Year: 2019
Hawaii Lawmaker Drops Plan to Ban Cigarettes
A lawmaker who wanted to restrict the sale of cigarettes to people who are 100 years old or older backpedaled...
RAT LUNGWORM OVERVIEW & Recent Kohala Findings
Rat Lungworm Overview The nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a rat lungworm, a zoonotic pathogen which causes a global, emerging infectious disease known...
Which Hawaii Cities Have Lowest Tax Rates for Retirees
Honolulu (KHON2) - In a recent study by SmartAsset, Nanakuli, Oahu was rated the most financially favorable for retirees in...
Hawaii Could Soon Ban Killing Sharks
Hawaii could soon ban killing sharks in pioneering law The proposal, which protects any shark or ray in state waters,...
A bill to legalize recreational marijuana in Hawaii is still very much alive
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A bill that would legalize recreational marijuana is moving forward at the state Legislature. On Thursday morning,...
Hawaii Passed Bold Legislation Over Past Few Years
(CNN)In recent years, bills that might seem too bold to gain traction in other state houses have become law in...
Court Orders Hawaii Agency to Follow Water Heater Mandate
HILO, Hawaii (AP) — A Hawaii court has ordered the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism to follow...
Maui Pays $350K to Retired Police Captain
WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — Maui officials have agreed to pay $350,000 to a retired police captain who claimed in a...
Missing Person
Police are requesting the public’s assistance in finding a 37-year-old Pāhoa man who was reported missing. Sundown Johann Franklin Scrigna...
Judge Denies Hawaii’s Move to Get Airbnb Host Records By AUDREY McAVOY
HONOLULU (AP) — A judge TODAY denied Hawaii’s move to compel Airbnb to hand over a decade of vacation rental...
Missing Person
Hawaii Island Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 36-year-old Michelle Marciano who was last seen in the...
No Ambulance for Kona
KAILUA-KONA — At the request of the state Department of Health, legislators have shelved a bill that would have funded...
Lawmakers Want to Toughen DUI Laws
HILO — Lawmakers vowed changes in reaction to a traffic collision near Ala Moana Center at the end of January...
Upcoming Events
Engineers Week is Feb. 18-23, and Thelma Parker Memorial Public and School Library in Waimea is celebrating with an Engineering...
BIIF Kohala Boys basketball
Waiakea kept running and wouldn’t stop, and Kohala just couldn’t keep up. The Warriors put on a layup drill to...
Big Island Crime Briefs
A Hilo man and woman have pleaded not guilty in connection to charges related to a reported robbery in the...
Mayor to lawmakers: Fixing Highway 132 is ‘No. 1 priority.’
A bill to provide state funding for restoring lava-covered portions of Highway 132 cleared its first committee Wednesday at the...
Judge: DBEDT Must Adhere to Solar Water Heater Mandate
Environmentalist and renewable energy advocates are hailing a court decision Tuesday ordering the state Department of Business, Economic Development and...
Woman Throws 30th Birthday For 130 Abused, Neglected Children
More GOOD NEWS.... Woman Throws 30th Birthday For 130 Abused, Neglected Children A woman in San Antonio celebrated her 30th...
