#Arizona
Arakaki of Keaʻau, Downie of Hilo qualify for 2nd year in row for U.S. Amateur Four-Ball championship
Duo from Big Island shot a 6-under-par total score of 66 on Dec. 22 at Wailuā Golf Course in Līhuʻe, Kauaʻi, to top the field and clinch their return to the spring championship, which will be hosted in May 2026 at Desert Mountain Club in Scottsdale, Ariz.; will be one of 128 teams competing in championship.
Hawaiʻi joins lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture for suspension of SNAP benefits
Hawaiʻi Attorney General Anne Lopez joins a lawsuit against the USDA for jeopardizing the food security for 40 million Americans.
Big Island mother wanted in custodial interference case, 6-year-old daughter found safe in Arizona
Violet Coultas was is under the care of Arizona Department of Child Safety while her mother Sarah Coultas of Pa‘auilo remains in custody, pending extradition to Hawai‘i. They were located in Cottonwood, Ariz., about 100 miles north of Phoenix.
Big Island man free after decades imprisoned for murder, rape he didn’t commit
A Hilo judge ordered the immediate release of Albert “Ian” Schweitzer on Tuesday, ending Schweitzer’s 130-year sentence more than 20 years after it began.
First Hawai‘i Inmate at Arizona Prison Succumbs to COVID-19
A Hawai‘i inmate at Saguaro Correctional Center died a COVID-19-related death on Tuesday at an Arizona hospital, officials reported Thursday.
