Changing of the guard: Mindy Kawaha takes over sister’s role for Hilo girls
HILO – Last season, Waiakea finally traded places with Hilo, which had been Konawaena’s shadow on the basketball court.
Letters to the editor: 10-18-18
Kudos for rescue story
Obituaries: 11-18-18
Paris Mano’i
Hawaii Prep soccer standouts Higgins, Jim and Boyette find college homes
WAIMEA — Hawaii Preparatory Academy athletic director Steve Perry jokes that keeping track of all the Ka Makani soccer players who have signed on to play at the next level in recent years is becoming an increasingly complicated task.
When things go sour in the NFL, QBs often are changed
When things go sour, an NFL team’s fan base often points to two people: the guy calling plays on the sideline, and the man behind center trying to execute them.
ND-Syracuse at Yankee Stadium headlines Week 12 slate
The biggest college football game of the weekend is taking place in a baseball stadium.
Potential classic on Monday night in Chiefs-Rams, now in LA
What some are calling the NFL’s Game of the Year already has made huge headlines by being moved out of Mexico City because of poor playing conditions. Chiefs-Rams is back in Los Angeles, in prime time and, if it lives up to its billing, could be a wild, high-scoring affair.
NBA: Chaos stalks Golden State as it eases in Houston
HOUSTON — The opening month of the NBA season has been marked by undeniable spells of disarray and even desperation for the Houston Rockets.
HFD suspends search for missing freediver off North Kohala
KAILUA-KONA — The Hawaii Fire Department suspended its search Friday evening for a freediver who went missing in the waters off North Kohala earlier this week.
Whole lot of slurping going on
Inmate’s lawsuit alleges beating by HCCC guards
HILO — A 33-year-old inmate serving a 15-year prison sentence on two drug convictions is suing the state and its Department of Public Safety, claiming he was beaten by guards while in his cell at Hawaii Community Correctional Center.
A rocky road to recovery
‘Local boy’ wants PTA to be a good steward
HILO — Self-proclaimed “local boy” Lt. Col. Loreto V. Borce Jr., commander at U.S. Army Garrison Pohakuloa Training Area, hit the ground running when he took over PTA in late May, with goals of readiness, workforce and community.
Column: Shop small on Small Business Saturday
You probably have heard it before, but here it is again: Small business is Hawaii’s business.
AP News in Brief 11-17-18
Officials try to account for hundreds missing in fire’s wake
About Town: 11-17-18
Art Teachers Grant deadline Nov. 30
Island Life 11-17-18
Mom and baby dolphins investigate swimmers in Kailua Bay. (Reiko Sekine/Community contributor)
Obituaries: 11-17-18
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Obenski: Nation responding to bully’s rhetoric
In the past three years we have seen an unprecedented increase in mass shootings, although the type and number of guns, more than people, in America have barely changed. We have more AR15s, but those have been around for 40 years. At least nobody uses Tommy guns anymore. They were the favorites of prohibition era gangsters and are seen in the old gangster movies. They could shoot more, bigger bullets faster than the AR. The most recent mass shooting was with a Glock 21 pistol, similar to those carried by most police officers but larger caliber.
