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| Jul 18, 2026 | Wildfire Smoke, Texas Floods, 68 Blazes: Same Climate Force Drives All Three | By Devin Culbertson
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| Dec 1, 2022 | Apple’s Woes in China Expose the Hypocrisy of ESG as a Risk Assessment Tool says Friends of Science Society | THE PURSUIT OF THE IMPOSSIBLE Materials Constraints and Realities for the Net Zero Utopia if ESG were just an “analytical tool” as Gore suggests, then Apple would be at the bottom of every ESG ratings table available and would have been sol... |
| Oct 12, 2021 | Big Island bikeshare program thriving despite pandemic | KAILUA-KONA >> Despite the pandemic, bikeshare ridership remained strong on the Big Island partly because there was a rental car shortage.
Bikeshare Hawaii Island was the first of its kind in the state when it was introduced in Kailua... |
| Feb 24, 2021 | Hawaii Proposes Way To Penalize Hikers Who Ignore Trail Closures | Hawaii's hiking terrain is beautiful, but it can pose problems for those who enter dangerous, closed ... [+] areas. getty |
| May 20, 2020 | Is Hawaii Open For Travel? | Tourists are hoping to visit their favorite places this summer. A top destination for most lists is Hawaii. But is Hawaii open for tourists this summer? |
| Feb 20, 2020 | Google Cloud manager arrested and faces murder charge after his wife, a Microsoft employee, is found dead on Hawaii beach | Sonam Saxena, a Google Cloud manager, has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife during a vacation in Hawaii with their children. Hawaii police on Wednesday arrested Harvard-educated Saxena, of Bellevue, Washington following the d... |
| Dec 13, 2019 | In Maine, Hawaii, technical education programs zero-in on aquaculture | When Kingfish Zeeland announced plans to build a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) yellowtail farm in Jonesport, Maine, U.S.A., the company was met with overwhelming support from town officials and residents.
The Kats, Netherlands-base... |
| Dec 6, 2019 | Letters: Navy will move fuel tanks; President needs to stop further damage; Not all drivers show courtesy | Washington state has underground fuel storage tanks similar in age to Red Hill, although about one-third the size. Naval Base Kitsap’s Manchester Fuel Depot, at a cost of $200 million, plans to move fuel to above-ground tanks by 2026. The u... |
| May 21, 2019 | A year after Hawaii’s Kīlauea eruptions, a nearby geothermal plant eyes restart | Enlarge / May 21, 2018: Lava erupts and flows from a Kīlauea volcano fissure, near to the Puna Geothermal Venture (PGV) plant on Hawaii's Big Island near Pahoa, Hawaii. The plant, currently shut down in the wake of encroaching volcanic... |
| Jan 2, 2019 | Avocados from Hawaii: Island state expects growth as exports begin | KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii —
Shipments of Sharwil avocados from Hawaii and their resulting profits could expand exponentially in coming years, industry officials said.
Hawaii’s avocado industry opened in earnest in early December with weekly shipm... |
| Oct 6, 2018 | Hawaii County Council says no more bus donations | CRAIG T. KOJIMA / 2017
Honolulu donated seven retired buses from TheBus fleet to Hawaii County’s Hele-On bus fleet on June 28, 2017. Hawaii County Council members expressed concerns about maintenance and disposal of used buses.
HILO >>... |
| Sep 21, 2018 | Hawaii County delays transportation projects to pay for Hurricane Lane repairs | TIM WRIGHT / Special to the Star-Advertiser
A pedestrian walks near dangerous electrical light pole at Hilo’s flooded Bayfront area on Aug. 23 as Hurricane Lane delivered heavy rains, road closures and landslides to the Big Island. County o... |
| Aug 17, 2018 | Big Island community raises matching funds to continue air service | HILO >> Air service at a small airport on the Big Island will continue this year after officials and community partners raised the amount required in matching funds.
The county council approved the remaining amount in matching funds l... |
| Jul 15, 2018 | Hawaii’s first quilt museum opens in Kona | KAILUA, KONA >> The only Hawaiian quilt museum in the state is officially open for business.
West Hawaii Today reports the Kona Hawaiian Quilt Museum and Gallery opened Saturday, two years after museum founder Karen Barry started with... |
| Jul 4, 2018 | Hawaii island examines more sites for Naalehu sewer plant | KAILUA-KONA >> Big Island officials are examining two more possible sites for a sewer plant in Naalehu after previously evaluating 29 locations.
The 29th site was Hawaii County’s most promising location for the $20.3 million project o... |
| Dec 3, 2017 | Hawaii County confirms 6 more mumps cases, schools warn families | The Department of Health states six people in Hawaii County have been diagnosed with mumps in the past week, adding to this year’s statewide outbreak of the infection.
West Hawaii Today reports that two Big Island schools alerted families t... |
| 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 29, 2017 | Big Island ranchers say more cattle are being killed | Big Island cattle ranchers say over the past few years there has been a troubling and significant increase in the number of cows being killed.
