Posted on September 30, 2011. Tags: angela thomas, baby steps, car seat safety, passenger safety week
MEDIA RELEASE Did you know that although many parents have car seats and booster seats for their children, 9 out of 10 seats are not properly installed? Each year, hundreds of young children nationwide – including children on the Island of Hawaii – are killed or injured in car crashes. National statistics conclude that accidental […]
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Posted on September 30, 2011. Tags: halemaumau, hvo, kilauea, usgs, volcano watch
Last week, new fissures opened on the upper east flank of Pu‘u ‘O‘o cone, sending a vigorous flow outside the crater to the southeast and causing the lava level in the crater to drop. Video of the crater floor sinking and lava flowing down the cone.
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Posted in Environment, Featured, Sci-Tech, Videos, Volcano
Posted on September 30, 2011. Tags: ed layman, hawaiian islands humpback whale national marine sanctuary, humpback whales, noaa, sea quest
MEDIA RELEASE Aaaaaaaaand they’re back! On Monday (Sept. 26) morning, the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary received word from Sea Quest tour operator Captain Tony Roensch of a humpback whale yearling in Honaunau Bay. The boat was witness to two tail slaps, the first confirmed whale sighting this season. NOAA is reminding boaters […]
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Posted in Environment
Posted on September 29, 2011. Tags: hvo, Mount Tambora, usgs, volcano watch
Skies darkened, temperatures plunged, crops failed, and disease and famine ensued. These and other strange phenomena afflicted people around the world in 1816, known as “The Year without a Summer.â€
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Posted in Environment, Featured, Sci-Tech, Volcano
Posted on September 29, 2011. Tags: coconut island, hilo, moku ola, world peace festival
The World Peace Festival is scheduled for Saturday, October 1 from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. at Moku Ola, also known as Coconut Island. Entertainment, a jumping castle and water slide for keiki, information booths, displays, artists, craftspeople and food booths will be featured.
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Posted in Entertainment
Posted on September 29, 2011. Tags: kickball, uh-hilo
The University of Hawaii at Hilo softball program will be hosting a benefit kick-ball tournament benefiting CureSearch for Children’s Cancer on Saturday, November 19 on the UHH softball and baseball fields.
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Posted in Health, Sports, Volunteering
Posted on September 29, 2011. Tags: hawaii wildlife center, linda elliott
MEDIA RELEASE Following years of fundraising, grant writing, designing and permitting, and hundreds of hours of volunteer efforts, the Hawaii Wildlife Center will celebrate its grand opening 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011. The public is invited to attend the grand opening. “It has indeed been a long and rewarding journey. There are far […]
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Posted in Environment
Posted on September 29, 2011. Tags: police, puna
“The six additional positions for the County of Hawai`i will be used to add officers and increase patrols in the Puna District and other rural districts where the populations have been growing, and where the demand for police services has grown,†Mayor Kenoi said.
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Posted in Government, News
Posted on September 29, 2011. Tags: jim dina, paul horner, pyramid hotel group, sheraton keauhou bay resort
MEDIA RELEASE Pyramid Hotel Group has appointed Hawaii hotelier Paul Horner as resort manager of Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa. Horner brings more than 25 years of experience in the hotel and resort industry to the 519-room Sheraton Keauhou Bay. In this newly created position, Horner will oversee details of day-to-day operations in various […]
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Posted in Business
Posted on September 29, 2011. Tags: darren kimura, solar rating and certification corporation, sopogy
MEDIA RELEASE Sopogy, the world leader in micro concentrated solar power (MicroCSP), has successfully received certification from the Solar Rating and Certification Corporation (SRCC) in its recently established OG-100 classification for Concentrating Solar Collectors. Sopogy is the first MicroCSP company with utility-scale collectors used in power generation, air conditioning and process heat to receive the […]
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Posted in Business, Energy
Posted on September 29, 2011. Tags: billy kenoi, community oriented policing services, harry kubojiri, police officers
MEDIA RELEASE The county has been awarded funding from the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to hire six additional police officers, Mayor Billy Kenoi announced. The COPS grant application process is highly competitive, and the County of Hawaii was awarded $1,392,336 to cover salaries and benefits for six officers […]
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Posted on September 29, 2011. Tags: census, same-sex couples
MEDIA RELEASE The U.S. Census Bureau has released new statistics on same-sex married couple and unmarried partner households. According to revised estimates from the 2010 Census, there were 131,729 same-sex married couple households and 514,735 same-sex unmarried partner households in the United States. The results of the 2010 Census revised estimates are closer to the […]
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Posted on September 29, 2011. Tags: carl sturges, hai on, parker school, samuel n and mary castle foundation
Center to offer multiple learning centers and child-sized, child-friendly furniture, shelving, resources and decor
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Posted in Education, Featured
Posted on September 29, 2011. Tags: brandi beaudet, keoki woods, parker ranch, parker school
MEDIA RELEASE On Sept. 20, Parker School kindergarten and first grade classes enjoyed a visit from Parker Ranch cowboys and a horse named Chicken. Cowboy Keoki Woods and Parker Ranch land manager Brandi Beaudet taught the students about being a cowboy, herding cattle and caring for a horse. On the lower school field, Woods and […]
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Posted in Education