Posted on May 30, 2014. Tags: hawaii forest institute, heather simmons, keauhou bird conservation center, san diego zoo global
MEDIA RELEASE On March 6, a group of more than 50 school children hiked into the new Discovery Forest around the Keauhou Bird Conservation Center (KBCC) to take part in reclaiming the disappearing wild lands of Hawaii. As part of an ongoing conservation effort led by San Diego Zoo Global and the Hawaii Forest Institute […]
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Posted on May 30, 2014. Tags: dwight takamine, minimum wage, neil abercrombie
MEDIA RELEASE Gov. Neil Abercrombie has signed Senate Bill 2609 (Act 82), a measure that incrementally increases the state’s minimum wage rate over the next four years and the tip credit over the next two years. “A hardworking sector of our community has gone seven years without a raise,†Abercrombie said. “This legislation will raise […]
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Posted in Business
Posted on May 29, 2014. Tags: malama solomon, waikoloa public library
MEDIA RELEASE Sen. Malama Solomon has announced that funding identified by the Legislature for a new public library in Waikoloa has been released by the administration. The project includes $525,000 for design work for a new Waikoloa Public Library. “Residents of Waikoloa worked very hard over the years to get this much-needed public library in […]
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Posted on May 29, 2014. Tags: energy excelerator, pacific international center for high technology research
Hawaii’s Energy Excelerator is seeking 14 energy startup companies from Hawaii and the mainland to participate in its upcoming cohort. As part of the mentoring program, the excelerator will provide $5 million in funding and mentorship to help the startups bring their ideas to market. Of the 14 companies selected for the program, Excelerator directors […]
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Posted in Business, Energy
Posted on May 29, 2014. Tags: cj kale, lava light galleries, nick selway, smugmug
CJ Kale: ‘We love the excitement of witnessing the creation and destruction of the landscape right before our eyes’
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Posted in Business, Featured
Posted on May 29, 2014. Tags: aaron stene, daniel k. inouye highway, opinion, queen kaahumanu highway, traffic
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Posted on May 29, 2014. Tags: craig alexander, ironman 70.3, julie dibens, triathlon
MEDIA RELEASE Created in 2004 in the footprint of its big sister, Ironman 70.3 Hawaii is the only qualifier for the Ironman World Championship held on island itself. Nicknamed Honu, in honor of the Hawaiian green sea turtle, the Ironman 70.3 Hawaii offers competitors a beautiful venue. It starts with an open-ocean swim and follows […]
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Posted in Multi-sport, Sports
Posted on May 29, 2014. Tags: el nino, hurricane season, noaa, tom evans
Twenty-year era of low activity likely to be offset in 2014 by impacts of El Nino
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Posted in Featured, Hurricane, News
Posted on May 29, 2014. Tags: bow-hunting, pta
Army officials are opening several training areas for bow hunting, here, May 31-June 1, from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. Training areas 1-4, 9 and 12-16 will be open for bow hunting of mammals only. Hunters are allowed one pig, one goat and one sheep, per day, in keeping with state bag limits. Shooting sheep […]
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Posted in Hunting, Sports
Posted on May 29, 2014. Tags: keaukaha, parking, police
The HawaiÊ»i Police Department reminds the public that some areas along KalanianaÊ»ole Avenue in Keaukaha are designated “No Parking†zones. No Parking zones are designed to allow emergency vehicles access to assist the public and for residents to exit their driveways safely. With the summer season approaching, the number of beach goers is expected to […]
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Posted on May 29, 2014. Tags: assault, police, robbery, theft
HawaiÊ»i Island police have charged one of the men arrested in connection with a violent robbery early Tuesday in Kailua-Kona. At 5 p.m. Wednesday (May 28), detectives charged 28-year-old Randall Todd Chase of Kailua-Kona with first-degree robbery, second-degree robbery, assault, two counts of third-degree theft, promoting a dangerous drug, promoting a detrimental drug, and possessing […]
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Posted on May 28, 2014. Tags: flood advisory, kona, nws
The National Weather Service in Honolulu has issued a Flood Advisory for the Big Island until 12:15 a.m. Thursday (May 29). At 10:15 p.m. Wednesday weather radar showed rainfall diminishing along the Leeward coast of the Big Island between Kailua-Kona and Captain Cook, however runoff and ponding continues from earlier heavy rainfall.
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Posted on May 28, 2014. Tags: kona, police, robbery
Two Kona men are in police custody while detectives continue investigating a violent robbery early Tuesday in Kailua-Kona. At 1:57 a.m. Tuesday (May 27), Kona Patrol officers responded to a report of a robbery outside a restaurant on the 75-1000 block of Henry Street.
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Posted on May 28, 2014. Tags: police, shoplifting
HawaiÊ»i Island police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man wanted for questioning in connection with a shoplifting case. A surveillance camera captured an image of a suspect taking a cell phone case from a store at 50 E. Puainako Street on April 17. Police ask anyone who knows the identity or […]
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