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| Dec 27, 2023 | Instagram influencer shot dead by husband in front of her daughter — just 2 days after getting a restraining order against him | Law Instagram influencer shot dead by husband in front of her daughter — just 2 days after getting a restraining order against him
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| Jan 4, 2023 | Journalists (And Others) Should Leave Twitter. Here’s How They Can Get Started | Summary: Elon Musk has demonstrated contempt for free speech in general, and journalism in particular, with his behavior at Twitter. He is also demonstrating why it is foolhardy for anyone to rely on centralized platforms to create and dist... |
| Nov 9, 2021 | Officials want tighter laws to use Hawaii names on coffee | HILO >> A Big Island County Council resolution is asking state lawmakers to restrict the use of Hawaii location names on coffee packaging.
The resolution, which passed unanimously last week, calls for laws that would require coffee bl... |
| Sep 22, 2021 | Air tour plans for Hawaii’s national parks still in progress | USGS VIA AP
A photograph provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows the crater of Kilauea volcano in Hawaii National Park in August.
HILO >> Hawaii Volcanoes National Park has yet to submit a court-ordered management plan for air to... |
| Sep 21, 2021 | Oahu couple buys assets of defunct dairy on Big Island | RON PAUL / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER
The Big Island Dairy in Ookala is seen in 2017. Chad and Stephanie Buck of Oahu recently purchased the assets of the former Big Island Dairy with hopes of supporting sustainable agriculture, the Haw... |
| Feb 14, 2021 | Hawaii lawmakers scrap bill exempting counties from Sunshine Law | Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!
State lawmakers shelved a bill that would allow the county councils on Oahu, Maui, Kauai and Hawaii island to debate in secret before casting votes on proposed legislati... |
| Sep 9, 2018 | Botanical garden nonprofit on Hawaii island awarded $550,000 | CAPTAIN COOK >> A Hawaii botanical garden nonprofit has been awarded a $550,000 grant through a federal community forest program.
The nonprofit Friends of Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden on Saturday celebrated at its annual m... |
| Aug 17, 2018 | Visitors to less popular area of Hawaii Volcanoes grow tenfold | COURTESY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE / 2015
A visitor explores the Mauna Loa 1868 lava flow in the Kahuku area of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
HILO >> The closure of the main area of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park has prompted more peopl... |
| Jun 12, 2018 | Volcano evacuee says he was terrified during shooting incident | Courtesy Ethan O Edwards
HILO >> A Hawaii island man has testified that he was terrified when a neighbor pointed a gun at him last month and fired at least two shots into the air in a mandatory evacuation zone near the erupting Kilaue... |
| May 9, 2018 | Old stack of recipes conceals a treasure | BRUCE ASATO / [email protected]
Here at Crave we like mom recipes. They’re generally tried-and-true, user-friendly and they speak of family. Plus, Sunday is Mother’s Day, so it seems apropos that I pass on something from my own moth... |
| Mar 24, 2018 | State census data shows population increase for Hawaii island | HILO >> U.S. Census Bureau estimates for the state show Hawaii island reached a milestone with its population rising above 200,000 last year.
The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reports the Big Island’s population has increase by an average of ... |
| Jan 3, 2018 | Hawaii sexual assault victim sues ex-officer and state agency | A woman who was sexually assaulted two years ago by an on-duty land enforcement officer is suing the former officer and the Department of Land and Natural Resources.
The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported today that the woman said the state nev... |
| Dec 25, 2017 | Big Isle boy asks Santa to ‘take Grandma’s cancer away’ | A 6-year-old Big Island boy wrote a letter to Santa Claus asking the jolly figure to remove his grandmother’s cancer.
The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reports Xaymien Kela also asked Santa for “a new bed for us” and “snorkeling gear for a kid.”
Ke... |
| Dec 6, 2017 | Feds agree to reassess parts of Pohakuloa radiation monitoring | Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!
A retired geologist and Big Island resident has questioned the Pohakuloa Training Area’s radiation monitoring plan, prompting federal regulators to give the plan another... |
| Dec 3, 2017 | Illinois man pleads no contest in Big Isle slaying | HILO >> An Illinois man has pleaded no contest to allegations that he killed a woman.
Curtis Q. Hodges, 37, is expected to be sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole, the Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported. His plea dea... |
| Nov 26, 2017 | Institute aims to establish local Christmas tree industry | PIXABAY
Through the Aina Mauna Christmas Tree Demonstration Project, several acres of Douglas fir trees have been growing on the island since 2014, Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported Friday.
HILO >> A project by the Hawaii Forest Institut... |
| Nov 6, 2017 | EBay removes listings of Hawaii beach sand from its website | More On: ebay
Your old iPhone could be worth an absurd amount of money PayPal shares plunge 25% as bleak forecast stokes growth fears Anti-vaccine YouTubers die of COVID weeks apart Pharmacist allegedly sold 125 COVID-19 vaccination cards o... |
| Oct 29, 2017 | 3 Big Isle schools serving more fresh, local food | HILO >> Three Big Island schools are beginning to serve fresh local food as part of a new program that aims to gradually incorporate more fresh and locally produced food into school meals.
Keaau High School, Kalanianaole Elementary Sc... |
| Sep 3, 2017 | Tour helicopter noise decried | PIXABAY
Helicopter operators said avoiding residential areas by flying over the ocean could be dangerous because pilots need to be within “visual contact” of land at all times.
