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A 36-year-old motorcyclist and a child passenger were killed tonight when a motorcycle apparently struck a sedan that was attempting to turn left from Ainaloa Boulevard onto Highway 130 in Kea’au. The accident occurred just after 7:30 p.m. According to the Hawai’i Country Fire Department, the motorcycle was heading toward Pahoa on Highway 130 when [...]
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1. A minor earthquake occurred at 8:32:11 PM (HST) on Sunday, May 31, 2009 . The magnitude 3.0 event occurred 6 km (4 miles) S of Pu`u `O`o Crater. The hypocentral depth is 9 km ( 6 miles). 2. A minor earthquake occurred at 8:49:43 PM (HST) on Sunday, May 31, 2009 . The magnitude [...]
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I just saw this interesting tweet come across the “Pahoa” feeds of Twitter: Singles’ party at the Pahoa Museum every 3rd Saturday of every month. Raising money to keep the Museum going. I’ve got lots of blog posts on the Pahoa Museum.
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In a new partnership between two respected brands which has just been announced there is a huge win for the environment and air travelers. Hawaiian Airlines will roll out a new fleet of fuel-efficient planes next year. Hawaiian Airlines’ has decided on a new fleet of Rolls Royce powered Airbus A-330’s. “The Boeing 767 is a great [...]
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I often refer to myself as a resident ass at times. I’m blunt, I say what I mean and often times my words get me in trouble because the context of what is said and the meaning of what is said is often lost through the language and tone of what I say. I’ve gotten [...]
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… the U.S. military plans to move 8,000 Marines and 17,000 family members to Guam from Okinawa, Japan, by 2014. But these new residents and the expanded military installations are likely to overwhelm Guam’s power grid, which today generates all of its electricity from imported oil. The Navy thinks “ocean thermal energy conversion” may be [...]
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Media Release Both chambers of the state legislature have approved SB 1058, which would establish a task force to examine crucial issues surrounding Hawaii’s medical marijuana law. The bill is now sitting on Gov. Linda Lingle’s desk awaiting her signature. Please send an e-mail to Gov. Lingle today asking her to sign this bill into [...]
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May 30 (Bloomberg) — Hawaii Superferry Inc., which provided high-speed ferry service for cars and passengers between Hawaii’s Oahu and Maui islands, filed for bankruptcy protection today. Hawaii Superferry and parent HSF Holding Inc. filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy petitions in Wilmington, Delaware. They cited a Hawaii Supreme Court ruling in March that struck down a [...]
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This report supersedes any earlier reports of this event. This is a computer-generated message. This event has not yet been reviewed by a seismologist. A minor earthquake occurred at 3:55:27 PM (HST) on Saturday, May 30, 2009 . The magnitude 3.5 event occurred 9 km (5 miles) SW of Kilauea Summit. The hypocentral depth is [...]
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The following is a post from Roger E. Sowell posted on May 6th, 2009 on his post titled Sea Level Surprises in Hilo on his blog EnergyGuy’s Musings. While doing research for my comment to EPA on their Proposed Finding that CO2 is a dangerous air pollutant, I ran across some data for sea level [...]
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Phillipines Department of Foreign Affairs The Philippine Consulate General in Honolulu conducted Oversees Absentee Voting (OAV) field registration in Hilo, the capital city of Hawaii, last May 16. Hilo is known as Big Island for having the largest land area among the other counties – Oahu, Maui, Kauai – in the state of Hawaii. The [...]
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Media Release The public is invited to participate in an anonymous Community Satisfaction Survey for the Hawai’i Police Department during the month of June. Baring any technical difficulties, the Internet survey will available from 9 a.m. Monday, June 1, until 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 30, at www.hawaiipolice.com . The survey takes about five minutes to [...]
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On May 25, 2009 Kona patrol officers responded to a reported burglary of the Konawaena High School locker room. Unknown persons broke into the locker room and removed approximately 100 green-and-white football jerseys valued at $8,000. Police ask that anyone with information on this case call Detective Scott Kurashige at 326-4646, extension 265, or the [...]
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I was taught a long time ago to “pick my battles” with people that you love and often times certain things just aren’t worth fighting over. I’ve come to the conclusion that my wife has Obsessive Compulsion Disorder over Toilet Paper (OCD over TP). I’m the type of guy that really doesn’t care where my [...]
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I’ve got a friend here in Pahoa, Tom Lackey, who has really shown a lot of spirit and aloha to a lot of people in the community. I’m posting this on behalf of him, now that I have pictures of said wheelchair that was returned to him: The following is a post from Punaweb, just [...]
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There always seem to be some controversy brewing somewhere on the Big Island: …But while thousands of others are sharing high-fives, shakas and hugs, Keonepoko Elementary School sixth-grader Ja’nea Osborne will sit out the festivities on principle. It comes down to a song the Puna school’s sixth-graders will dance to at the June 3 ho’olaulea [...]
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My son knows that when the dogs start barking and going off, that means that someone is typically at the driveway and it’s a good signal to go look to see who’s here. Every once in awhile our dogs will just start barking at cats or birds that happen to come into the yard. Of [...]
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I get asked all the time what it’s like to live in Hawaii. What do we do for fun? Where do we go for vacations? Do you live on the beach? etc. I’m more then willing to share emails, tweets, comments with anyone about my feelings about things and I try and tell it like [...]
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Two Soldiers were killed after their helicopter made a hard landing May 27 at Wheeler Army Airfield in Hawaii.
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Whoa… I just realized that sometime while I was at work today my Blog Hit counter rolled over 250,000 page views. I had to do the math… If I got a nickle every time someone viewed my site, I would have made over $12,500 bucks. I got to start trying to figure out a way [...]
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