Engines finally might start in March at drag strip
HILO — The Hilo Drag Strip is slated to open the weekend of March 10-11 after being closed more than two years for renovations.
Big plays, points expected at Pro Bowl despite new faces
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — New Orleans Saints running back Mark Ingram has ridden every roller-coaster he could get to at Disney World the past few days.
Allman scores 40, Fullerton edges Hawaii 69-66
Kyle Allman scored a career-high 40 points, Austen Awosika made two free throws with 11.4 seconds left and Cal State Fullerton rallied to defeat Hawaii 69-66 on Saturday night.
BIIF boys soccer: Waveriders lock up D-I playoff spot, down Wildcats 2-0
KAILUA-KONA — The road to a seventh consecutive BIIF title is still open for Kealakehe, albeit it’s one the Waveriders (4-5-2) are not used to navigating.
BIIF girls soccer: Title trifecta complete for Hilo with 4-0 win over Wildcats
KEALAKEKUA — Life is thrice as nice for the Vikings.
Kamehameha ends Hawaii Prep’s reign on PKs
KEALAKEKUA — As the BIIF Division II championship started on Saturday, it would have been easy for Kamehameha-Hawaii to lose sight of its goal.
Woods all over Torrey Pines and scratches out a 70
SAN DIEGO — Tiger Woods’ first tee shot Saturday was so off the mark that a course marshal immediately started waving frantically to the left with his paddle.
43rd Time’s the Charm: 43rd Time’s the Charm: In a Thriller, Wozniacki Wins Her First Slam Title
MELBOURNE, Australia — One by one, former Grand Slam champions welcomed Caroline Wozniacki to the club late Saturday night at Melbourne Park after her 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-4 victory over Simona Halep.
Obituaries 01-28-18
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Holocaust remembered as warning amid far-right resurgence
WARSAW, Poland — Holocaust survivors wearing striped scarves that recalled their uniforms as prisoners of Nazi Germany placed candles on the train tracks carried people to their deaths at Auschwitz on Saturday, exactly 73 years after the Soviet army liberated the death camp in occupied Poland.
AP News in Brief 01-28-18
Steve Wynn resigns as top GOP finance chairman
From ‘fake news’ to witch hunt
WASHINGTON — Conspiracies. Secret societies. Witch hunts.
Letters to the editor: 01-28-18
Education on cesspools will decrease need to spend
Public offers mixed reviews of service as the cost of government grows
HILO — Since 2000, Hawaii County’s population has risen by 33.5 percent. The number of county employees has increased by 27.6 percent.
A network for life
KAILUA-KONA — In 2016, 30 cases of human trafficking in Hawaii were reported to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, five more than just a year prior and 11 more than were reported in 2012, according to that organization.
A colossal creepy-crawly catch
HONOKAA — Clayton Cambra is “fascinated by ugly creatures.”
