West Hawaii Today, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii

Wind advisory issued for Big Isle summits

Community bulletin Comments Updated: May 22, 2013 8:18am

A wind advisory remains in effect for Big Island summits through 6 p.m.

The service forecast southwest to west winds of 25 to 45 mph for the Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea summits above the 8,000-...

High surf advisory remains in effect

Community bulletin Comments Updated: May 22, 2013 8:16am

A high surf advisory remains in effect for the Big Island’s north-, east- and south-facing shores through 6 p.m.

The National Weather Service in Honolulu forecast waves ranging in height...

<p>Naia X, a feisty, young singer-songwriter being forced to work as a miner to pay back debt incurred by her ancestors some 200 years after the Great Exodus of Earth, is shown. ғtrange FrameӠis a science fiction romance story centered around the theme of the transformative power of love between two women. (Photo courtesy GB Hajim/Special to West Hawaii Today)</p>

Big Island Film Festival

Local News Comments Updated: May 22, 2013 8:13am

Three local films, including an animated sci-fi romance, a slice-of-real-life drama and a murder mystery, are among the 54 selections for the eighth annual Big Island Film Festival opening...

<p>Honokaa High School students explore Hawaii Community College’s nursing program during a visit to the college. Special to West Hawaii Today</p>

Honokaa students explore nursing careers

Local Features Comments Updated: May 22, 2013 9:32am

Honokaa High School Health Services Core Pathway students recently visited Hawaii Community College to explore the school’s nursing program. During their visit, students participated in a patient...

Public, pols in Deep South at odds on Medicaid

Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 22, 2013 9:15am

WASHINGTON — Even though governors and lawmakers in five Deep South states oppose a plan to cover more people through Medicaid under the health care overhaul, 62 percent of the people in Alabama,...

In Brief | Schools 5-22-13

Local Features Comments Updated: May 22, 2013 9:33am

Hawaii Prep lists award winners

Hawaii Preparatory Academy has announced the names of upper school students recognized for achievement in academic studies, the arts, athletics and community...

Afghan women’s rights in peril, group says

Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 22, 2013 9:16am

ISLAMABAD — The number of women and girls jailed by Afghan authorities for “moral crimes” has risen by 50 percent in the last year and a half, an alarming statistic that reflects the Afghan...

HPD prepares to enforce new state traffic laws

Local News Comments Updated: May 22, 2013 9:11am

Big Island police say they support two new statewide traffic safety laws.

Gov. Neil Abercrombie on Monday signed the measures into law. One establishes a statewide ban on the use of...

World briefly 5/22

Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 22, 2013 9:13am

Senate committee OKs immigration bill

WASHINGTON — Far-reaching legislation that grants a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the...