Soulful Venture

Editor’s note: Only the brave would dare to open a small business during a global pandemic. This is the first story in a four-part series that celebrates entrepreneurs who launched their ventures under the shadow of COVID-19.

More than twice as many property owners appealed their tax assessments this year than last year, according to the 2020 report of the county Real Property Tax Board of Review.

HONOLULU — On Kauai, where sprawling white sand beaches and dramatic seaside mountains attract visitors from around the world, local residents spent the first seven months of the pandemic sheltered from the viral storm.

All Hawaii Police Department officers with patrol duties will be outfitted with body-worn cameras by Christmas Eve, according to the department’s body camera program administrator.

Hawaii’s physician shortage has loomed large for years but worsened in 2020 — and on the Big Island, the lack of doctors became even more dire.

Police are searching for a suspect in an early Friday morning shooting in the parking lot of the Puainako Town Center in Hilo that left a man dead inside a car.