Fatal stabber given 8 years
KAILUA-KONA The mother of a 35-year-old woman stabbed to death in April at a Kau park did not mince words Friday at the sentencing of the woman who killed her daughter.
Slain man ‘a special person’; Wife recalls artist husband whose body was found Wednesday night
Crime prevention committee honors Erica Carballo as Kona Officer of the Month
KAILUA-KONA The first female to win the Officer of the Month in half a decade was recognized by the Kona Crime Prevention Committee for her outstanding service to the community.
AP News in Brief 12-07-19
All roads lead to Putin: Impeachment ties Ukraine, Russia
Warren, Buttigieg scrap puts Democratic divide on display
WASHINGTON Elizabeth Warren has spent weeks absorbing attacks from moderate rivals looking to blunt her surging campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. Now, as the Massachusetts senator risks losing momentum, shes starting to hit back.
Island Life: Tangy!
Yellow tangs return to Kailua Bay on Dec. 1. (Reiko Sekine/Community contributor)
Obituaries: 12-07-19
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Obenski column: What driving with aloha means to me
The first time I visited Hawaii County, 1993, I was impressed with the aloha of the drivers. I hardly ever heard a horn. Drivers actually pulled to the shoulder and waited for emergency vehicles to pass, even where there was abundant space.
Letters to the editor: 12-07-19
Crime worth the sentence
Pearl Harbor shooting unfolded in 23 seconds in packed area
HONOLULU The U.S. Navy sailor who fatally shot two people at Pearl Harbor before killing himself was unhappy with his commanders and had been undergoing counseling, a military official said Friday.
Uber reports more than 3,000 sexual assaults on 2018 rides
SAN FRANCISCO Uber, as part of a long anticipated safety report, revealed that more than 3,000 sexual assaults were reported during its U.S. rides in 2018.
‘Once Upon a Time,’ ‘Portrait’ top AP’s 2019 best films list
Associated Press Film Writers Lindsey Bahr and Jake Coyle name their choices for the best films of 2019.
Trump lights National Christmas Tree in holiday tradition
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump helped light the National Christmas Tree on Thursday, taking part in a nearly century-old holiday tradition in the nations capital.
Mexicans fleeing violence form new encampment on border
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico An exodus of migrants fleeing drug cartel violence and corruption in Mexico has mired hundreds of immigrants in ramshackle tent camps across the border from El Paso and brought new chaos to a system of wait lists for asylum seekers to get into the U.S.
Officials list pot vape brands reported in US outbreak
NEW YORK Health officials investigating a nationwide outbreak of vaping illnesses have listed, for the first time, the vape brands that are most commonly linked to hospitalizations.
US flu season arrives early, driven by an unexpected virus
NEW YORK The U.S. winter flu season is off to its earliest start in more than 15 years.
US gains a robust 266,000 jobs; unemployment falls to 3.5%
WASHINGTON Hiring in the United States jumped last month to its highest level since January as U.S. employers shrugged off trade conflicts and a global slowdown and added 266,000 jobs.
Official: Pensacola shooter was Saudi aviation student
PENSACOLA, Fla. An aviation student from Saudi Arabia opened fire in a classroom building at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola on Friday morning, a U.S. official said, an attack that left three dead in addition to the assailant.
Honolulu City Council passes ban on single-use plastics
HONOLULU The Honolulu City Council passed a single-use plastics ban that will be the first in Hawaii to include all plastic containers used for food sales and service.
Visitor fees going up at Haleakala National Park on Maui
WAILUKU Visitor entrance fees at Haleakala National Park on Maui will increase on New Years Day the National Park Service announced.
Navy vet’s ashes destined for sunken Pearl Harbor battleship
PEARL HARBOR On Dec. 7, 1941, then-21-year-old Lauren Bruner was the second-to-last man to escape the burning wreckage of the USS Arizona after a Japanese plane dropped a bomb that ignited an enormous explosion in the battleships ammunition storage compartment.
AP source: Pearl Harbor gunman was unhappy with commanders
HONOLULU The U.S. Navy sailor who fatally shot two people at Pearl Harbor before killing himself was unhappy with his commanders and had been undergoing counseling, a U.S. military official said Friday.
Orchid Isle Estates investigation classified as murder
Hawaii Island police have identified the male victim whose body was found dead on Wednesday in the Orchid Isle Estates subdivision in Puna. He is identified as 75-year-old Shingo Honda.
HELCO celebrates 125 years
HILO At the end of the 19th Century, Akima Brown Akui began working for the newly founded Hilo Electric Light Company.
Document details KTA shooting, names officers involved
HILO A court document filed by the Hawaii Police Department outlines its version of the circumstances that led to two officers discharging their weapons in a busy supermarket parking lot in Hilo the day before Thanksgiving.
