Hawaii’s loan forgiveness program helps ease the burden on health care workers’ families
Dire warnings for storm-weary Floridians as Hurricane Milton approaches
MIAMI — Weary Floridians on Monday steeled themselves for a second major hurricane in two weeks, wrestling with anxiety about whether to leave their homes and where the storm might go as Hurricane Milton took aim at much of the state’s battered Gulf Coast.
Back on the bench, the Supreme Court is diligent and dour
WASHINGTON — The last time the justices put on their robes and sat behind the Supreme Court’s majestic mahogany bench, Chief Justice John Roberts announced that former President Donald Trump enjoyed substantial constitutional immunity from prosecution.
EPIC fail? Homeowner sues county over building permits
The owner of a home in Milolii Beach Lots is suing Hawaii County, claiming its Electronic Processing and Information Center system — known as EPIC — has trapped him in a permitting Catch-22 that only will allow him to demolish his house, not to remodel or live in it.
Trump’s speeches, increasingly angry and rambling, reignite the question of age
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump vividly recounted how the audience at his climactic debate with Vice President Kamala Harris was on his side. Except that there was no audience. The debate was held in an empty hall. No one “went crazy,” as Trump put it, because no one was there.
Another hurdle in recovery from Helene: Misinformation is getting in the way
SWANNANOA, N.C. — In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene’s devastation in western North Carolina, the public meeting in Rutherford County last Wednesday was essential business. Officials from several shellshocked communities convened to talk about the extensive damage and ongoing search-and-rescue efforts.
Campaigns seek any edge to sway a tossup election
As Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump begin the final 30-day push for the White House, they are locked in a neck-and-neck race from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt.
Council bill seeks to ease permit restrictions for ag lot owners
Agricultural landowners could encounter less red tape when trying to make small improvements to their properties, under a County Council proposal.
Bill targets 40-year-old law regarding radioactive materials
A decades-old Hawaii County law allowing the U.S. Armed Forces to freely transport radioactive materials on the island may be coming to an end.
As America’s marijuana use grows, so do the harms
In midcoast Maine, a pediatrician sees teenagers so dependent on cannabis that they consume it practically all day, every day — “a remarkably scary amount,” she said.
An exodus of agents left the Secret Service unprepared for 2024
WASHINGTON — In November, Michael Ebey, a Secret Service special agent, found himself working another 12-hour shift. Like so many before, it was grueling.
Ports Rush to Reopen After First Major Strike in Decades Is Suspended
Hours after a longshoremen’s union on the East and Gulf coasts agreed to suspend its strike, major ports rushed to reopen Friday and get cargo to businesses that have spent the last few days racked with fear over lost sales.
Pandemic startups are thriving, and helping to fuel the economy
Hector Xu was on track for a career in academia when the pandemic upended his plans.
Hawaii’s tourism goals unlikely to keep up with inflation
When the North Carolina mountains become hurricane alley
When the warnings first arrived, days before the remnants of Hurricane Helene, Kimberly Moody took note of what was said — and what wasn’t. The storm was going to be bad, that much was clear. But no one said she needed to start packing.
Lahaina inferno emerged from smoldering remnants of quelled fire
The inferno that consumed the Hawaii town of Lahaina last year emerged from the remnants of a brush fire that firefighters had believed they had contained and extinguished, federal investigators concluded in a report released Wednesday.
Judge unseals new evidence in federal election case against Trump
In a sprawling legal brief partly unsealed Wednesday, special counsel Jack Smith laid out his case for why former President Donald Trump is not immune from prosecution on federal charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election.
Gun, transgender rights, porn cases loom as US Supreme Court returns
The U.S. Supreme Court launches its new nine-month term on Monday with several major cases already on its schedule — involving guns, transgender rights, online pornography and more — and with the possibility of confronting legal disputes that may arise from the Nov. 5 presidential election.
‘They don’t all get happy endings’
A Kailua-Kona veterinarian who has treated ill and injured wild birds for two decades said she’s seen an increase in recent years of cases in which native birds were shot by air-powered pellet rifles.
Veterans housing complex nearly pau
The state’s first veteran-focused senior living center will take a little longer to finally open to residents.
