Milolii charter school wins $10k in state contest
KAILUA-KONA — From a new take on the auto shop to proposing a business that recycles rubbish into sports equipment, three teams of students at Kua o Ka La Public Charter School are learning to put their talents and passions to work — and getting some solid cash in return.
Babe Ruth of the Rubik’s Cube
WAIMEA — Matty Inaba is only 11, but he’s already talking retirement.
AP News in Brief 12-28-17
Brrr! After record snow, bitter cold ahead for northern US
As California legalizes pot, state and federal laws collide
PINE VALLEY, Calif. — California legalizes marijuana for recreational use Monday, but that won’t stop federal agents from seizing the drug — even in tiny amounts — on busy freeways and backcountry highways.
Pyongyang’s airport now has Wi-Fi, sort of
PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea is one of the least Wi-Fi-friendly countries in the world. Having a device that emits Wi-Fi signals can result in detention and a major fine. Worse, if you are a North Korean. Public use of the internet is a concept that just makes North Korean officials really nervous.
Obituaries: 12-27-17
Margery Burroughs
We don’t need oil from the Arctic Wildlife Refuge
Please don’t call it ANWR. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is not an acronym. We don’t refer to Yellowstone as YELL or Central Park as CEPA. By reducing it to four letters and leaving out those crucial words “national” and “refuge,” you’re liable to forget that this place belongs to all of us.
Here’s my top 10 Hawaii stories of 2017
It was the best of years, it was the worst of years, but 2017 had some memorable moments. Here are the 10 biggest stories of the year.
We don’t need government to remind us that smoking kills
Preaching morality while practicing cupidity can be tricky, but various American governments have done it for years regarding smoking. This mental contortion now has a new chapter. The four largest American tobacco companies (Altria, R.J. Reynolds, Lorillard, Philip Morris) are, under government compulsion, funding newspaper and television ads to tell — actually, to remind — people that their products are sickening:
NFL: 49ers trying to keep perspective amid Garoppolo’s fast start
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Heading into his first full offseason as San Francisco’s coach, Kyle Shanahan wants the 49ers to maintain perspective now that expectations are rising dramatically with Jimmy Garoppolo at quarterback.
NFL: Steelers’ Bell might not get chance at elusive rushing title
PITTSBURGH — Le’Veon Bell could potentially make some Pittsburgh Steelers history Sunday.
College football: Florida State beats Southern Miss 42-13 in Independence
SHREVEPORT, La. — Freshman James Blackman was throwing the touchdown passes. Another freshman, Cam Akers, was gaining big chunks of yards on the ground.
Titans QB Mariota to play his 1st regular season finale
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Marcus Mariota will scratch one big item off his list Sunday when the quarterback plays in his first regular-season finale with the Tennessee Titans.
BIIF eight-man football: Ka’u’s Echalas brought plenty of game in earning DPOY
Brandon Echalas’ nickname suggests that of a flashy offensive player, and a self-important one at that.
UH-Hilo pharmacy study could have nationwide impact
HILO — A University of Hawaii at Hilo study designed to decrease medicine-related re-hospitalizations of older adults is garnering national attention.
20 DUI arrests week before Christmas
During the week of Dec. 18-24, Hawaii Island police arrested 20 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Four of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident.
North Kohala car theft investigated
20 DUI arrests in week leading up to Christmas
Tax bill will pillage middle class
Bret Stephen’s column on the tax bill is reasonable until he gets to the corporate tax. At that point, he feels that the corporate tax is too high. Well folks, show me a corporation that actually pays taxes. The average corporation pays no taxes because they can use the loopholes built into the tax structure that small businesses can’t use.
Awards for 2017, a year of living nervously
Now is the time to reopen my old reporter’s notebooks and see who among last year’s national newsmakers deserves sugar plums or a lump of coal for being naughty or nice.
Obituaries: 12-27-17
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Island Life: 12-27-17
Needlefish cruise the reef at Honaunau Bay in South Kona. (Terri Olsem/Community Contributor)
Police hope autopsy will help solve suspicious death in Puna
HILO — Police investigators still aren’t sure whether the charred body found Monday morning inside a torched truck in Puna is a man or woman.
Endangered seabirds discovered at PTA nearly 7K feet above sea level
HILO — They’re the little birds that could.
County negotiates state approval to move forward with permanent homeless development
KAILUA-KONA — Hawaii County continues to move forward with plans to relocate Camp Kikaha out of the Old Kona Industrial Area and expand it to accommodate several hundred homeless on a permanent basis — but both the process and pace of that change have been altered in recent weeks.
Officials warn against use of illegal aerial fireworks
KAILUA-KONA — The Hawaii Fire Department is cautioning residents about the dangers of illegal aerial pyrotechnics now that fireworks tents have opened across town.
