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<p>This combination of Associated Press photos shows left, a neighborhood in Moore, Okla., in ruins on May 4, 1999, after a tornado flattened many houses and buildings, and right, flattened houses in Moore Monday. AP Photo)</p>

Recurring Nightmare

Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 21, 2013 12:05am

A massive tornado up to a mile wide chewed through Moore, Okla., a suburb of Oklahoma City, on Monday afternoon, grinding up entire neighborhoods and obliterating a school where third-graders who...

About Town 5-21-13

Local Features Comments Updated: May 21, 2013 12:05am

I Can Cope class meeting Saturday

The American Cancer Society and the Kaiser Permanente Kona Clinic will hold an I Can Cope class for people facing cancer and their caregivers from 9 to 11 a...

Cavaliers win NBA draft lottery again

Nation & World Sports Comments Updated: May 21, 2013 10:38pm

NEW YORK — Nick Gilbert and the Cleveland Cavaliers have beaten the NBA lottery odds again.

The Cavaliers won the lottery for the second time in three years Tuesday, giving them the No. 1...

<p>County of Hawaii Planning Department Special Permit and Use Permit applications are shown. Hawaii County Zoning Code requires that anyone looking to operate a bed and breakfast on the Big Island secure a special permit from the county’s Planning Department, said Planning Department Bobby Jean Leithead Todd. (Chelsea Jensen/West Hawaii Today)</p>

B&B: rules and regulations

Local Features Comments Updated: May 21, 2013 8:22am

Looking to get into the bed and breakfast industry on Hawaii Island? If so, you’re going to need a permit and agree to some rules.

Hawaii County’s Zoning Code requires anyone wanting to...

May 21, 2013, Big Fish List

Sports Comments Updated: May 21, 2013 12:05am

Big Fish List

The list recognizes the biggest fish caught on rod and reel (except opakapaka and onaga, for which we’ll accept hand line catches) in West Hawaii waters for 2013 in each of 22...

Egypt dispatches army to Sinai after militants snatch soldiers

Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 21, 2013 12:05am

CAIRO — Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi ordered army reinforcements to the restive Sinai on Monday amid rising tensions there over the kidnapping of seven soldiers by suspected Islamist...

<p>Ofa Aholelei, far left, works on a rock wall bench around a tree at the Hawaii Island Humane Society in Kona Friday afternoon. (West Hawaii Today/Erin Miller)</p>

Student pursues eagle at Humane Society

Local News Comments Updated: May 21, 2013 12:05am

It took Blake Aholelei a few tries to find the right project to tackle as he pursued an Eagle Scout designation.

But when the Kealakehe junior approached the Hawaii Island Humane Society, he...

In Brief | Nation & World

Sports Comments Updated: May 21, 2013 12:05am

Magic try to follow Howard trade with lottery luck

NEW YORK — Pat Williams is pretty good at being lucky, and he’s got a hunch.

“I got a funny feeling that this could be another Magic...

China-N. Korea tensions rise over boat held hostage

Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 21, 2013 12:05am

BEIJING — A Chinese fishing boat has been seized by armed North Koreans who are demanding a ransom of nearly $100,000 for the release of the ship and 16 Chinese crew members.

The Chinese...