AP Player of the Year: QB Joe Burrow, first winner from LSU
What figures to be an award-winning week for LSU quarterback Joe Burrow is underway.
Big Island charities get big bucks from Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai
Tournament officials from the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai today presented a charitable donation in the amount of $62,500 to the Rotary Club of Kona.
Councilor eyeing problem dogs in Hawaiian Acres
HILO A group of dogs that attacked a Hawaiian Acres woman in October has struck again, and a Puna county council member is pursuing action to have the dogs seized.
Public gets information about draft waste management plan
Obituaries: 12-13-19
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West Hawaii Dance Theatre puts on ‘The Nutcracker Ballet’ at Kahilu Theatre
KAILUA-KONA Its a Christmas tradition as tried and true as reindeer, St. Nick and stockings stuffed with yuletide joy.
One-woman play, Activities of Daily Living, showcased in Waimea
WAIMEA Kahilu Theatre presents a brand-new, one-woman play written and performed by Joanna Lipari.
Actor Rob Huebel on island plugging new Netflix show ‘Medical Police’
KAILUA-KONA Rob Huebel isnt a doctor, but he does play one on TV.
Entertainment Wrap-Up: 12-13-19
Under the Kona
Moon tonight
K-Drama weekly update: 12-13-19
Flower in Prison
US should recognize American Samoans as citizens, judge says
SALT LAKE CITY People born in the territory of American Samoa should be recognized as U.S. citizens, a federal judge in Utah decided Thursday in a case filed amid more than a century of legal limbo but whose eventual impact remains to be seen.
US and China near deal that would suspend planned tariffs
WASHINGTON The Trump administration and China are close to finalizing a modest trade agreement that would suspend tariffs that are set to kick in Sunday, de-escalating their 17-month trade war.
AP News in Brief 12-13-19
House panel delays historic Trump impeachment vote
Island Life: Rainboweb
The sun catches a spiderweb and refracts myriad colors in early December. (Steven Phillips/Community contributor)
Letters to the editor: 12-13-19
Paper reuse option
off the table
My Turn: TMT partners not best example of aloha
The historic importance of high places, mountains and tall buildings is in mans nature to value as prestigious and important monuments in our lives. Not only for the obvious military strategic value established down through the ages but consider for example a city which will create a very tall building as an expression of success and the importance of those who live there, ie. The Empire State Building and the World Trade Center.
Huppke column: Exhausted by Trump lies? Hold fast to the truth
If you remain a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump, or if you turn only to the likes of Fox News or Rush Limbaugh for information, stop reading.
Downright dry for West Hawaii
HILO The dry season has definitely taken root in West Hawaii.
Kailua-Kona Community Christmas Parade 5 p.m. Saturday
KAILUA-KONA Tis the season for the Kailua-Kona Community Christmas Parade.
Woman dies in Highway 11 crash in Puna
A female died from injuries sustained in a two-vehicle crash that occurred on Wednesday afternoon on Highway 11, near the 13-mile marker.
High surf advisory for west-facing shores
The National Weather Service has issued a High Surf Advisory for west facing shores of Hawaii Island from South Kohala to South Kona Districts through today.
Correa hits MLB benchmark
Kainoa Correa mastered the ability to combine old-school fundamentals, inherited from his grandfather Jimmy Correa, and modern age technology and analytics, the driving forces in todays game, to land a job on a Major League Baseball roster.
Kim vetoes herbicide bill
HILO Mayor Harry Kim on Thursday exercised his first veto of this term, sending a ban on county herbicide use back to the County Council.
Rendon follows Strasburg, Cole to free agent riches
SAN DIEGO - Anthony Rendon is joining the Los Angeles Angels, quickly following mega-deals for Gerrit Cole and Stephen Strasburg in a trifecta of nine-figure contracts for agent Scott Boras at a wild winter meetings.
Leonard back in Toronto, leads Clippers past Raptors 112-92
TORONTO Kawhi Leonard scored 23 points in his return to Toronto, Lou Williams had 18 and the Clippers won their third straight game Wednesday, beating the slumping Raptors 112-92.
