The pattern continues. Maui Mayor Michael Victorino has revealed he will submit a formal request to delay in-person leaning for the first four weeks of the upcoming school year. “I am going to put a letter together to the governor that we take the same action…

When will the madness end? As predicted, the minority dingbats on Oahu have forced government officials to reinstate a number of previously lifted mandates. Governor David Ige will soon reinstate the inter-island travel quarantine.[1] City and County of…

One down, many islands to go. Hurricane Douglas has spared the Big Island of Hawaii where no damage was reported to the media as of this writing. This is a blessing considering it was churning 115 MPH gusts while it was passing north of the island. It barely…

The bandwagon gardeners are coming. The bandwagon gardeners are coming. The bandwagon gardeners are coming. All purpose potting soil has been scarce since the COVID-19 pandemic forced the state of Hawaii to go under a “Stay-at-Home” order in March 2020. Then…

Will organizers make the right decision? Organizations across the country moved swiftly to suspend all operations due to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 that's now classified as a "pandemic." Many of these decisions was made before…

Due to the constantly changing weather. The effects from the 2019 El Niño event that ended approximately 7 months ago continues to affect Hawaii's weather. While most locations is simply warmer than normal, the east side of the Big Island has been…

A step backwards. Hawaii Tax Online no longer provides an estimated deposit date for individual tax refunds. When I checked my refund status, this is the message I received: Refund Status Your tax refund was approved. It was mailed to you or sent to your bank…

This is one of the weakest Democratic presidential candidate lists of all-time. The Democratic Party of Hawaii has revealed the following twelve presidential candidates met Wednesday’s deadline to be on the Democratic primary ballot in Hawaii: Michael Bennet.…

I can't believe I'm reporting this in 2020. The Solid Waste Advisory Committee held a public meeting in Hilo, Hawaii on Tuesday in an effort to improve waste management on the Big Island. Most testifiers pretty much begged for decent recycling programs which…

This is why I don't like long weekends. This past three-day weekend was crazy. One of the worst households in my neighborhood partied past midnight daily They was high on drugs and drank an absurd amount of alcohol. Although they were loud, they weren't…