State could strike it big with production pause avoided
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021 could be a record year for film and television production in Hawaii — especially now that a looming labor strike has been averted.
Island Life: Beautiful blooms
A unique heliconia blooms on the Big Island.
Above-average rainfall predicted
For the second wet season in a row, Hawaii is in a La Nina weather cycle, and the National Weather Service is forecasting above-average rainfall for the season.
New maps could pit incumbents against each other: Shifting legislative district lines draw scrutiny
Imagine someone reupholstering your chair — while you’re still sitting in it.
Big Island reports 38 new COVID cases
Thirty-eight new COVID-19 cases were reported Saturday on the Big Island, bringing the total case count to 10,645 since late February 2020.
Facelift underway: Maka‘eo Walking Path
A facelift is happening at Maka‘eo Walking Path at Old Kona Airport Park.
Biden praises police in memorial, urges funding to ‘do better’
enforcement officers,” Biden said. “We expect you to be everything, we expect everything of you, and it’s beyond the capacity of anyone to meet the total expectations. Being a cop today is one hell of a lot harder than it’s ever been.”
AP review: At least 13 auto safety rules are years overdue
WASHINGTON — After their 16-year-old daughter died in a car crash, David and Wendy Mills wondered whether she would be alive if federal rules on rear seat belt warnings had been issued on time.
Lawsuits demand unproven ivermectin for COVID patients
NEW YORK — Mask rules, vaccination mandates and business shutdowns have all landed in the courts during the COVID-19 outbreak, confronting judges with questions of science and government authority. Now they are increasingly being asked to weigh in on the deworming drug ivermectin.
Obituaries: October 17, 2021
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National news at a glance
Money floods the race for control of Congress
HPA rolls in opener: Ka Makani defeat Pahoa 69-0
WAIMEA – We were warned.
Confidence at Konawaena: Despite departures, Wildcats unfazed heading into 2021
KEALAKEKUA – It would be easy to focus on the departures.
Riley’s game-winning single in 9th lifts Braves past Dodgers
ATLANTA — A couple of clutch swings from breakout slugger Austin Riley got the underdog Atlanta Braves off to a fast start in the NL Championship Series.
O’Connell, Bell carry Purdue past No. 2 Iowa, 24-7
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Aidan O’Connell threw for 375 yards and accounted for three touchdowns, David Bell had a career-best 240 yards receiving and Purdue continued its recent mastery over No. 2 Iowa with a 24-7 victory Saturday.
Boomer Sooner in NFL: Quarterbacks Murray vs. Mayfield
Boomer Sooner!
Strong helps Nevada pull away for 34-17 victory over Hawaii
RENO, Nev. — Carson Strong passed for 395 yards and two third-quarter touchdowns and Nevada pulled away after halftime to beat Hawaii 34-17 in Mountain West Conference play on Saturday.
Island Life: Rare beauty
A beautiful and rarely seen Tinker’s butterflyfish makes an appearance on a Kailua-Kona reef.
Editorial: Trump is in for disappointment if he hopes courts will save him from subpoenas
Former President Donald Trump spent much of his four-year term packing the federal court system, all the way up to the Supreme Court, with conservatives and strict constitutionalists as he worked to overturn laws protecting women’s abortion rights. But that very court system could soon turn into Trump’s nightmare as he attempts to block Congress from accessing presidential communications linked to the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.
Editorial: The FBI launches new effort against hate crimes
No one likes a snitch.