HILO >> Residents on Hawaii island are working with local... |
| Aug 26, 2017 | Amazon refuses to pull ‘Peter Boy’ book series | COURTESY PHOTO
The lawyer for the siblings of Peter “Peter Boy” Kema is asking Amazon to remove the book series by former state Department of Human Services Director Lillian Koller about the abuse and eventual death of the child. Koller so ... |
| May 13, 2017 | Biologists bring lab to ohia on the Big Island | Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!
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A portable lab setup for rapid ohia death diagnostics.
Researchers have developed a portable lab they can use in Hawaii forests to diagnose trees that are ... |
| Feb 18, 2017 | Regulators OK plan to monitor radiation at Army training site | COURTESY LANCE CPL. HARLEY THOMAS / U.S. MARINE CORPS
Marines fire the BGM-71 Tube-launched, wire-guided missile during exercise Lava Viper, one of the staples of their pre-deployment training, at Range 20 aboard Pohakuloa Training Area, in... |
| Mar 30, 2016 | SLS/Orion ground systems pass critical design review | The ground systems that will support future SLS/Orion launches have passed a series of reviews, NASA announced Tuesday.
NASA said its Ground Systems Development and Operations program has passed its critical design review, an independent as... |
| Nov 5, 2015 | The Prince of Darkness Visits JSC | in Houston at @NASA History pic.twitter.com/9UH8JTOYgv
— Ozzy Osbourne (@OzzyOsbourne) November 3, 2015
The Johnson Space Center will provide support to a nearby commercial spaceport. NASA officials announced Wednesday that it will work wit... |
| Hurricane Lane damage to Hawaii county infrastructure totals about $20M | TIM WRIGHT / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER
Hilo’s Bayfront and soccer fields were flooded on Aug. 24 as Hurricane Lane delivered over 30 inches of rain.
HILO >> A Hawaii county official says damage to county facilities from the flood... |
| Legislature readies passage of Hilo redevelopment bill | DENNIS ODA / 2016
A ship moved through Hilo Harbor, part of the Hilo community economic district.
HILO >> A proposal that would create a redevelopment district for Hilo is headed for a vote in the state House and Senate.
The Hawaii Tr... |
| Big Isle schools see 14% increase in Class A misconduct violations | PIXABAY
Hawaii island schools tallied 839 Class A violations in 2016-17, compared with 734 the school year prior, according to state Department of Education.
HILO >> Cases of serious misconduct such as fighting and illicit drug use in... |
| Hawaii Republican Party expels ‘pro white’ state House candidate | FACEBOOK
Bryan Feste, 29, of Hilo. The Hawaii Republican Party expelled the state House candidate after learning of his racist views, officials said.
HILO >> The Hawaii Republican Party has expelled a state House candidate after learn... |
| Team works to map disease killing thousands of ohia trees | COURTESY UH COLLEGE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN RESOURCES
Researchers said rapid ohia death fungal disease has killed more than 200,000 ohia trees in the past two years.
HILO >> A field crew is working to track the rapid ohia de... |
| Honolulu diocese reaches settlement in priest sex case | HILO, Hawaii >> The Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu has settled a lawsuit alleging a retired Big Island priest sexually abused two boys decades ago, according to an attorney for the plaintiffs.
Oahu Attorney Mark Gallagher said the... |
| As climate warms, summits could lose whitecaps | COURTESY STEPHEN HINKLEY
Mauna Kea is seen from Mauna Loa through a hole in the clouds.
What would Hawaii be like without snow? The question might confuse a tourist. But it’s a real concern.
Scientists believe that climate change could brin... |
| Woman confesses to graffiti on Mauna Kea | COURTESY PHOTOS
Hope Cermelj, 64, admitted spray-painting words on asphalt, telescopes and portable toilets on Mauna Kea, but she denied defacing rocks. Her actions were in protest to military training taking place nearby, she said.
HILO &g... |
| Big Island power plant pollution permit rejected | HILO, Hawaii >> The Environmental Protection Agency has ordered the state’s Clean Air Branch to modify or reissue an air-pollution permit for a proposed Big Island power plant that would generate electricity from eucalyptus trees and ... |
| Housing units for families displaced by Kilauea lava nearly finished | CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / [email protected]
Fissures continued to erupt, steam and flow in the Kapoho area of Puna on May 18. A tentative move-in date is set for Tuesday for families displaced by the lava flow to move into transitiona... |
| Hawaii island farmers lost $28M from damages caused by Kilauea volcano | CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / [email protected]
Fissure 17 continued to erupt, steam and flow in the Kapoho area of Puna on May 18. A survey by the University of Hawaii’s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources found farmers h... |
| University of Hawaii-Hilo pharmacy college faculty votes no confidence in dean | HILO >> A Hawaii pharmacy college’s faculty senate has passed a vote of “no confidence” in its dean, officials said.
Faculty senate members in the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy took the vote over the leadership of Dean Carolyn ... |
| Sea turtle populations OK after Kilauea eruption, report says | HILO >> The Kilauea volcano eruption did not critically damage sea turtle populations on the Big Island, according to a survey conducted by a Hawaii wildlife conservation group.
The Hawaii Wildlife Fund determined this month that lava... |
