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World Wide Ed Pulpconnection Jerome’s ThoughtsTour De France Champion and cycling great Lance Armstrong is enjoying the Big Island now. I’m putting his twit feed on the bottom left of my blog following the Advertiser putting content directly from his twit as breaking news on their site. :roll: I’ll take his twit feed down as soon as he leaves the [...]
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Just noticed this harsh clip that was posted earlier. Snow on top of Mauna Kea is great… but you have to watch out for those random rocks! *update* Andrew Cooper knows where this location is. He recently blogged: …I recognize the spot where this sledder is coming down, the side of Pu’u Hau Kea. Considering [...]
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I’m adding a new blog to my ‘roll. Island Notes is a fairly new blog. He likes to talk a bit of smack every now and then, but he’s a good writer, although we don’t often see eye to eye on issues. If you can handle an effing swear word or two or three, check [...]
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If you haven’t already read the article about Yoshimoto’s proposed ordinance on road rage, you can read that here. “A tougher law to deal with Big Island road rage incidents may be considered by the Hawaii County Council early next year…“ But I really recommend that you read the blog at Poinography as he asks [...]
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I just received the following Media Release: The ARC of Hilo Waimea and Kealakehe HI5 Redemption Centers are closed today, Wednesday, December 31, 2008 due to heavy rains and a landslide on the highway from Hilo. These locations will reopen on Friday January 2, 2009 at 8 am. Atlas Recycling in Kona is open today [...]
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Working on the KPAG H-130 Advisory group, I have become more aware of the traffic problems that we have with H-130. I previously posted that there were 283 accidents in a two year period along H-130 that caused more then $3000 dollars in damage here. I just got back from Kea’au. As I was driving [...]
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Continued from here. #1. So the top read post of 2008 doesn’t really surprise me that much. It was an election year and there was a lot of stuff flying around about the Mayoral Candidates. I posted the following blog the first week I started this blog: Is a Billy Kenoi Smear On? Hunter Bishop [...]
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Governor Linda Lingle announced today that she granted pardons to six individuals in 2008, in accordance with the power vested in her by the Hawai`i State Constitution (Article V, Section 5). “These individuals made mistakes, which for some were one-time, isolated incidents. They served their sentences and completed probation, and have led law-abiding lives,” said [...]
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Governor Linda Lingle has appointed Honoka‘a native Marc Miranda to serve as her liaison to the East Hawai`i community. Miranda will start his new duties on Jan. 12… More Here
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…Hoku Solar will assign its power purchase agreements to the special purpose entity Hoku Solar Power I LLC, which will sell the electricity generated by the PV power systems to Hawaii Department of Transportation over a contract period of 20 years, the company said in a statement… More Here
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We just had about a 90 minute power outage here in Pahoa near the school. I drove through Pahoa Town and the businesses still had power. I heard it was out from Nanawale all the way up to my place. It’s dumping rain now so I’m preparing for a wet new years eve!
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On Saturday, January 10th, the following participating agencies and groups will hold the “Ohana Fun Day” at Kurtistown Ballpark: Puna Community Action Team Members, County of Hawaii Community Policing, County of Hawaii Police Activities League, Hawaiian Beaches Action Team, County of Hawaii Parks and Recreation Department, The Salvation Army – Family Intervention Services, Neighborhood Place [...]
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I just saw the following Twit from Hawaii 247. I guess he is on the road right now and can’t post it to the site this second. I’ll just post it here for anyone traveling in that direction anytime soon. “Rockslide continue along Hwy 19 north of Hilo. State highway crews are out clearing debris [...]
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The H&R Block of Pahoa will be opening next week on January 2nd. Sign in the window announcing the opening.
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I just had the unpleasant experience of spilling a Pepsi all over my frigging keyboard. It looks like all the keys are still working. I’ve wiped it down with Clorox wipes. I just hope the inside of the keyboard doesn’t start attracting ants or something now. I’m certainly not going to attempt to take apart [...]
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Well the layoffs continue here in Hawaii. The largest general contractor in Hawaii, Hawaiian Dredging is now laying off 70 people. …Hawaiian Dredging Construction Co. told PBN that the company had to let go of the workers because of the slowdown in construction projects. The majority of the 70 employees laid off were union workers. [...]
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Beginning January 5, the State will be issuing new ID cards for people wishing to obtain Hawaii ID cards. The new cards will look like this:
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Continued from here. #4. Well they always did say that sex sells. This was interesting. Especially the fact that Dave Corrigan, from BIVN, saw a Stinkhorn mushroom on a tour he took later on in the year. Just as Viagra seems to be a big seller… I still think I could make a killing off [...]
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Big Island Video News just posted an excellent video of the recent Blessing and Opening of the new Pohoiki Bypass. One of these days, I’m going to learn to stay out of his damn camera shots! I thought if I stood by him for a good portion of the time, I would be safe.
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