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MEDIA RELEASE Kona Community Policing staff compile a weekly listing of burglaries and thefts in the West Hawaii community. This update covers Jan. 26 to Feb. 2. BURGLARIES * On 1-28-13, a reported burglary in the 5900 Block of Kuakini Hwy. Electronics taken. * On 01-30-13, a reported burglary in the 6800 block of Mamalahoa […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) has released its two-year report on the 12 Race to the Top (RTTT) grantees, which includes Hawaii. The report covers the progress made through August 2012. The state Department of Education (HIDOE) received recognition for a number of major accomplishments over that time period in the following […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Waimea Country School (Jr. K-6) welcomes interested children and their families to an Admissions Open House 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Feb. 2. The community is invited to come see the campus and to hear directly from the faculty, students, and parents about Waimea Country School’s fully accredited learning program, now with Junior Kindergarten, and […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Ten beloved Waimea kupuna whose lifetime of giving as community leaders helped shaped Waimea today will be honored during a blessing-dedication at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 2 of a newly created Waimea Community Wall in Waimea Community Center. Everyone is invited to unveil a project that was spearheaded by Alex Akau of Waimea […]

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Japanese performing arts, demonstrations of bonsai, origami, traditional tea ceremony, fun mochi pounding, craft fairs (Feb. 2)

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Kaohe Game Management Area (GMA) is an archery unit for game mammals with no bag limit for sheep and goats. To increase public harvest efficiency of feral goats and sheep, DLNR’s Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) is allowing the use of muzzleloaders for licensed hunters by permit.

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MEDIA RELEASE Quilting in Hawaii may be a dream come true for some of the 21 million American quilters who use the internet, their GPS or quilt shop locator apps to plan sightseeing trips around local quilt shops. On the Big Island, there’s an easier way to satisfy quilt cravings, thanks to the 5th Annual […]

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Coast Guard crews, working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration transported a Hawaiian monk seal from the Big Island to Oahu for urgent medical care, Friday (Feb 1).

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Karin Stanton | Hawaii 24/7 Editor Hawaii Preparatory Academy girls soccer team is into the state championship game and will be looking to go one better than last year’s runner-up. Seeded No. 3 in Division II, HPA earned a re-match against last year’s champions Mid-Pacific, which is seeded No. 1. The championship game is 5 […]

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The National Weather Service in Honolulu has continued the high surf advisory for West facing shores of the Big Island until 6 a.m. Saturday. Surf is forecast to be in the six to 10 foot range peaking today then gradually lowering late tonight.

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The search continued Friday (Feb 1) for a missing diver off the coast of Puuhonua O Honaunau National Historical Park. The missing diver was last seen on Wednesday (Jan 30) at the park at about 4 p.m. The man’s keys, wallet and cellphone were found in his truck at the park.

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Detectives have charged a 23-year-old Hilo woman for several offenses in connection with an armed robbery that occurred in Downtown Hilo. Last night (January 31, 2013) at 10 p.m., after conferring with prosecutors, Tia Nohealani Menino was charged for first degree robbery, first degree terroristic threatening, use of a firearm in commission of a separate […]

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Police traffic investigators have identified a 45-year-old Captain Cook man who died Monday (January 28) in a motor vehicle/motorcycle collision on Route 11, south of the 109-mile-marker in South Kona. The motorcyclist was identified as Dennis B. Huber of a Captain Cook address.

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Big Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing 42-year-old man who was said to have gone diving at a location called “2 step” near Puuhonua O Hōnaunau National Historical Park on Wednesday ( January 30).

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