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‘Some did not come home’

By JOHN BURNETT Hawaii Tribune-Herald For most Americans, Memorial Day is the unofficial start of summer, with beach outings and backyard cookouts the order of the day. That said, more than 100 people gathered Monday morning at East Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2, to celebrate the most somber and patriotic of American holidays. The commemoration was organized by volunteers led by Jeno Enocencio Peck, an Army Vietnam War veteran who provides honor guard services at funerals of military…Read more

Dual airline brands create some pushback

By ALLISON SCHAEFERS Honolulu Star-Advertiser About 250 Hawaiian Airlines flight attendants reassigned to Seattle to staff new long-haul international routes may no longer wear flowers in their hair, lei or aloha shirts on certain flights – a highly visible change as Alaska Air Group works to merge operations while keeping two distinct brands. The policy highlights the challenges Alaska faces in its $1.9 billion September 2024 acquisition of Hawaiian Holdings, particularly the effort…Read more

Nematodes are key to fighting invasive BI beetle

By CHLOE JONES Honolulu Star-Advertiser The Queensland Longhorn Beetle has wreaked havoc on Hawaii Island farmers, but it turns out there’s a microscopic solution available on the coasts: nematodes. Entomopathogenic nematodes, to be exact. Essentially, they are tiny, smooth worms that eat and kill bugs alive. “These nematodes, this particular species, are hunters,” Roxana Myers, a research plant pathologist who specializes in nematodes at the United States Department of Agriculture,…Read more

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