West Hawaii Today reports that the most recent killing occurred at Armando Rodriguez’s farm. Poli... |
| Sep 9, 2017 | Big Isle residents want cesspools fixed | HILO >> Community members are pressing Hawaii County Mayor Harry Kim to do something about the contamination from cesspools leaking into the ocean.
The county Environmental Management Commission is working to find a cost-effective sol... |
| Aug 19, 2017 | Big Isle gun range plan moves forward | PIXABAY
Approval Wednesday of Resolution 246 gave the Game Management Advisory Commission permission to begin locating potential sites to establish public gun ranges.
Hawaii County will work to establish public gun ranges on the island afte... |
| Aug 16, 2017 | Homeless camp seeing success a week in | KAILUA-KONA >> An open-air homeless camp in Kailua-Kona has become a symbol of optimism after only more than a week into its existence.
Linda Vandervoort was one of the community members who was more than a little skeptical when she l... |
| Oct 10, 2016 | State warns of October peak in Hawaii shark attacks | Kailua-Kona, Hawaii » State officials are urging beachgoers to use extra caution this month when entering the water, as shark encounters tend to peak in Hawaii during the fall season.
West Hawaii Today reports (http://bit.ly/2e2PZPf ) that ... |
| Jun 28, 2016 | Mark Zuckerberg is building a wall — and his neighbors are pissed | More On: mark zuckerberg
Meta investors want Andreessen, Alford off board over Zuckerberg ties Elon Musk generates more online buzz than Rihanna, Britney Spears: report You can sell items in the metaverse -- but Meta will keep a nearly 50% ... |
| Jun 28, 2016 | Mark Zuckerberg is building a wall — and his neighbors are pissed | More On: mark zuckerberg
Facebook knows Instagram hurts teen girls but publicly downplays concerns: report WhatsApp docs: Report finds Facebook's 'encrypted' messaging service isn't so private Zuck's in luck: FTC se... |
| Jun 21, 2012 | Update: Kampachi Farms fires back | Editor’s note: The following article has been updated to clear up inaccuracies in the original article, published on Friday.
Kampachi Farms Co-CEO Neil Sims is firing back at Food & Water Watch (F&WW) for appealing a ruling that all... |
| Big Island seeks input on manta ray viewing mooring proposal | KAILUA-KONA >> The state has asked the public to comment on a proposal to install mooring buoys to address overcrowding at two popular manta ray viewing sites off the Kona Coast.
The Department of Land and Natural Resources said it pl... |
| Ex-pupil’s family sues school over alleged sex assault | A former Hawaii island boarding student and his parents are suing Hawaii Preparatory Academy, alleging the private school failed to protect the minor from repeated sexual abuse by a female dormitory supervisor and concealed evidence of the ... |
| Hawaii island woman seeks record for huge avocado | ASSOCIATED PRESS
Pamela Wang posed for a photo in Kealakekua with an avocado she found while on a walk. Wang is waiting to hear back from Guinness World Records to find out if the 5-pound (2.3-kilogram) avocado she snagged is the world’s la... |
| Mayor Kim wants to end Hawaii County’s purchase of land swallowed by lava | JAMM AQUINO / MAY 4
Mayor Harry Kim speaks during a community meeting on May 4 in Pahoa. Kim is hoping the county will be able to back out of an ongoing land purchase
KAILUA, KONA >> Hawaii County Mayor Harry Kim is hoping the county ... |
| Kona airport expansion starts | WEST HAWAII TODAY
Kahu Brian Boshard, left, blesses the ground as Frank Okimoto, Chauncey Wong Yuen, Lorraine Inouye, Gov. David Ige, Nicole Lowen, Cindy Evans and Ross Higashi turn the dirt with O’o at the ground breaking ceremony for the ... |
| Whale shark study aims to create better protections | COURTESY NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION / 2015
Using current and historical data, Hawaii Uncharted Research Collective has identified 120 unique individual whale sharks in Hawaii waters.
KAILUA-KONA >> A marine resear... |
| Washington state man released after being arrested in connection with wife’s death on Big Island | COURTESY HAWAII POLICE DEPARTMENT
Smriti Saxena’s body was found Wednesday at Anaehoomalu Bay in South Kohala. Her husband was arrested in connection with her death, but released from police custody today.
Hawaii island police have released... |
| Coast Guard suspends search for ship that called in distress | Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!
The Coast Guard suspended a search for a vessel in distress Sunday after receiving a mayday call Saturday. Read more
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| North Kona water users ignoring dire situation, officials say | PIXABAY
North Kona consumers are largely ignoring the notice for mandatory 25 percent reduction in water use issued in January, according to officials with Hawaii island’s Department of Water Supply.
KAILUA-KONA >> Officials with Hawa... |
| COVID hurts Hawaii County garbage transfer station staffing | HILO >> The coronavirus pandemic is affecting trash disposal on the Big Island.
Hawaii County has started a rotation of county garbage transfer station closures because many workers have either been calling in sick or having to quaran... |
