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Photographs from Wednesday’s (March 24) action at the volleyball tournament in Hilo.

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Waiakea tops the girls and boys leaderboard at the BIIF golf meet at Volcano Country Club Golf Course Wednesday (March 24).

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The University of Hawaii at Hilo split an NCAA Division II West Region doubleheader with Cal State Stanislaus in Turlock, Calif. falling in the first game 10-3 and rebounding for a 6-2 victory in the second game. The Vulcans are 23-10 overall while the Warriors are 6-21-1.

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The Kamehameha Warriors had a big first inning racking up six runs but were held scoreless the rest of the game as the Keaau Cougars scored two runs in the third and brought home seven in the seventh inning to win 9-6 in BIIF baseball action.

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While most Hawaii high school students enjoyed their recent Spring Break, a handful of Waiakea High School seniors completed internships at local businesses, part of a new Senior Project Program that helps students make career choices sooner.

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Governor Linda Lingle announced today that the Department of Transportation Airports Division successfully sold $644.98 million of revenue bonds to fund various capital projects for the State’s Airports Modernization Plan and to refinance existing debt to provide significant savings to airports statewide.

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The State of Hawai‘i today announced a collaborative bid with all four counties to partner with Google on its “Fiber for Communities” project, an initiative to provide 1 gigabit per second broadband service in a fiber-to-the-home network.

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Beginning April 1 and continuing through October 1, 2010, permits will be available at the PTA check station for archery only goat control, with no bag limit on goats. Every effort must be made to retrieve and harvest goats within designated areas.

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Big Island police are investigating the theft of a laptop computer at Kealakehe High School. The Toshiba NB200 Mini Notebook computer valued at $417 was removed from a computer classroom on February 9 between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.

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One million of these infant slings are being recalled in the United States and 15,000 are being recalled in Canada. CPSC advises consumers to immediately stop using these slings for infants younger than four months of age due to a risk of suffocation and contact Infantino for a free replacement product. CPSC is aware of […]

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High surf advisory remains in effect until 5 pm HST this afternoon… Surf along north and west facing shores of Niihau and Kauai and north facing shores of Oahu…Molokai and Maui will be 12 to 16 feet today. Surf along west facing shores of Oahu and Molokai and north facing shores of the Big Island […]

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Theft in the first degree is a class “B” felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $25,000.00. Theft in the second degree is a class “C“ felony punishable by up to 5 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000.00. Recent cases in Hawaii County.

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The state of Hawai‘i has the highest TB case rate in the nation. In 2009, the rate was 9.1 cases for every 100,000 people. There were 118 new cases of active TB disease in Hawai‘i reported to DOH, with O‘ahu reporting the highest number of TB cases in the state.

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A failure in the receiver’s internal components can cause connected loudspeakers to overheat and cause a fire, posing a fire hazard to consumers. The firm has received reports of three incidents of connected loudspeakers overheating. No injuries have been reported.

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