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Wounded Guard member dies

By JEFF MASON and JASPER WARD Reuters PALM BEACH, Fla./ WASHINGTON – A National Guard member died on Thursday after being shot near the White House in an ambush that investigators say was carried out by an Afghan national, an attack PresidentDonald Trump blamed on Biden-era immigration vetting failures as he ordered a sweeping review of asylum cases. Sarah Beckstrom, 20, died of her wounds and her fellow Guardsman Andrew Wolfe, 24, was “fighting for his life,” Trump said, as investigators…Read more

Floriculture uprooted

By VICTORIA BUDIONO Honolulu Star-Advertiser For Little Plum Executive Chef Casey Kusaka, flowers have never been an afterthought. They shaped his childhood in Kaneohe, where his grandmother wove lei and ti leaves, his mother and sister danced hula, and the house was always filled with the scent of blossoms. “I grew up around flowers one way or the other,” he said. Today, Kusaka sees florals as central to Hawaii’s sensory storytelling, adding fragrance, texture anddepth, not just…Read more

PGV seeks to boost power output by 5 megawatts

By DANIEL FARR Hawaii Tribune-Herald Puna Geothermal Venture shared progress about its repower project and discussed a pending state permit request during the company’s final quarterly community meeting of the year on Tuesday at the Pahoa Neighborhood Facility. PGV, which tapsheat from the Kilauea volcanic rift zone to generate electricity for the Big Island, is working to rebuild and modernize its facility after equipment was damaged during the 2018 eruption. The company says the repower…Read more

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