May 14, 2026 | 3 MIN READ

By virtue of winning the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Final Four award, Louis Sakanoko was tasked with stepping off the bus first this afternoon holding the NCAA national championship t...

May 14, 2026 | 4 MIN READ

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission on Wednesday suspended most sloth imports to the state for 60 days, a victory for lawmakers and conservationists seeki...

May 14, 2026 | 2 MIN READ

The Department of Justice has issued a formal legal justification for the federal government’s demands that states share their unredacted voter rolls, even though half a dozen federal co...

May 14, 2026 | 1 MIN READ

HAVANA (Reuters) — Cuba has completely run out of diesel and fuel oil, the country’s energy and mines minister said on Wednesday, as the capital Havana faces its worst rolling blac...

May 14, 2026 | 1 MIN READ

The risk from hantavirus to the general public remains very low, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has more than 100 staff members actively working on the outbreak, an of...

May 13, 2026 | 1 MIN READ

The state Department of Education announced that 19 91Ö±²¥ Island schools will offer free summer meals to children 18 and younger, starting June 9 through July 17.

May 13, 2026 | 4 MIN READ

AMSTERDAM/MADRID — A Dutch hospital has quarantined 12 staff members as a preventive measure after blood and urine from a hantavirus patient were handled without observing strict protoco...

May 13, 2026 | 5 MIN READ

The worst U.S. inflation in years is once again eating away at Americans’ paychecks, as rising gasoline and grocery prices threaten to undermine household spending.

May 13, 2026 | 1 MIN READ

WAIKOLOA — The state Department of Transportation will be hosting an open house for the proposed Daniel K. Inouye Highway extension project.

May 13, 2026 | 1 MIN READ

As part of their ongoing community outreach to listen to community members, 91Ö±²¥ Police Department is holding four Coffee with a Cop events in the Kona area this month in order for the publi...

May 13, 2026 | 1 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated on Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome missile defense shield could cost about $1.2 trillion t...

May 13, 2026 | 1 MIN READ

Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday pressed FBI Director Kash Patel over a media report that episodes of excessive drinking interfered with his ability to lead the premier U.S. law enforcement age...

May 13, 2026 | 5 MIN READ

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May 12, 2026 | 8 MIN READ

Survivors of the Maui wildfires still face profound emotional and psychological challenges nearly three years after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century killed more than 100 peop...

May 12, 2026 | 3 MIN READ

WASHINGTON/DUBAI — Hopes for a peace deal on Iran faded on Tuesday after Donald Trump said a ceasefire with Iran was “on life support” as Tehran rejected a U.S. proposal to e...

May 12, 2026 | 5 MIN READ

91Ö±²¥ County has paused plans to remove 37 trees in the Honoka‘a Sports Complex following pushback from the community.