Working toward the WNBA: Konawaena’s Chanelle Molina prepares for the WNBA Draft
Chanelle Molina’s pre-draft schedule hasn’t exactly gone as planned.
Island Life: Fern comes forth
A fiddlehead fern begins breaking free of its hairy casing in Kona on March 23. (Bob Viggers/Community contributor)
Obituaries: April 8, 2020
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Athletes already qualified for Tokyo Games get to keep spots
About 6,500 athletes who already have earned their spots for the Tokyo Games are in for 2021 under redrawn qualifying regulations published Tuesday by the International Olympic Committee.
UFC 249, skirting coronavirus limits, is set for tribal land in California
The Ultimate Fighting Championship plans to hold a pay-per-view event on tribal land in central California this month, an attempted end run around widespread federal and state guidelines against holding large gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic, according to three people familiar with the decision.
Russia flatly denies U.S. allegation of World Cup bid bribes
GENEVA — Russian officials on Tuesday flatly denied bribing a FIFA voter with millions of dollars to support the country’s winning 2018 World Cup bid, after American prosecutors revealed new details about the alleged payments.
Ripken heads charity campaign, longs for baseball’s return
BALTIMORE — Cal Ripken Jr. has launched a campaign to help feed children and families across the country during the COVID-19 pandemic, coordinating a contribution of $250,000 and opening a social media account for the first time to promote the cause.
‘Frankly, it’s delightful’: Traffic down in West Hawaii since stay-at-home order
Traffic since the stay-at-home order hasn’t disappeared in West Hawaii, but it has gotten significantly lighter.
Hilo homeless camp shut down, again
A downtown Hilo property that repeatedly has become an unpermitted homeless camp over the last year is now under the control of the county.
Office closed but candidate filing continues
Almost halfway through the candidate qualifying period, the process of pulling nomination papers and filing for local races has come to a screeching halt now that the county Elections Division is closed to the public.
Quarantine enforcement proving difficult: Interisland traveler info not provided to police in timely manner
Mayor Harry Kim said Tuesday county police aren’t receiving in a timely manner the names of interisland travelers subject to a mandatory 14-day quarantine because of the COVID-19 pandemic and where they are staying.
More than $2.2 million in federal funding headed to Big Island community health centers
More than $2.2 million in federal grant funding is headed to Big Island community health centers to assist their efforts in responding to, preventing, diagnosing and treating COVID-19.
