Lava began bubbling out of Hawaii’s most active volcano once again on Tuesday as Kilauea’s sporadic eruption resumed.

The eruption restarted at midday when when molten rock began pouring out of a vent in Kilauea’s summit caldera, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said in a statement. The lava was contained within the caldera inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and wasn’t affecting any residential areas.

The volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii has been erupting on-and-off since Dec. 23. It’s shot tall fountains of lava high into the air and spilled molten rock across the caldera floor each time it’s come back to life. The spectacle is a popular attraction for tourists.

The current episode is the 15th of the current eruption. The shortest of the previous episodes lasted 13 hours while the longest went on for eight days. Pauses in between episodes have ranged between 24 hours to 12 days.

Kilauea is one of five active volcanoes in Hawaii. The largest is Mauna Loa, which is also on the Big Island and which erupted in 2022.

A doctor has been charged with trying to murder his wife by pushing her off a Hawaii beauty spot and then bashing her in the head with a rock — allegedly just for refusing to take a photo with him, according to authorities.

Gerhardt Konig, a 46-year-old anesthesiologist from Maui, was on vacation on Oahu with his 36-year-old wife, nuclear engineer Arielle Konig, when he allegedly pushed her off a hiking trail in the Pali Lookout, a famous panoramic viewpoint, according to cops.

He allegedly flipped because his wife refused to take a picture with him, law enforcement sources told Hawaii News Now.

The doctor also repeatedly punched his wife and hit her with the rock — and at some point, even tried to poke her with two syringes, according to the Honolulu Star Advertiser, which did not elaborate on whether they contained drugs.

Arielle Konig was rushed to a hospital in serious condition with multiple facial and head injuries after the alleged attack early Monday, according to the Honolulu Police Department.

Konig was arrested close to Pali Highway after a brief foot chase around 6:45 p.m. Monday, roughly eight hours after the alleged attack.

Pali Lookout was closed for the rest of Monday following the shocking incident, Hawaii’s Division of State Parks said in a statement on Monday.

Konig, who was employed by an independent contractor to provide medical services as an anesthesiologist in Maui, has been suspended, Maui Health said in a statement on Monday.

“Maui Health is committed to patient safety and upholding the highest standards of care,” the statement read.

“We have been made aware of the allegations against Gerhardt Konig, MD. Dr. Konig has been suspended from the Medical Staff pending investigation. Dr. Konig is employed by an independent entity contracted to provide medical services at various medical facilities on Maui, including Maui Memorial Medical Center.

“Maui Health takes these concerns and the safety of its patients very seriously and will cooperate with authorities as appropriate,” the state continued.

Hawaii’s Big Island may be the next airline network planner battleground.

American Airlines filed plans over the weekend to relaunch service between Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keahole (KOA) beginning Nov. 20, as first seen in Cirium schedules and later confirmed by a carrier spokesperson.

American’s Dallas-to-Kona route will operate seasonally through Feb. 28, 2026. Note that American will operate daily flights on this 3,724-mile route from Nov. 20, 2025, through Jan. 6, 2026, before taking a short six-week hiatus until resuming daily flights again Feb. 12, 2026.

The airline will deploy a 234-seat Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner featuring 20 Flagship Business pods, 28 premium economy recliners, 48 extra-legroom Main Cabin Extra seats and 138 standard economy seats on the route.

The Fort Worth, Texas-based carrier last operated this route in January 2022, according to Cirium schedules.

American’s plan to relaunch its Dallas-to-Kona service follows another major expansion on the Big Island.

Last week, Delta Air Lines announced that it, too, would add a new Kona route, this time from Salt Lake City. Delta’s service will operate using a Boeing 767-300ER.

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The Big Island may not be as popular with tourists (or airline network planners) as Oahu and Maui, but seeing all the attention it has gotten from the airlines over the past few days is interesting.

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While there may not be a sudden uptick in demand for travel to the Big Island, carriers need to find a home for their wide-body jets during the winter season. That’s when transatlantic traffic declines and airlines have spare capacity on their biggest planes.

In recent years, Oceania has proved to be a popular spot to send twin-aisle planes during the Northern Hemisphere’s winter season, as have some hot spots in Africa, like Marrakech, Morocco.

But with its appeal to sunseekers, Hawaii has long been a popular bet for airline network planners. As such, it’ll be interesting to see how all the new service performs.

In fact, this weekend, American also added a second daily flight from DFW to Maui’s Kahului Airport (OGG) during the peak winter season. This is seemingly another play to deploy wide-body aircraft on the most appropriate routes this winter.

Ultimately, flyers will be the winners, as new airline service means more competition and, ultimately, more frequent fare wars and upgrade and award availability.

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