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Visit artsy, urban Antwerp

Belgium’s capital, Brussels, is undeniably a great place to get a feel for modern-day Europe. But as the capital of the EU it’s an international hub that doesn’t give you a sense of Belgium per se. My favorite place to feel the pulse of modern Belgium is Antwerp, the port city north of Brussels. It’s an honest, what-you-see-is-what-you-get place with a true sense of local identity.

Obituaries for September 21

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Obenski: School shootings

Do we really need to terrify our children about school shootings? While JD Vance says that is just a fact of life, so is cancer. That does not mean we just accept it. Most people say we can and should do better, and we must.

Diana Duff: Fire and water issues in Hawaii

The Landscape Industry of Hawaii (HILA), in partnership with University of Hawaii Cooperative Extension, is offering a conference addressing important topics of interest to us in Kona and to all of Hawaii. Their 10th Landscape Management Conference takes place on Friday, Oct. 11 at the Westin Hapuna Beach Hotel on the Kohala Coast here on the Big Island. The day-long conference will begin at 8 a.m. and feature numerous informed speakers until 4:30 p.m.

Volcano Watch: A new Kilauea eruption

A new Kilauea eruption began in a remote area of Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park on Sunday, Sept. 15. This is the first eruption on Kilauea’s middle East Rift Zone (MERZ) since 2018 and it poses no immediate threat to life or infrastructure. The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is closely monitoring this eruption.

US inflation data cemented big cut for one Fed official, dissent for another

Federal Reserve officials, in their first public comments since the U.S. central bank cut interest rates by half a percentage point, laid out on Friday the depth of the debate over the move, with one governor saying inflation was now so weak the large reduction was needed and another arguing price pressures remain so strong a smaller cut would have been better.