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The ‘dream’ of operating a B&B
Local Features Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 8:46amMany dream of operating a bed and breakfast in Hawaii.
The thought of living in a beautiful home that you open to guests looking to stay off the beaten hotel path, meeting a wide array of...
Is democracy in trouble?
Columns Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 12:05amWASHINGTON — We know American politics are dysfunctional. But after a week of scandal obsession during which the nation’s capital and the media virtually ignored the problems most voters care...
As North Pole melts, U.S. Arctic policy needs to heat up
Editorial Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 12:05amLast week’s decision by the Arctic Council, led by the eight nations with Arctic territory, to accept China, India, Japan and three other countries as new observers points to the region’s growing...
Letters 5-20-13
Letters Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 12:05amHuman Trafficking
Something needs to be done to end abuse
Do you know a solution to human trafficking? It is not news that people are being smuggled, bought and sold for other people’...
Center offers new hair, outlook to cancer patients
Local News Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 9:07pmWhen 44-year-old Waimea resident Rose Bateman discovered a lump in her breast, this self-described “happy-go-lucky person” wasn’t worried. She dealt with the situation in a very matter-of-fact way...
A vital necessity
Local Features Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 8:49amHawaii Island is home to most of the 192 bed and breakfasts legally operating in the state, according to Hawaii Tourism Authority’s 2012 Visitor Plant Inventory data.
With 88 properties...
Research continues on Hawaii’s lesser-known cetaceans
Local News Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 12:05amIn Hawaii’s crystalline waters, some cetaceans get all the attention — usually the charismatic humpback whales and spinner dolphins known for their stunning displays of acrobatics.
However,...
Health fair offers free tests, advice to seniors
Local News Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 12:05amLarry Schuldt enthusiastically raced around a waiting area Sunday inside North Hawaii Community Hospital. Swiftly, but mindfully, the 64-year-old Waikoloa resident circled the small orange cone...
San Antonio routs Memphis in West finals opener
Nation & World Sports Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 9:03amSAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Spurs opened the Western Conference finals resembling the past champions who’ve been there so many times before.
The Memphis Grizzlies looked like the first-...
GPS system can accurately predict post-quake tsunami, study finds
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 12:05amWhen the magnitude 9 earthquake struck Japan more than two years ago, there were 1,200 global positioning system stations recording ocean floor movement.
None was linked to that nation’s...
