In a tragic story, Kenneth Richard Owens is dead today after his parachute failed to open during a sky dive on the North Shore Monday. Owens, a 27-year-old Pearl Harbor-based Navy diver, was set…
The motorcycle was headed toward Haleiwa at about 1:15 p.m., just past Wahiawa, when it crossed the centerline on a curve on Kaukonahua Road and crashed into an oncoming car one mile past Wilikina…
The AP (10/9, Kuhnhenn) reports President Obama fought to keep his proposed banking overhaul on track Friday, casting the political struggle ahead as one between big financial interests and citizens…
Orin Hatch may have gotten the headline that his powerful insurance industry CFO’s wanted but the headline isn’t supported by the data in the latest CBO report on tort reform and health care….
When it comes to elderly care, most of us immediately worry about the living conditions of the patient. Are his nurses treating him well? Does she receive the attention and stimulation that she…
Cholangiocarcinoma is a deadly cancer of the bile ducts. When it is diagnosed, the doctor usually says that there is nothing that can be done: no treatment, no cure, nothing. This the cancer that…
Hawaii247 reports that the Federal Highway Administration is conducting an ambitious new study to better understand and prevent motorcycle crashes, Administrator Victor Mendez…
Hiking to remote beaches can be risky as a 52-year-old Canadian tourist learned this week. After injuring his legs at Hanakapiai Beach on Kauai, KITV reports that a tourist was rescued and airlifted…
A Maui family struggles to cope with the triple loss of two brothers and their cousin accoirding to a report from the Star Bulletin by Wendy Osher on 07 October 2009. The two brothers and their…
In a story today in the Maui News, Young men mourned by community a tribute to the three young men is cause for all of us to pause and bow our heads. The three are 20-year-old…
Science Daily reports on 09 October 2009 that [t]he cost and quality of health care, as well as access to care and health outcomes, continue to vary widely among states, according to the…
Yesterday I blogged about a KITV News story about a gas comapny propane truck mysteriously turning over in Campbell Industrial Park. Initial reports didn’t make sense. Neither did my article. Now I…