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Hawaii 24/7 Staff The shooters from Waiakea are state champions. The boys team and the girls team topped the field Tuesday at the air riflery state tournament at the Kamehameha Schools Hawaii in Keaau. The girls team was so dominate only three boys teams had higher scores and Karise Kuroda ended the day with the […]

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This month, students from Hilo Intermediate School and Waiakea Intermediate School held several sign-waving events in an effort to promote safe driving during the holiday season. These future leaders of our community learned about safe driving habits from their school resource officers and took to the streets to share their knowledge.

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The Hawaiʻi Police Department held an information booth on Home Security and Property Inventory, in conjunction with the Waiakea Intermediate School Pumpkin Patch Event On Saturday (October 20).

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Big Island police are advising residents in the Waiākea Houselots area of Hilo that their neighborhood has experienced an increase in burglaries since May. Burglars have entered homes through windows to steal jewelry and other items. Police advise residents in the area to reduce their risk by locking all doors and windows when they leave […]

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The Hawaii State Champion Waiakea High School baseball team was welcomed home Saturday night (May 12) by Mayor Billy Kenoi, friends, family and supporters at Hilo International Airport.

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Hawaii 24/7 Staff Waiakea won its first state baseball title Friday evening on Oahu, taking out Baldwin, 5-2. Waiakea stand-out pitcher Quintin Torres-Costa led his team to the Division I crown by shutting down the Baldwin bats. Torres-Costa struck out 13 batters, including a run of 12 straight strike outs. Torres-Costa eventually had to leave […]

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Hawaii 24/7 Staff No. 3 seed Waiakea is posed to play in the Division I baseball state championship game Friday against No. 4 Baldwin on Oahu. OC16 will have live coverage of the game beginning at 7 p.m. In Thursday’s semi-final, Waiakea pipped defending state champion Pearl City, 2-1. Waiakea came in third in 2004, […]

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Hawaii 24/7 Staff Kamehameha Schools Hawaii topped Waiakea, 11-5, in the fifth place game at the state tournament. Waiakea had to settle for sixth place overall. Kamehameha was seeded No. 3 for the tournament, but was dumped in the quarterfinals by the eventual state runner up. No. 1 seed Punahou was crowned champions after defeating […]

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Hawaii 24/7 Staff The fifth place game in the girls water polo state tournament will be an all-Big Island affair, with Waiakea and Kamehameha Schools Hawaii lining up in the pool. Kamehameha Schools Hawaii was seeded No. 3, but lost to Kamehameha Schools Kapalama in the quarterfinals. Unseeded Kapalama takes on No. 1 seed Punahou […]

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Hawaii 24/7 Staff No. 3 seed Kamehameha Schools Hawaii was knocked off Thursday by unseeded Kamehameha Schools Kapalama, 11-6, and now faces Kaiser for a shot at fifth place overall. Waiakea pipped Roosevelt, 4-3, in the opening round Wednesday, but fell Thursday to No. 1 seed Punahou, 12-3. Waiakea also landed in the consolation bracket, […]

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Hawaii 24/7 Staff Waiakea, led by Ciera Min, finished third in the 2012 David S. Ishii Foundation Girls Golf State Championships at Wailua Golf Course on Kauai. Iolani and Punahou took the top two team spots. Hilo landed in 10th place. Individually, Punahou’s Kacie Komoto, Iolani’s Rose Huang and Moanaloa’s Eimi Koga were the top […]

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Kamehameha-Hawaii shutout Waiakea 12-0 in the BIIF water polo championship Saturday (April 28) at Naeole Pool on the Kamehameha School campus in Keaau.

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Kiewit has named Kyle Nakamura civil construction manager of its West Oahu/Farrington Highway Guideway Project. Nakamura, who is from Hilo, Hawaii, is a 14-year veteran of the construction industry and has worked with Kiewit for 12 years. A graduate of Waiakea High School, Nakamura has a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of […]

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Hawai‘i County’s Department of Parks and Recreation added to its inventory of nearly 200 facilities Friday by opening a new community park in the Waiākea area of Hilo.

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