Local News

Small biofuel farm bears fruit

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 05:55
If the vision of father and son farmers Christian and James Twigg-Smith becomes reality, acres of now-fallow sugar cane land will be growing crops again. But rather than producing food, the land would be used to grow fuel oil.

Midwives a reborn option

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 05:55
Laura Souza was expecting her first baby last fall when Kaiser Permanente Hawaii rolled out a new program offering trained midwives as an option to doctors for labor and delivery.

'Smart phone' tags to track monk seals

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 05:55
Marine scientists in Hawaii are equipping Hawaiian monk seals with a cell phone-like device to track where the seals have been and what they have been doing.

House hopefuls to debate issues

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 05:55
A public debate between three candidates vying for the 1st Congressional District seat recently vacated by Neil Abercrombie will be held next Monday.