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View Larger Map Tuesday (July 28) fire/rescue crews responded to a 2:40 p.m. alarm for a structure fire at 1644 Alu Street in Waiakea. Occupants of the home were alerted by the arrival of friend who found heavy smoke and the stove on fire. They then used blankets and water from a nearby laundry area […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The University of HawaiÊ»i at Hilo has received more than $1.7 million from the U.S. Department of Education to upgrade educational opportunities for Native Hawaiian students. The funding is part of a $6.4 million grant awarded to various HawaiÊ»i colleges and universities from the Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions program, which helps schools enhance […]

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From approximately 35,786 km (22,236 miles) in space, NOAA’s newest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite – GOES-14 – took its first full-disk visible image of the earth on July 27, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. EDT. GOES-14, launched on June 27, 2009, from Cape Canaveral, Fla., joins three other NOAA operational GOES spacecraft that help the agency’s […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Hawai’i Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a stolen all-terrain vehicle, identifying the person or persons who took it, or both. The Red ATV was taken from a home in the Honomalino Acres area of South Kona sometime between June 14 and June 19. The ATV is a Yamaha […]

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MEDIA RELEASE SBA Recovery Week Connects Small Businesses with Financial Resources Lenders Join SBA to Assist Prospective Borrowers across the State If you are one of the many small business owners across the state looking for solutions to problems created by the economic crisis and tight credit markets, the upcoming “SBA Recovery Connections“ event is […]

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Tuesday evening (July 28) a single car accident on Paradise Drive in Hawaiian Paradise Park sent a woman and two children to the hospital.

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MEDIA RELEASE BY STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL MARK BENNETT “Governor Linda Lingle and I have reviewed the final judgment of Judge Karl Sakamoto in the case brought by the Hawai‘i Government Employees Association (HGEA) against the State, seeking an injunction against Governor Lingle’s decision to implement three furlough days per month for state employees. The State […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Dreams will come true with a charmed night of ‘Enchanted Fantasy’ The public is invited to escape the humdrum of routine life and enjoy an arousing night of delight and celebration Saturday, Aug. 1 at “Enchanted Fantasy”. The show aims to raise awareness of the Travys House, which was established to be a […]

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GOES-11 satellites eyeing two Eastern Pacific areas for tropical development

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A patch of warmer than average ocean temperatures in the eastern Pacific on July 26, 2009, revealed the onset of El Niño conditions.

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MEDIA RELEASE HONOLULU – The Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Legacy Land Conservation Program (LLCP) is seeking applicants for grants from the State Land Conservation Fund to fund the protection, through acquisition, of lands having value as a resource to the State of Hawai‘i. State agencies, county agencies, and non-profit land conservation organizations may […]

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MEDIA RELEASE During the week of July 21, 2009, through July 27, 2009, Big Island police arrested 15 motorists for drunk driving. Seven of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. Two were under the age of 21. So far this year, there have been 789 DUI arrests compared with 803 during the same period […]

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MEDIA RELEASE New York leads in per-pupil public education spending at nearly $16,000, Census Bureau reports Public schools in New York spent $15,981 per pupil in 2007, which was more than any other state or state equivalent, according to new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. (See Table 11.) New Jersey ($15,691) and the […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Q. What are the plans for developing novel H1N1 vaccine? A. Vaccines are the most powerful public health tool for control of influenza, and the U.S. government is working closely with manufacturers to take steps in the process to manufacture a novel H1N1 vaccine. Working together with scientists in the public and private […]

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