Hawai'i remained swine flu-free yesterday, but some patients on O'ahu with the common flu could not get their prescriptions filled for flu medications known as Tamiflu and Relenza. A "handful" of suspect patients in Hawai'i have been cleared for swine flu, including one who had traveled to Mexico, state epidemiologist Dr. Sarah Park said at a Capitol press conference yesterday.

A devoted band of Kilauea Point Lighthouse lovers aims to restore the rapidly deteriorating structure that has guarded Hawaii's northernmost coastline for almost 100 years. A community campaign to raise at least $1 million for the restoration was announce

President Obama pledged "great vigilance" in confronting the swine flu outbreak yesterday as it spread coast to coast across the U.S. The disease, now being called the 2009 H1N1 flu by U.S. public health officials, hit 11 states and closed schools amid confirmation of the first U.S. death — a Mexican toddler who visited Texas with his family — and the confinement of dozens of Marines after one came down with the disease in California.