawaii County Board of Appeals erred when it sided with the Department of Public Works, which revoked a 2020 renovation building permit that was in effect af...

April 1, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

A nationwide “Hands Off!” protest against the second Trump administration on Saturday will include four demonstrations by Indivisible Hawaii members and supporters on the Big Islan...

April 1, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

TORONTO/NEW YORK — The “Buy Canadian” movement is sending new ripples of concern through the executive offices of U.S.-based consumer companies that banked on selling their p...

April 1, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

The 81-year-old woman who was stabbed to death in the driveway of her Hilo home Saturday morning was already dead when officers arrived on scene, according to court documents filed by police....

March 31, 2025 | 7 MIN READ

Ziggy Duchnowski spent Saturday morning car shopping along Northern Boulevard in the New York City borough of Queens with two goals in mind.

March 31, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump did not rule out seeking a third term in office on Sunday, telling NBC News that he was “not joking” about the possibility and...

March 30, 2025 | 7 MIN READ

Key Hawaii Republicans offered differing viewsw of President Donald Trump three months into his second term, with some continuing their full support while others are hearing from constituents...

March 30, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

A bill that would provide funding for Hawaii Island Community Health Center to expand the reach of its services to about 55,000 patients yearly is making its way through the state Legislature....

March 30, 2025 | 7 MIN READ

RAINELLE, W.V. — The phone rang over the whine of Trey Yates’ butter churn. The person calling was polite, but the message was devastating: Mountaineer Food Bank was ending Yates&r...