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Former Hawaii County Mayor Herbert Tatsuo Matayoshi, 82 passed away on July 11, 2011 at Straub Clinic & Hospital. He was born on November 21, 1928 in Hilo, Hawaii. He was first elected as a supervisor to the County of Hawaii in 1962, and continued as a county councilman from 1968 until he was elected […]

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Council calls special meeting (June 24); needs majority six votes to over-ride mayor’s veto

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Kolten Wong was selected in the first round of the Major League Baseball draft, picked as the 22nd overall player by the St. Louis Cardinals.

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On Wednesday (June 15) Mayor Billy Kenoi sent a letter to the County Council vetoing Bill 29 (Draft 4) of the 2011-2012 operating budget. The message from the mayor to the County Council and Corporation Council LIncoln Ashida’s letter to Finance Director Nancy Crawford.

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Former Hawaii County Mayor Stephen Kai Yamashiro passed away Tuesday (May 24) at the age of 69. Yamashiro served as Mayor from 1992 to 2000.

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Mayor Kenoi talks about the possible impact of a federal government shutdown which would include the closing of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

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Hawaii County Council Chair Dominic Yagong held a press conference Friday (March 18) to discuss the the budget submitted by Mayor Billy Kenoi.

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Mayor Billy Kenoi launches a new series of community talk-story meetings Tuesday evening at the Kukuihaele Social Hall at 6 p.m. Mayor Kenoi and members of his cabinet will be available to discuss community issues and answer questions directly from residents at the meetings.

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County of Hawaii Mayor Billy Kenoi will present a State of the County address at two locations on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. The Mayor will deliver the address in the pavilion of the new West Hawaii Civic Center in Kona at 10 a.m. The Mayor will also deliver the address again at 5:30 p.m. at […]

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Saddle Road remains closed as the military takes over the fire scene which has burned between 600-1,000 acres of land Monday. An update on the fire with Hawaii County Mayor Billy Kenoi.

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On Wednesday (June 30) Hawaii County Mayor Billy Kenoi announced a plan to save the county $7M via furlough days for most county employees.

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Mayor Billy Kenoi submitted a proposed $375,367,419 county budget to the Hawaii County Council today. This budget is $11.7 million less than the current year’s budget, but that number does not begin to reflect the painful effects of the budget cuts proposed here on our community at large, and our employees and their families.

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Mayor Billy Kenoi released his business travel and expense records today for the first year of his administration. The mayor’s work with the Hawai‘i Conference of Mayors comprised the bulk of expenses in the report. Mayor Kenoi also traveled to the U.S. Conference of Mayors annual meeting in Washington, D.C., in January 2009, and visited […]

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The Office of the Mayor, Hawai‘i County Council, Office of the County Clerk and six County departments are moving into the newly renovated Hawai‘i County Building at 25 Aupuni Street this week.

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