Stories by Mitchell Bonds

Trump urges calm as US reports worrisome new virus case

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump declared Wednesday that a widespread U.S. outbreak of the new respiratory virus sweeping the globe isn’t inevitable even as top health authorities at his side warned Americans that more infections are coming.

Island Life: Maunakea Valentine

Photo shot from Mauna Loa weather station looking at Maunakea through a heart-shaped swirl of clouds on Valentine’s Day. (Stephen Hinkley/Community contributor)

Island Life: BFFs

A pair of threadfin butterfly fish swim in Kahalu’u Bay. (Reiko Sekine/Community contributor)