Hawaii News Digest

December 12, 2019

Lockdowns at 2 Oahu schools

Welcome to the Hawaii State News update from Hawaii News Digest. Our lead story focuses on lockdowns at Waipahu High School and the August…

December 12, 2019

Internment of USS Arizona crew member

Welcome to the Hawaii State News update from Hawaii News Digest. Our lead story focuses on the internment of a USS Arizona crew member…

December 12, 2019

Police seek missing woman

Welcome to the Hawaii Island News update from Hawaii News Digest. Our lead story focuses on the search for a mission Hawaii Island woman….

December 12, 2019

Mauna Kea Road blockage

Welcome to the West Hawaii News update from Hawaii News Digest. Our lead story concerns the ethics of the Mauna Kea Road blockage. Views…

December 11, 2019

Road Closure Update

Here’s the latest road closure update from the Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency. Accessed on 12 December 2019, 0530 UTC, Post 19970. Source (via…

High Surf Advisory In Effect For Kona Coast December 12, 2019
KONA, Hawaiʻi - Surf will increase to 6 to 10 feet today along the South Kona coast, the National Weather Service says.
Big Island Video News
VIDEO: Ethics Board Considers Mauna Kea Law Enforcement Inquiry December 12, 2019
HILO, Hawaiʻi - The county board is planning to initiate a petition and conduct an investigation into possible ethics code violations on Mauna Kea.
Big Island Video News
Highway 11 Closed In Both Directions Near Mountain View December 12, 2019
PUNA, Hawaiʻi - Police say the highway is closed at the 13 mile marker, and motorists should use Stainback Highway and North Kulani Road to avoid the area.
Big Island Video News
VIDEO: Ethics Board Says No Maunakea Conflict For Prosecutor Roth December 12, 2019
HILO, Hawaiʻi - The Hawaiʻi County Board of Ethics decided Wednesday that there is no conflict of interest for Prosecuting Attorney Mitch Roth when it comes to prosecuting the arrests of those opposed to the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea.
Big Island Video News
VIDEO: Mitch Roth Announces Run For Mayor December 11, 2019
HILO, Hawaiʻi - Hawaiʻi County Prosecuting Attorney Mitch Roth is setting his sights on Hawaiʻi County Mayor in 2020.
Big Island Video News

BIIF boys basketball: Fitness comes first for St. Joseph ahead of Cardinal Classic December 12, 2019
Jayden Villena spent his offseason running and getting in great shape, like the rest of his St. Joseph basketball teammates.
Kevin Jakahi
BIIF basketball/soccer: Waiakea girls continue early onslaught December 12, 2019
Kelsei Imai scored 14 points and Destynee Williams added 11 on Wednesday night as Waiakea soared past Kohala 71-8 in a BIIF girls basketball game at the Warriors gym.
Matt Gerhart
BIIF basketball: Kamehameha’s Pacheco has point to prove December 12, 2019
When the all-BIIF Division II girls basketball selections were released in April, Nique Pachecos blood pressure immediately rose as did-you-see-that! texts to her cell phone started flooding in.
Matt Gerhart
Waiakea alum hits major league coaching benchmark with Giants December 12, 2019
Kainoa Correa mastered the ability to combine old-school fundamentals, inherited from his grandfather Jimmy Correa, and modern age technology and analytics, the driving forces in todays game, to land a job on a Major League Baseball roster.
Kevin Jakahi
Basketball: Vulcans struggle at Biola, fall 74-56 December 11, 2019
The UH-Hilo mens basketball team shot just 33 percent from the floor and fell to Biola 74-56 on Tuesday in La Miranda, Calif.
Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Everybody knows to avoid tuna when pregnant, right? Not so fast. Eating tuna might actually yield better results, says a large new study. November 21, 2019
Eating ocean fish is good for you, but some fish have significant levels of methylmercury which is bad for you, so you should avoid those fish, right? Wrong, says a new study.Mothers who ate seafood, even when it contained high levels of methyl mercury, had smarter kids than those who didnʻt eat seafood, says the […]
Kauai koloa: the native ducks on the Garden Island are still pure November 18, 2019
The native Hawaiian duck, koloa, still rules on Kaua`i—retaining nearly all its native genetic heritage.You can see pairs and even families of ducks lift off the newly cleared sections of Niumaluʻs Alakoko Fishpond on Kaua`i, and from the ancient taro lo`i in Hanalei. You can see them swim in streams around the island of Kaua`i, […]
Fiddling as the planet burns. Climate change is upon us. November 10, 2019
We saw it coming, but we did not know it would come so fast.Climate change, long a threat for future decades, for the grandchildren, is here now.In part, after a century of comparatively stable climate, the very concept of sudden dramatic change seemed so bizarre that many scientists have underplayed the possibilities.The International Panel on […]
Blazing sunsets, redux November 7, 2019
Raikoke Volcano in the Kuril Islands in the northwest Pacific, taken June 22, 2019. Credit: NASA.Those spectacular Hawaiian sunset photos that have been showing up recently on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are likely the result of volcanic emissions being dumped into the upper atmosphere during the summer.But volcanic activity hasnʻt stopped. Just in the past […]
All-electric pickup trucks, still right around the corner--but now weeks away instead of years September 17, 2019
What everyone in Hawai`i knows is that electric vehicles wonʻt fully take off in the Islands until there are electric pickup trucks with plenty of range.Okay, theyʻre here, or should be before the end of the month, and certainly before the end of the year, and more are coming.Itʻs a big deal in Hawai`i, which […]

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