Adjutant General Hara to retire; Green tabs Logan as successor
Gov. Josh Green announced Friday that Maj. Gen. Kenneth S. Hara — the state adjutant general, commander of the Hawaii National Guard and director of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency — will resign as adjutant general on Oct. 1, and retire from the Army on Nov. 1 after 40 years of military service.
Stressing ‘the importance of microchips’
The Hawaii County Animal Control Protection Agency has made changes to better handle the thousands of lost, abandoned or neglected pets that roam the island.
Island Life for Friday, May 24, 2024
Kailua-Kona after the storm. (Cindy Whittemore/community contributor)
Schatz, Tokuda seek higher payments for physicians
U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz, alongside Hawaii’s congressional delegation, on Thursday introduced legislation seeking higher Medicare reimbursements for the state’s health care providers.
Waimea roundabout advances: Environmental assessment clears the way for $9.6 million in roadway improvements
A long-planned project to make Waimea a safer town for drivers, bicyclists and pedestrians has taken a major step toward fruition.
Astronomers create ‘catalog’ of more than 100 exoplanets
Astronomers using a Maunakea observatory on Thursday published a “catalog” of more than 100 exoplanets.
Island Life for Thursday, May 23, 2024
Kona Shower tree. (Rose Hinsdale/community contributor)
Groundbreaking held for Waikoloa Village emergency route
State and county officials celebrated the launch of a private project Tuesday to construct an emergency route out of Waikoloa Village.
More details emerge after cockfight raid: 25 dead roosters, $20K in cash seized
Police said Tuesday officers who raided a cockfight May 18 in Hawaiian Paradise Park recovered 25 dead roosters, four injured birds and about $20,000 in cash.
Island Life for Wednesday, May 22, 2024
A juvenile whitemouth moray eel opens its small mouth in Kua Bay. (Reiko Sekine/community contributor)
State to get $916B in lawsuit against makers of Plavix blood thinner
The state has been awarded more than $900 million in a lawsuit against a pair of pharmaceutical companies that sold drugs they knew to be ineffective in certain ethnic groups.
Dry season forecast to be drier than normal
Although it might not appear so, especially in East Hawaii, the annual dry season has begun.
Charges against alleged Hilo counterfeiter dropped
At the request of prosecutors, a judge dropped charges Friday against a 32-year-old Hilo man police described as “a significant figure in the distribution and utilization of counterfeit currency being passed into our community’s circulation.”
More strategies mulled for feral pigs problem
As the population of feral pigs on the Big Island continues to grow, county officials and residents are considering a wider range of solutions.
One to 4 cyclones forecast, but ‘it only takes one storm to change your life’
The National Weather Service is forecasting below-normal activity for the upcoming Central Pacific hurricane season.
Police seek leads on missing 12-year-old
Police are seeking the public’s help in locating a missing juvenile.
Grand jury indicts Ocean View man freed by judge
A Kona grand jury has indicted an Ocean View man in connection with the alleged violent kidnapping and abuse of a 27-year-old woman in Ocean View.
Island Life for Tuesday, May 21, 2024
A ghost crab appears on Pelekane Beach at sunset. (Dawn Tinker/community contributor)
Police: Honomu man drowned earlier this month
Police say a man died of an accidental drowning May 2 at Kolekole Beach Park.
Three arrested at cockfight attended by dozens
A woman and two men were arrested Saturday afternoon during what police say was a cockfight raid on the Kaloli Drive end of the Hawaiian Paradise Park subdivision in Puna.
