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MEDIA RELEASE Kailua Village Business Improvement District will soon launch a free smartphone application that users can download to learn more about history, significant sites and things to do along Royal Footsteps Along the Kona Coast, the state’s second Hawaii Scenic Byway. The Kona Royal Footsteps APP is an interpretive experience that focuses on Alii […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Mauna Lani Bay Hotel & Bungalows, Hawaii’s premier cultural resort, celebrated its 30th anniversary since opening Feb. 14, 1983. The occasion was celebrated with a blessing by Kahu David Kaupu, who was there for the grand opening day 30 years ago. Tokyu Corporation has been the owner of the Mauna Lani Bay since […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Young Brothers, Limited said its overall intrastate cargo volume for 2012 was relatively flat compared to 2011, inching up 0.4 percent, but ended 2012 with a modest uptick in the fourth quarter, according to the Young Brothers Quarterly Shipping Report. For the three-month period from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, 2012, intrastate volume […]

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Volcano conceptual models vary. By factoring in strategically different types of information, models help volcano researchers with diverse interests work together to formulate questions and devise experiments that test and refine the model’s validity.

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The Hawaii House of Representatives unanimously passed HB1133, which would repeal the Public Land Development Corporation (PLDC). House Lawmakers held a public hearing last Saturday to engage the community in considering a variety of options for dealing with the PLDC that ranged from overhauling the administrative rules to repealing the corporation. Testimony from the five-hour […]

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Detectives have charged a 34-year-old Hilo man for several offenses stemming from the shooting deaths of two Hilo women. This evening (February 13) at 6:30 pm, after conferring with prosecutors, Sean Ivan Masa Matsumoto, was charged for first degree murder, two counts of second degree murder, three counts of use of a firearm in commission […]

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MEDIA RELEASE To increase awareness of the dangers of methamphetamine, also known as “ice,” the Hawaii Meth Project is partnering with Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA) for the fourth year in a row to present a special award for Meth addiction prevention videos as part of HMSA’s 2013 Teen Video Awards Contest. The Hawaii Meth […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Parker School has announceed seniors Paul Gregg and Aidan Wharton have advanced as finalists for a National Merit Scholarship Award. In September, Gregg and Wharton were notified that each was one of about 16,000 national semi-finalists out of the 50,000 highest scorers of approximately 1.5 million high school students who took the PSAT […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Parker Middle School held its “Unity Day” on Friday, Feb. 8. This was the second of three Unity Days (one per trimester), which are days designed to build camaraderie between the sixth, seventh and eighth graders. The theme was “creating and appreciating art as a noble expression of the human spirit,” according to […]

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No destructive widespread tsunami threat exists based on historical earthquake and tsunami data.

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MEDIA RELEASE The county Department of Parks and Recreation reminds residents and visitors there are no fees to visit the Kalapana Lava Viewing Area located near the end of Highway 130 in lower Puna. A private security company opens the free public viewing area from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. daily. To access the area, […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Kaiser Permanente Hawaii has announced all of its locations statewide have enacted a plastic bag ban. Kaiser Permanente Hawaii is the first region in the Kaiser Permanente family and the first healthcare system in Hawaii to voluntarily ban the dispensing of plastic bags to its patients statewide. Environmentally friendly reusable and biodegradable paper […]

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Water will be temporarily turned off in certain areas of Waiakea on, Friday, February 15, 2013 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to do a waterline connection for the Cheng and Seto Subdivisions. Upon the resumption of water service, the waterlines will be flushed and cleaned, during which time you may notice […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Education’s is off of Race to the Top (RTTT) “high-risk” status for its work on standards, assessments, and data system development and use. The U.S. Department of Education notified state education officials late Friday about the change followed by an official letter to Gov. Neil Abercrombie. “This is excellent […]

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