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MEDIA RELEASE “Courage To Love” concerts set to spice up Valentine’s Love: think about it, feel it, sing it! The Hawaii Men’s Chorus, (founded as the Puna Men’s Chorus) now includes men from across the island, all prepared to help celebrate Valentine’s Day, the most loving day of the year. “Courage to Love” is a […]

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Hawaii County Fire/Rescue crews responded to a 3:22 a.m. alarm Wednesday (Feb 13) to Puna for a structure fire. Crews arrived to find a 10’x10′ structure at 12-4321 Kona Street engulfed in flames with the roof collapsed. A 31-year-old woman got second degree burns to her hands getting out of the structure fire, was treated […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The siren in Hakalau (Highway 19, north of mile marker 15 and Chin Chuck Road), North Hilo District, will be tested between 8-11 a.m. Thursday Feb. 14. Residents in this area may hear the siren sound for 30 seconds during the identified time period. Technicians will use data gathered from this tests to […]

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Police are investigating a reported shooting incident that occurred last night in Hilo that left two women dead. At about 11:20 pm on Monday night, police responded to several calls of gunshots in the 600 block of Leilani Street. Responding officers conducted checks within the residence and discovered two victims with apparent gunshot wounds.

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MEDIA RELEASE The county Civil Defense Agency and Fire Department have scheduled a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Training in Kapaau for four consecutive Saturdays starting Feb. 16 and ending March 9. This is an in-depth emergency response training course that is fully funded by FEMA and the Department of Homeland Security and presented by […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Donkey Mill Art Center presents “Cycles of Life” exhibit from Feb. 12 until April 6, 2013 with a reception at 6 p.m. Feb. 21. The reception is free and open to the public, beginning with an ohana-style potluck followed by a slide lecture with guest artist Holly Roberts. This is an exhibition […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Roadwork and traffic patterns on Kilauea Avenue from the Puna side of the Pauahi Street intersection to Aupuni Street: During construction, restrictions affecting on street parking and lane closures are in effect. The schedule is 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, and if work occurs on the weekend and holidays, the schedule is 7 a.m. […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The state House Water & Land Committee and Finance Committee unanimously adopted HB1133, which would repeal the Public Land Development Corporation. The bill will now be subject to a full vote on the House floor and, should it pass, cross over to the Senate for consideration. The remainder of the bills relating to […]

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On Sunday morning (February 10, 2013) at 12:16 pm, police received a report from a 60-year-old Volcano woman that at about 6:00 pm the previous day, she offered a ride to a male acquaintance to assist him with his disabled vehicle. Instead of driving to the location of the vehicle, the male suspect apparently drove […]

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On Friday evening (February 8, 2013) at 9:05 pm, after conferring with prosecutors, Tyler Kamanao Taylor of Hilo was charged for first degree robbery, third degree criminal property damage, two counts of first degree terroristic threatening, two counts of first degree unlawful imprisonment, unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle, and two counts of second degree […]

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Big Island police have arrested a 23-year-old Kona man in connection with several reports of terroristic threatening Monday morning (February 11) in Honokaʻa. Lyle Kawika Pascubillo of Kailua-Kona is being held at the Kona police cellblock on suspicion of three terroristic threat offenses.

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A 49-year-old woman from Hakalau was killed Saturday (February 9) from injuries she received in a two-vehicle crash on Akoni Pule Highway at the 17-mile-marker in the North Kohala District. The woman was identified as Theresa Doris Pacheco, of a Hakalau address.

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Hawaii 24/7 Staff UPDATED, 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 11 Big Island police arrested a 23-year-old Kona man in connection with several reports of terroristic threatening Monday in Honokaa. Lyle Kawika Pascubillo of Kailua-Kona is being held at the Kona police cellblock on suspicion of three terroristic threat offenses. Hamakua patrol officers received a complaint from […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaiian language professor Noenoe K. Silva will discuss how Hawaiian language newspapers and documents change the view of our kupuna’s (ancestor’s) world in an upcoming Eia Hawaii presentation in Hilo and a Puana Ka Ike lecture in Kona. Her lecture, “Recovering the Moolelo (stories/literature) of our KÅ«puna,” is noon-1:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14, […]

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