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MEDIA RELEASE A cooking contest at the Puna Ulu Festival calls for original recipes that feature breadfruit as the main ingredient. The Puna Ulu Festival is 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, March 3 at Hooulu Lahui, the site of Kua O Ka La Public Charter School at Pualaa, adjacent to the Ahalanui County Park warm ponds […]

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From the NOAA PMEL You Tube page: The Carbon Group at NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) works to advance our scientific understanding of the ocean carbon cycle and how it is changing over time. PMEL’s research includes documenting the evolving state of the ocean carbon chemistry with high quality measurements on ships and autonomous […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Just in time for Earth Day, Brushfire Records will release Jack Johnson and Friends – Best of Kokua Festival on April 17. The album features a 13-track compilation of live performances from Jack Johnson’s Kokua Festival benefit concert for the Kokua Hawaii Foundation. In support of the release, Johnson will head out with […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Sen. Gilbert Kahele was among several dignitaries at the University of Hawaii at Hilo’s Annual Distinguished Alumni and Service Awards Banquet. He will be presenting certificates of recognition to the awardees. The event was Friday, Feb. 24 at UH Hilo’s Campus Center Dining Hall. “It is an honor to be part of this […]

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MEDIA RELEASE A new farmer-to-farmer video about Integrated Beetle Management is available online to help farmers manage the coffee berry borer beetle (CBB). The beetle has spread at an alarming rate through Kona, threatening the survival of Hawaii’s premier specialty crop. “With some Kona coffee farmers still discovering the beetle infestation and others reporting a […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Total expenditures by visitors who came to Hawaii in January 2012 rose 13.9 percent (or $164.1 million) from January 2011, to $1.345 billion, according to preliminary statistics released Friday by the Hawaii Tourism Authority. This was the best one-month total on record, surpassing the December 2011 high of $1.298 billion. Contributing to the […]

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The East Hawaii Hiroshima Kenjin Kai is offering two $1,000 scholarships to graduating seniors who plan to continue their post high school education this fall. Applicants must be a senior at any East Hawaii public high school and must enroll at any accredited college or university for the 2012-2013 academic years.

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Hawaii 24/7 Staff Kamehameha Schools Hawaii had a rough day. Several players were fighting off a possible case of food poisoning or stomach virus, point guard Lanaki Apele suffered an elbow injury and then they blew a 10-point lead to lose in the Division I semifinal Friday evening on Oahu. No. 2 seed Kahuku staged […]

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Big Island police are renewing their request for the public’s help in identifying a woman wanted for questioning in connection with a fire in a trash receptacle attached to an automated teller machine on September 8, 2011.

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MEDIA RELEASE Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa has become the title sponsor for the 4th Annual Lavaman Keauhou Triathlon scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 18. Lavaman Keauhou is a fully sanctioned USA Triathlon Olympic Distance Triathlon produced by Hawaii Sports Connection. It is open to elite triathletes, triathlon enthusiasts and relay teams of all ages […]

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Big Island police are renewing their request for information about a 17-year-old boy who was reported missing. Austin Imholt failed to return to his Kailua-Kona home on 29 October, 2011. He is described as 5-foot-7, about 145 pounds, with a fair complexion, blond curly hair and blue eyes. He has a black outlined gothic tattoo […]

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A 6-month-old boy from Japan died Thursday (February 23) from injuries he received in a one-vehicle crash on Hawaiʻi Belt Road (Route 11), .3 miles northeast of the 48-mile marker in the Kapapala area of the Kaʻū District. The victim was identified as Yuta Suzuki of Shiyonawate, Japan.

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Big Island police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man wanted for questioning in connection with an assault at PunaluÊ»u Black Sands Beach on January 12. A 29-year-old man from Meadow Lake, Oregon, was taking pictures of turtles when another man confronted him and told him to stay away from the turtles. […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The county Department of Public Works Building Division staff will be trained on a new permit software system Feb. 27-March 1. Offices will remain open, and staff will be available; however, permit applications intake will be suspended Feb. 27 and Feb. 29. Closure Details: Kona, West Hawaii Civic Center 7:45 a.m.-noon Monday, Feb. […]

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