Discussion

“I am a tobacco retailer and am 100% for keeping kids off of tobacco. However I do have a problem with lawmakers who make laws that are poorly written, confusing, unfair, and cause harm to the public.”

Controversial Rep. Faye Hanohano has more Democratic challengers than she had in the previous three elections combined — which may work to her advantage.

Satellite imagery is helping scientists and civil authorities to gauge how many homes and other structures are located in areas threatened by volcanic activity.

The Big Island observatory will play a role similar to other efforts Lockheed is involved in, including a $2 billion project to track “space junk.”

A new meteor shower — maybe even a storm — could debut tonight.

“Wet volcanoes,” which can have craters hosting lakes, can produce deadly volcanic mud flows, surges of scorching-hot rock debris and steam-driven eruptions.

“The current state administration is dragging their feet and not expediting these critical infrastructure projects, which are literally shovel ready.”

Preliminary figures show Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa with a slim 1% lead over Mayor Billy Kenoi for the koa slippah.

A landslide in March in Washington state has similarities to a much larger event that occurred in Ka`u during the massive 1868 earthquake.

“The military culture and the world of academia are vastly different. In one, orders come down from the top, and orders are obeyed, ‘or people die.’ A university is based on faculty governance, consensus building …”

Steam-driven explosions sent ash over a third of the island and blasted rocks weighing up to 12 tons around Halemaumau Crater over a period of 20 days.

In the University of Hawaii at Hilo Student Association election being redone Tuesday, only two of eight seats have more than one candidate.

From the handling of the last UH Hilo student government election we do not have confidence that UH Hilo will run a fair, secure, and transparent ‘new election.’

“Whereas the population of native Hawaiians in the state may be 23%(?), the State of Hawai`i statistics show 41% of the incarcerated are native Hawaiian.”

Scientists say Hawaii’s undersea volcano, Lō‘ihi, located off the coast of Ka`u is too deep for eruptions to have obvious surface effects.

Scientists say although Pahoa and some neighboring subdivisions are downhill of Kilauea’s current lava flow, they are not in any danger at this time.

The little fire ant poses an enormous problem for Hawaii and should be treated accordingly — the sooner the better.

Portable volcano monitoring stations provide scientists with additional eyes and other sensor equipment in a hurry to monitor changes in eruptions.

A commemoration of a past tsunami disaster held at the beginning of the month was soon followed by a realization of the need to be prepared for future events.

The University of Hawaii at Hilo assists Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists unravel clues about the source and journey of lava from Kilauea volcano.