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The Big Island Press Club is awards its inaugural Excellence in Media Innovation award to the Hawaii Tracker Facebook Group.

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AARP Hawaii is accepting nominations for its 2017 Andrus Award for Community Service, which honors Hawaii residents, 50 and older, who are sharing their experience, talent, and skills to enrich the lives of their community members.

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Hawaii County Director of Finance Nancy Crawford and county Controller Kay Oshiro each have been awarded a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) for their work on the county’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR).

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The Public Relations Society of America – Hawaii Chapter recognized Kokua Kailua with a Koa Award of Excellence in the Events and Observances category at their 27th annual Koa Anvil Awards program in Honolulu recently.

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A County of Hawai’i firefighter and mobile intensive care technician has been named the Paramedic of the Year for 2009 by the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT). Chris M. Honda, 37, has served as a Hawai’i County firefighter/paramedic for nearly 10 years, including assignments in Honoka’a and at the Central Fire Station.

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Governor Linda Lingle named Michael Unebasami, associate vice president for administrative affairs of the University of Hawaiʻi as State Manager of the Year, and Brian Bushe, an insect and plant researcher for the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources as State Employee of the Year.

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