Man Dead In Officer-Involved Shooting
HAWAIIAN BEACHES, Hawaiʻi - Police say the man pointed a rifle at the responding officers, who fired their duty weapons at the man.
Scabies Outbreak @ Kona Hospital
Since the outbreak was identified, beyond removing infected personnel, hospital policy has been to put patients who were potentially exposed into isolation, notify everyone for adequate coverage, evaluate patients for relocation or discharge in anticipation of possible future staff shortages, intensify housekeeping efforts and mobilize the pharmacy with an adequate amount of relevant medications.
Proposed Biofuel Plant Faces $100M Deadline
The same federal tax credit homeowners get for installing solar panels could pay up to 30 percent of the roughly $260 million cost of turning a defunct coal-powered plant into one that burns trees to produce energy.
New Military Proposal for Kohala
An Environmental Assessment just released proposes that, among other sites in the state, the Kohala shoreline (specifically naming Kawaihae Harbor to Māhukona) be used for military exercises starting in 2019.
Plea agreement reached for one suspect in North Kohala standoff
Via: HNN A man charged as an accomplice in a standoff incident in January in North Kohala will serve no additional jail time as part of a plea deal meted with prosecutors. On Tuesday, Lucas R. Wolf, 28, pleaded not guilty to first-degree terroristic threatening and permits required before Judge Melvin Fujino in 3rd Circuit Court as part of a plea agreement with the prosecutor’s office. In exchange for the […]
HI: Mars Simulations Are Canceled
For the last five years, a small Mars colony thrived in Hawaii, many miles away from civilization. The Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation, or hi-seas, was carried out in a small white dome nestled along the slope of a massive volcano called Mauna Loa.
Slack key master Cyril Pahinui dies at 68
Cyril Pahinui — slack key master, Na Hoku Hanohano Award-winning recording artist, teacher, mentor and role model — died Saturday at Queen’s Medical Center. He had been in declining health for several years and was hospitalized in 2016. He was 68 .
Wood Burning Power Plant May Generate Sustainable Energy, But Environmental Concerns Remain
The State Department of Health is holding a public hearing in Hilo on Wednesday regarding the future of a new power plant. The Hu Honua Bioenergy facility on the Hamakua Coast would burn eucalyptus trees to generate electricity. Some say that its clean, renewable energy, but other community members have serious environmental concerns.
Missing Freediver off Kohala Coast
Update: 11/15 KAILUA-KONA — The search continues this afternoon for missing freediver Guy Hermogila in waters off the North Kohala coast. Despite the effort by the Hawaii Fire Department and U.S. Coast Guard, no sign of the 44-year-old man has turned up. The Hawaii Fire Department is set to pause search operations at sundown and a U.S. Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter is set to return around 11 p.m. to Oahu, […]