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A Kona man has been charged with kidnapping and other offenses in connection with a robbery last week in Kailua-Kona. On February 17, Kona patrol officers responded to an apartment on the 75-5000 block of Lamaokeola Street in Kailua-Kona to a reported robbery.

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MEDIA RELEASE Kings’ Shops welcomes The Three Fat Pigs, a restaurant and gastropub by Chef Ippy to its lineup of celebrity chef restaurants. “This will be Hawaii Island’s first gastropub. We are very excited that Chef Ippy decided to make Kings’ Shops the home of his first full service restaurant,” said Steven Schwartz, general manager […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The state Senate is taking a five-day recess and will resume Thursday. Legislators typically use this opportunity to spend time in their communities and with their constituencies, including providing their constituents with updates on pending legislation. During a recess, the Legislature does not formally convene for floor session. However, legislative offices are open […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Four Seasons Resort Hualalai at Historic Kaupulehu, in collaboration with Lucy Lean, noted author of Made in America; Our Best Chefs Reinvent Comfort Food, announces Chef Fest – Made in America 3. A celebration of high-profile dinners, interactive cooking classes and culinary experiences, the series of events will be held at the Resort […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Parker School announces seniors Paul Gregg and Aidan Wharton have advanced as finalists for a National Merit Scholarship Award. In September, Gregg and Wharton were notified 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 (Preliminary Scholastic […]

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MEDIA RELEASE More than 650 volunteers gathered data from the shores of Oahu, Kauai, and Hawaii Island during the Fab. 23 Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Ocean Count. The count is a yearly shore-based census that provides snapshot data on humpback whales. Participants tally humpback whale sightings and document the animals’ surface behavior […]

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MEDIA RELEASE As a result of their stellar performance in this weekend’s VEX Pan-Pacific Championships, 23 middle and high school teams have qualified to compete at the VEX World Championships April 17-20 in California. One-hundred and four teams from Hawaii, the mainland, China, and Taiwan, competed at the Hawaii Convention Center over the weekend. Throughout […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaii Preparatory Academy presents the world-renowned and award-winning children’s eco-music group, the Banana Slug String Band in concert at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25, at the school’s Gates Performing Arts Center. The concert, which is free and open to the public, is the second in a series of Ohana Sustainability events being presented […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Waikoloa Beach Resort presents the 13th Annual Great Waikoloa Ukulele Festival at Queens’ MarketPlace. Starting with a free ukulele workshop with Roy Sakuma, the celebration of Hawaii’s favorite musical instrument includes nonstop entertainment from 12 to 7 p.m. Saturday, March 2, with a special appearance by multiple Na Hoku Hanohano Award-winner Sean Naauao. […]

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Old Kona Airport Park played host Saturday morning for the first annual IBEW Lineman’s Rodeo in Hawaii.

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Hawaii 24/7 Staff Three state titles belong on the Big Island after the swimming and diving championships. In the girls 100-yard breaststroke, Kealaheke’s Cara Jernigan’s winning time was 1:05.09. In the girls 100-yard backstroke, Hawaii Preparatory Academy’s Anu Nihipali took the championship in a time of 58.64 Also, Kealakehe picked up the girls 200-yard freestyle […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Waimea’s Friday Night Crew youth group is hard at work on its first-ever “Alcohol Logo Lampoon Contest,” open to all North Hawaii youth, grades 6-12. The Friday Night Crew will host a poster-making party 5:30-7:30 p.m. Friday, March 1 at the Waimea Community Center to help students complete their entry, and all are […]

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The National Weather Service in Honolulu has issued a Winter weather advisory for the summits of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea through Monday morning.

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MEDIA RELEASE After a century spent fighting one of the humanity’s most frightening diseases, the American Cancer Society, which celebrates its 100th birthday this year, can point to many land- mark achievements, including research grants totaling more than $3.8 billion since 1946 and support for the work of forty-six Nobel Prize winning scientists in their […]

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