Kamloops This Week - Thu Nov 19

"I lay down on the floor. But a rat came and bothered me, and shortly afterward a procession of cockroaches arrived and camped in my hair." Mark Twain's graphic description of life aboard a schooner off the Kona coast in 1866 did nothing to raise my expectations for an early morning cruise along the same coastline.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Thu Nov 19

Big Island Mayor Billy Kenoi's proposal to sell 737 acres of land to help balance the county's budget has been approved by the Hawaii County Council.

Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Wed Nov 18

A federal judge sentenced a Big Island special-education teacher yesterday to five years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine.