Five new COVID-19 cases increases tally to 3,050
Five new COVID-19 cases were reported Wednesday on the Big Island, bringing the total case count 3,050.
Premier Medical Group continues testing, offering vaccines
Premier Medical Group continues to bring COVID-19 testing and vaccinations to communities countywide.
Machine auto launches weather balloons twice daily from Hilo
A new piece of equipment at the National Weather Service station in Hilo makes light work of high-altitude weather monitoring.
Aquarium industry submits revised EIS: Fishing permits, allowable species to be reduced
A revised environmental impact statement from a commercial aquarium collectors’ group states it will rely on fish population trend data and projected population trends to implement catch quotas along the West Hawaii coast.
Department of Liquor Control to lease office space in Kona
Just a decade after opening, the West Hawaii Civic Center has reached its brim and a Hawaii County department is again leasing office space in Kailua Village.
New state bills signed into law for World Oceans Day
Visitors to Hawaii will now need a license to fish recreationally under legislation Gov. David Ige has signed into law.
Hometown Heroes: Kohala Center, OHA malama aina in leeward Kohala
Editor’s note: Each Wednesday, West Hawaii Today is publishing a story about individuals, groups or organizations that have helped make life better for others in our community during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Global glitch: Swaths of internet go down after cloud outage
LONDON — Dozens of websites went down briefly around the globe Tuesday, including CNN, The New York Times and Britain’s government home page, after an outage at the cloud computing service Fastly, illustrating how vital a small number of behind-the-scenes companies have become to running the internet.
Spacecraft buzzes Jupiter’s mega moon, 1st close-up in years
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s Juno spacecraft has provided the first close-ups of Jupiter’s largest moon in two decades.
in Brief: June 9, 2021
Biden ends GOP infrastructure talks, starts new negotiations
Island Life: All aboard the frog
A pair of anoles use a ceramic garden decoration frog as a vantage point on Monday in Kona. (Mayra Aguilera/Community contributor)
Obituaries: June 8, 2021
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Gaining recognition: Kohala’s Cazimero named Gatorade Hawaii Boys Basketball Player of the Year
O’shen Cazimero ended the 2019-20 high school basketball season with the first-ever state title for Kohala High School.
NBA playoff capsules: Embiid, Milton help 76ers even series with Hawks 118-102
Joel Embiid had 40 points and 13 rebounds, and Shake Milton scored 14 points in an electrifying stretch off the bench to lead the Philadelphia 76ers past the Atlanta Hawks 118-102 in Game 2 on Tuesday night and even their Eastern Conference semifinal.
Nikola Jokic becomes lowest draft pick ever to win MVP award
DENVER — Nikola Jokic was selected with the 41st draft pick when he entered the NBA seven years ago.
Rodgers an expected no-show, Brady full-go at minicamps
Aaron Rodgers was a no-show and Tom Brady was full-go.
Stanley Cup Playoff capsules: Tampa Bay eliminates Carolina, advances to semifinals
RALEIGH, N.C. — Andrei Vasilevskiy was at his best again with the Tampa Bay Lightning in position to close out a playoff series.
Editorial: Federal regulators and Mattel failed miserably while infants died in an inclined sleeper
A report released Monday by House Oversight Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney delivers a rude awakening to Fisher-Price and the federal government — which for nearly a decade looked the other way even as dozens of infants died in a product marketed for napping and overnight sleeping. Deepest shame on the company and its parent, Mattel, for putting profits over safety, and on the feds for taking years to snap out of their own deadly slumber.
Will you have fewer friends after lockdown?
As many countries tentatively loosen their corona restrictions, some of us are feeling anxious. Have my social skills gotten rusty from long quarantines and lockdowns? Have my friendships gone stale? Will I still have my old clique to return to? Have my social circles frayed or shrunk?
