Tile on trend: Tips to make the right selection for your next renovation project
You’re looking to retile your kitchen or bathroom and are at a loss as to which color tile to choose. As a tile choice can often make or break a room, the dilemma is understandable. What is on trend? One trend and color palette we have spotted repeatedly recently does seem pervasive: the colors white and gray.
Seed racks are back: Gardeners, act responsibly
Like the swallows returning to Capistrano, seed racks are back! These harbingers of spring are now appearing in stores and nurseries all over North America, exciting gardeners with visions of a new gardening season.
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts:
EPA plan would limit downwind pollution from power plants
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a plan that would restrict smokestack emissions from power plants and other industrial sources that burden downwind areas with smog-causing pollution they can’t control.
Hilo Medical Center opens 2nd catheterization laboratory
After three years of planning and construction, Hilo Medical Center has opened its second catheterization laboratory.
Russian warplanes, artillery widen attack, hit industry hub
LVIV, Ukraine — Russia’s airplanes and artillery widened their assault on Ukraine on Friday, striking airfields in the west and a major industrial hub in the east, as Moscow’s forces tried to regroup from recent losses and their onslaught fast reduced crowded cities to rubble.
National and world news at a glance
US rolls out more sanctions after NKorea missile tests
Documents detail what led to body in concrete in Oahu tub
HONOLULU — A 23-year-old man killed his 73-year-old lover, tried to make it look like a suicide, poured cement over his body in a bathtub and planned to fraudulently take ownership of his car and home in one of Oahu’s most exclusive, gated communities, police said in court documents filed Thursday.
2 years into pandemic, world takes cautious steps forward
PORTLAND, Ore. — With COVID-19 case numbers plummeting, Emily Safrin did something she hadn’t done since the pandemic began two years ago: She put her fears aside and went to a concert.
It’s time to ‘spring forward’ this weekend in most of the US
WASHINGTON — Even though winter doesn’t slip away until next weekend, time has its marching orders. In the United States, it’s time to “spring” forward.
11 years later, fate of Fukushima reactor cleanup uncertain
OKUMA, Japan — Eleven years after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was ravaged by a meltdown following a massive earthquake and tsunami, the plant now looks like a sprawling construction site. Most of the radioactive debris blasted by the hydrogen explosions has been cleared and the torn buildings have been fixed.
Liberal US cities change course, now clearing homeless camps
PORTLAND, Ore. — Makeshift shelters abut busy roadways, tent cities line sidewalks, tarps cover broken-down cars, and sleeping bags are tucked in storefront doorways. The reality of the homelessness crisis in Oregon’s largest city can’t be denied.
Commentary: The processed food industry makes us desperate to lose weight — and then profits from it
In 2020 the diet app Noom surged in popularity, one example of a new — arguably more mindful — era in diet trends. It generated approximately $400 million in revenue that year and has expectations of a $10 billion stock offering.
HHSAA wrestling results: How BIIF wrestlers fared March 4-5 in Honolulu
Clarification: Konawaena’s Raesha Aurelio placed sixth at the tournament in the 97-pound weight class. An article in Monday’s edition failed to mention her as a state placer.
Coach K reaches ACC championship in his final tournament
NEW YORK — Mike Krzyzewski’s last Atlantic Coast Conference tournament will end in the final game.
Players Championship gets 4 hours of play and Monday finish
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The Players Championship delivered only four hours of golf Friday before rain saturated the TPC Sawgrass, assuring the PGA Tour’s premier event will not end until Monday.
Reports: Kershaw agrees to 1-year deal to stay with Dodgers
LOS ANGELES — Clayton Kershaw is staying put with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
A healthy lawn adds vlue to your home
Whether you have a home with a large yard or an apartment with a small lanai, plants create a more luxurious mood. Attractive trees, shrubs and lawns actually increase the value of a home. In fact, if you cut down that big shade tree in the front yard, you may actually be reducing the value of your property by thousands of dollars. Just think how much it would cost to have a landscape company replace it. When trees are destroyed, it affects the whole community.
Island Life: Tropical bloom
A heliconia blooms in a tropical garden in mauka Kona.
