News from March 2022
Grab a cup and join Ka‘u Coffee Festival online events
By Laurie A. Luebbert | Mar 14, 2022
You won’t get your morning caffeine from your computer, but the Ka’u Coffee Festival will bring coffee-themed events online this April.
'It is wrong to restrict freedoms.' Kahele responds to Texas governor’s call for citizens to report parents of transgender kids for abuse
By Laurie A. Luebbert | Mar 14, 2022
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott recently called on “licensed professionals” and “members of the general public” to report the parents of transgender minors to state authorities if it appears the minors are receiving gender-affirming medical care, ruffling the feathers of a Hawaiian political leader.
'This new funding will go directly to our priorities.' Schatz secures millions in federal funding
By Laurie A. Luebbert | Mar 14, 2022
Earmarks are back, and one of Hawaii’s elected representatives is taking advantage of them to make sure the state gets its piece of the funding pie.
Events coming up this week on the Big Island
By Julie Giyer | Mar 13, 2022
On Wednesday, March 16, Halai Healing Place allows you to nurture your inner healer in its Introductory Level II Reiki Workshop.
Hawaii County COVID-19 cases averaged 18 per day over past week
By Big Island Times reports | Mar 13, 2022
New COVID-19 cases in Hawaii County were down 66% over the past two weeks, with the average number of daily cases over the past week reaching 18, according to data from the state’s Department of Health.
'We've worked hard to protect our community': Ige drops COVID-19 Hawaiian entry requirements
By Laurie A. Luebbert | Mar 12, 2022
As the world watches the number of new cases of COVID-19 fall off, Hawaii has decided it will lift its strict COVID-19 entry requirements on March 26.
Vulcans lose to top-seeded Cougars in men's conference quarterfinals, 87-72
By Laurie A. Luebbert | Mar 12, 2022
The Azusa Pacific Cougars, the top seed going in, knocked the UH Hilo men's basketball team from the PacWest Conference tournament, 87-72.
Art U outlasts Vulcans in PacWest quarterfinals
By Laurie A. Luebbert | Mar 12, 2022
The UH Hilo women's basketball team fell to Academy of Art University, 59-54, in the Pacific West Conference quarterfinals at the Special Events Center.
Hawaii to drop mask mandate: 'Milestone many have been waiting for'
By Laurie A. Luebbert | Mar 12, 2022
Hawaii, the last state to join the union, is now the last state to remove its face-covering rules with the COVID-19 pandemic seeming to be winding down.
Vulcans baseball rides 5-game win streak into Concordia
By Laurie A. Luebbert | Mar 12, 2022
It took extra innings in one case, but the UH Hilo baseball team kept its winning streak alive with a second doubleheader sweep of the visiting Holy Names Hawks on Thursday.
Texas A&M, Hokkaido researchers detect how SARS-CoV-2 virus blocks body's immune response
By Marjorie Hecht | Mar 12, 2022
Understanding the mechanism of how the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the virus responsible for COVID-19, evades the body's natural immune system is key to devising targeted therapies to stop the virus.
Emogene Pacheco
By Big Island Times | Mar 12, 2022
Emogene Pacheco - April 13, 1927 - February 21, 2022
Pedro D. Haspe
By Big Island Times | Mar 12, 2022
Pedro D. Haspe - November 13, 1923 - February 14, 2022
Misa Jade Kaneshiro
By Big Island Times | Mar 12, 2022
Misa Jade Kaneshiro - June 22, 1923 - February 1, 2022
Sharon Lynn Daluson
By Big Island Times | Mar 12, 2022
Sharon Lynn Daluson - May 13, 1943 - February 12, 2022
Vulcans sweep doubleheader against Hawks
By Laurie A. Luebbert | Mar 12, 2022
It’s not unusual to win two games in different ways, and that’s what the University of Hawaii Hilo Vulcans did as the baseball team hosted and swept a twin bill against the Holy Names Hawks March 9, the school’s website reported.
Pet of the Week: Pete
By Submitted by Hawaii Island Humane Society | Mar 11, 2022
Pets of the Week: Pete
Kahele and others: It's a 'moral obligation' to recognize same-sex marriages under Veteran Affairs' guiding statute
By Glenn Minnis | Mar 7, 2022
A trio of lawmakers are now pushing legislation that formally recognizes LGBTQ+ Americans and same-sex couples under Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) marriage law for spouses or surviving spouses of veterans.
Kahele demonstrates 'long-term commitment to our armed forces' by passing health care bill for toxic-exposed veterans
By David Hutton | Mar 7, 2022
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a bill that would expand health care eligibility for veterans who were exposed to burn pits and other toxins during their service in Iraq and Afghanistan.