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Police report they have located Walter Kenneth Victor.

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With the start of the 2012 Legislative Session, the Office of the Governor is reminding interested individuals who are looking to serve the public to consider service on a board or commission. Applications are being accepted for service on numerous boards and commissions including the Hawai’i Tourism Authority, Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee, and the […]

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The Waiakea boys soccer team shutout Kamehameha-Hawaii with a 5-0 win Tuesday (Jan 17) in BIIF soccer. The girls teams played to a tie in their game.

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Big Island police are investigating an attempted robbery Monday night in downtown Hilo. A 14-year-old girl was reportedly accosted at the Moʻoheau bus terminal between 11:45 p.m. and 11:55 p.m. by a young man who brandished an edged weapon and demanded her purse.

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Karin Stanton | Hawaii 24/7 Editor Mayor Billy Kenoi has signed the plastic bag reduction ordinance. Kenoi signed the bill Monday, Jan. 16, before he left for the United States Conference of Mayors in Washington, D. C. The bill phases out the use of plastic bags at checkout counters in stores over the next year, […]

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The Hawai`i Board of Education (BOE) heard two appeals Tuesday (Jan 17) brought by Laupahoehoe Community Public Charter School (LCPCS) that challenged the actions of the Charter School Review Panel (CSRP). The Panel had denied an amendment to the school’s implementation plan and proposed delaying the opening of the school by a year.

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MEDIA RELEASE The Big Island Beekeepers Association is sponsoring a workshop 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Jan. 21 at the Komohana Apiary. Participants should meet at the Hilo Komohana Research and Extension Service Complex parking lot and proceed to the apiary located behind the complex by the organic garden. The workshop will consist on a hive inspection […]

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Big Island police are investigating a body found in Puna as a coroner’s inquest. Shortly after 10 a.m. Tuesday (January 17), a county lifeguard reported finding a partially submerged male body near the shoreline in the vicinity of Isaac Hale Beach Park in Pohoiki. The unidentified man appeared to be in his 50s.

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MEDIA RELEASE Medicine for the People and Kona Pacific Public Charter School partner to present an Evening of Music & Inspiration at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20 at Aloha Theatre. It’s an evening of music and inspiration with Nahkohe and Hope of Medicine for the People and the mesmerizing new to the aina sounds of […]

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During the week of January 9, 2012, through January 15, 2012, Big Island police arrested 27 motorists for drunk driving. Eight of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. Two were under the age of 21. So far this year, there have been 58 DUI arrests compared with 52 during the same period last year, […]

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Big Island police have located 35-year-old Van Tu, who was wanted on a bench warrant for contempt of court and for questioning in connection with a theft investigation. Tu was located Friday in Hāmākua and arrested and charged on the bench warrant. He was also arrested for theft and later released on that offense pending […]

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On Friday night (January 13) Fire/Rescue personnel responded to a report of a 3-year-old girl who was found at home unconscious with labored breathing. They took her to North Hawaiʻi Community Hospital, where doctors also discovered suspicious bruising on her body and notified police.

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With more than 6,000 people behind bars in Hawai’i, the state’s prison system is over capacity and requires anywhere from one quarter to one third of prisoners to be housed in mainland prisons. But, the Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center projects that the policy changes recommended in the plan would drastically reduce the […]

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MEDIA RELEASE West Hawaii Fisheries Council meets 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19 at Hawaii Big Game Fishing Club, Honokohau Harbor. This meeting will include following up on issues that were discussed at the Strategic Planning in December and commiting to strategic actions to implement each committee program. The mission of the West Hawaii Fisheries Council […]

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