Kona brew fest returns: But new location, format on tap this year
The 29th annual Kona Brewers Festival is returning with a new format and venue featuring 19 breweries from around the state, Alaska and the mainland.
Softball season kicks off in Hilo
The defending Big Island Interscholastic Association (BIIF) Division II champions started their season with a crushing loss, as the Kamehameha Schools – Hawai‘i softball team was dominated 25-8 by Pahoa High in a four-inning affair on Wednesday evening at Hilo’s Walter Victor Baseball Complex.
The potential hazards of fans storming the court has run smack into a question: How to stop them?
Recent incidents in college basketball have underscored the potential dangers that come from jubilant fans storming the court after the game comes to an end. Finding a solution is proving to be a challenge.
Nation and world news in brief, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024
Idaho halts execution by lethal injection after 8 failed attempts
Yamamoto throws two impressive, scoreless innings in MLB exhibition debut for Dodgers
SURPRISE, Ariz. — Even Shohei Ohtani was intrigued by Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s exhibition debut Wednesday, making the 30-minute drive through Phoenix suburbs in a white convertible to show his support for a fellow Japanese star, even though he wasn’t playing in the game.
Pending OK, new BI cable provider could come online soon
A new option for Big Island cable TV customers could be available in just a few months.
Supreme Court sets April arguments over whether Trump can be prosecuted for election interference
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to decide whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted on charges he interfered with the 2020 election, calling into question whether his case could go to trial before the November election.
UH-Hilo a major contributor to humpback whale study
In one of the largest collaborations among humpback whale researchers, over 60 co-authors published a paper on the changing population of North Pacific humpback whales.
Patricia Wong sentenced to life plus 20 years for murder of Kaycee Smith
A 62-year-old Naalehu woman was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison, plus 20 years, for the 2009 shooting death of Kaycee Smith, a 21-year-old rodeo champion.
Planning Commission to hold meeting today
After months of cancellations, the Leeward Planning Commission is set to meet today to take up five applications for projects in Kona, South Kohala and North Kohala.
T’Vondre Sweat leads group of NFL’s big-guy prospects hoping to prove they’re worth the weight
INDIANAPOLIS — Defensive tackle T’Vondre Sweat might have been the biggest guy on Texas’ campus the past five seasons.
Baseball-bat-wielding man accused of robbing Shell, Starbucks
A 29-year-old Hilo man is accused of robbing two Kailua-Kona business establishments while brandishing an aluminum baseball bat.
‘What NIL stands for: Now it’s legal’: Ruling frees booster-backed groups to negotiate with recruits
Forced into yet another courtroom to defend its amateur model of athletics, the NCAA insisted that shelving its rules against name, image and likeness compensation being offered to recruits would make a difficult situation across the country even more chaotic.
Ka Makani dances with Dragons
By Conor Langs
Obituaries for Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024
Catalina “Marcy” Cabasa
Michigan takeaways: Presidential primaries show warning signs for Trump and Biden
LANSING, Mich. — Joe Biden and Donald Trump easily won their party’s primaries in Michigan, but Tuesday’s results showed that both candidates have cause for concern in their bid to win the swing state in November.
Food aid reaches north Gaza for first time in weeks. Israeli hostages’ families push for release
RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Aid convoys carrying food reached northern Gaza this week, Israeli officials said Wednesday, the first major delivery in a month to the devastated, isolated area, where the U.N. has warned of worsening starvation among hundreds of thousands of Palestinians amid Israel’s offensive.
Wildfire grows into one of largest in Texas history as flames menace multiple small towns
CANADIAN, Texas — A cluster of wildfires scorched the Texas Panhandle on Wednesday, including a blaze that grew into one of the largest in state history, as flames moved with alarming speed and blackened the landscape across a vast stretch of small towns and cattle ranches.
Biden ‘continues to be fit for duty,’ his doctor says, after president undergoes annual physical
BETHESDA, Md. — President Joe Biden “continues to be fit for duty,” his doctor wrote Wednesday after conducting an annual physical that is being closely watched as the 81-year-old seeks reelection in November.
Island Life for Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024
Flowers everywhere. (Jean Trueman/community contributor)
