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MEDIA RELEASE Dozens of Hawaii public schools will be piloting a new online assessment aimed at providing a window into whether students are on track to graduate high school, be ready for college and the workplace. As many as 75 DOE schools have been selected to participate in the pilot of the Smarter Balanced assessment […]

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A wind advisory is in effect until 6 p.m. Tuesday (Feb 26) for Ka‘u, Kohala, Hamakua and East Hawaii including the areas of South Point, Pahala, Hilo, Volcano, Honokaa, Waimea and Waikoloa. Hilo saw record rainfalls of 5.26 and 2.64 inches Friday and Saturday.

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A high surf advisory continues for East facing shores of the Big Island until 6 p.m. Tuesday (Feb 26). Surf is forecast to be in the six to 10 foot range. A gale watch is in effect from Noon Monday until 6 p.m. Tuesday for windy zones around Maui and the Big Island. A small […]

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MEDIA RELEASE While in Hawaii last week, Sen Brian Schatz discussed how the sequester will hurt middle-class families and why Democrats have proposed a balanced approach that increases revenues and makes reductions in domestic spending and defense spending. Schatz met with a wide variety of agencies, including the Department of Defense, the governor and other […]

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Impact of March 1 cuts on Hawaii’s middle class families, jobs, economic security

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A lava lake within the Halema`uma`u Overlook vent produced nighttime glow that was visible from the Jaggar Museum overlook and via HVO’s Webcam during the past week.

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A sample of lava erupted at the surface provides a look at the final composition of magma; however, lava samples do not provide a complete picture of how the magma changed on the way to the eruption site.

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We are so excited to announce that Big Island Wave Riders Against Drugs, Betty C, Kanuha Foundation, Na Keiki He’e Nalu and Hulakai will be sponsoring this year’s 4th annual West Hawaii’s Community Beach Clean Up on Saturday March 2, 2013. Volunteers will meet at the Old Airport pavilion #4 last pavilion on left at […]

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Karin Stanton | Hawaii 24/7 A Saturday sunset on the Kohala Coast. If you missed it, there will be another at 6:28 p.m. Sunday, Feb 24. With the sunrise at 6:47 a.m., that will give us 11 hours, 40 minutes and 46 seconds of light Sunday. Also, according to www.timeanddate.com, that is 1 minute and […]

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Karin Stanton | Hawaii 24/7 Editor Hawaii Preparatory Academy was the top Big Isle team at the boys basketball state tournament. HPA was unseeded in Division II, but trounced Seabury Hall, 76-52, to secure third place. Also in Division II, Pahoa stopped Waianae, 47-42, to take fifth place. No. 1 seed Saint Francis topped Kailua, […]

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MEDIA RELEASE (Editor’s Note: A Celebration of Life is planned 5-8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24 at Imiloa Astronomy Center. Friends, neighbors and colleagues welcome.) In remembrance of former state Rep. Helene Eleanor Hale, Gov. Neil Abercrombie has ordered that all national and Hawaii flags at state offices and agencies as well as the Hawaii National […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaii Preparatory Academy’s Ka Makani Players present Robert Harling’s “Steel Magnolias” at 7 p.m. Feb. 23 at the school’s Gates Performing Arts Center. Tickets, which only are available at the door, are $10 for adults and $5 for students. HPA theatre instructor Marina Tichotsky is the director, with set and lighting design by […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Tuscany, Umbria, Venice. The romantic places of Italy have been richly captured in oil paintings and drawings by Edwin Kayton, Big Island resident artist and frequent Mediterranean traveler. Kayton will appear in person 4-8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23 at Wishard Gallery in Queens’ MarketPlace to share his enchantment with what he calls the […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Bruddah Smitty’s eighth Annual Laupahoehoe Music Festival is 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23 at Laupahoehoe Point Beach Park. The music festival raises scholarship money for graduating seniors of Laupahoehoe area students and funds community projects. Organized in 2005 under the foresight of Laupahoehoe resident musician Braddah Smitty, the nonprofit Malama Hawaii […]

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