Big Island Resident Wants to Build Non-Commercial Airstrip Off Highway 11

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Damon

I just noticed this from yesterday’s Windward Planning Commission Meeting that someone wants to build a private non-commercial airstrip off Highway 11: Special Permit to allow the development of a private, non-commercial airstrip on approximately 5 acres of land situated within the State Land Use Agricultural District. The property is located approximately 1,000 feet northeast [...]

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Hawaii County Deputy Managing Director Loans $16,000 Personal Money for Kona Fireworks Show

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Damon

Hawaii County Deputy Managing Director, Barbara Kossow has apparently loaned $16,000 dollars of her own money to help fund the Kona Fireworks show this year.  I read the following tweet a little while ago: Kudos to Barbara Kossow who personally fronted a big deposit needed to secure fireworks for the 4th + fundraised. Model county [...]

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Water Prices Dropping on Big Island

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Damon

Media Release The Department of Water Supply (DWS) announces it is reducing its Power Cost Charge (PCC) on customer bills from $2.38 to $1.83 per 1,000 gallons of water used. The change marks the first time the surcharge has been reduced since at least 2006. The PCC is applied to each 1,000 gallons of water [...]

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UH President McClain Resigns From Mauna Loa Macadamia Orchards

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Damon

Mauna Loa (ML)  Macadamia Orchards, announced that the Partnership has accepted the resignation of director Dr. David McClain effective June 30, 2009. Dr. McClain has served as a director of the managing partner, ML Resources, Inc., since September 2000 and has chaired and served on the Audit, Governance, Nominating and Compensation Committees. Dr. McClain concludes [...]

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Nations First Mobile Health Vehicle Coming to Big Island

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Damon

Kaiser Permanente Hawaii today officially celebrates the arrival of its Mobile Health Vehicle (MHV), the nation’s most technologically advanced medical vehicle on wheels. Complete with real-time access to patients’ electronic health records, telemedicine capabilities, and state-of-the-art digital mammography, the mobile clinic advances Kaiser Permanente’s commitment to make health care more accessible and convenient for its [...]

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Robert Alm to Head PBS Hawaii Board of Directors

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Damon

Hawaii’s only public television station, PBS Hawaii, has a new Board Chair—Robert Alm, Executive Vice President of Hawaiian Electric Company, succeeding longtime Chair Neil Hannahs.  Alm is also the new Board Chair of another nonprofit organization, Enterprise Honolulu, and teaches a graduate course in leadership at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Other members of the [...]

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Welcome to the World “Hapa Brown Ale”

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Damon

Big Island Brewing company Hawaii Nui Brewing has introduced a new label to it’s stock of premium beers. …Available on draught all over the islands, Hapa Brown Ale has really caught on in Hawai’i. The production crew was proud to put this beer in bottle and have it released to the market. It signifies another [...]

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Councilman Yagong Speaks Out

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Damon

Phaethon Keeney has an interesting interview with Councilman Dominic Yagong where he talks about the recent Count Council reorganization. Recently there has been a lot of discussion about the reorganization of the County Council, and I thought it would be great to know a firsthand account of what happened. So over the weekend I sat [...]

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NORTH KOREA LAUNCHES THREE MISSILES…

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Damon

That fall way short of Hawaii: North Korea test-fired three short-range missiles Thursday, South Korea’s Defense Ministry said, a move that aggravates already high tensions following Pyongyang’s recent nuclear test and U.N. sanctions imposed as punishment. Two ground-to-ship missiles were fired from the eastern coastal city of Wonsan on Thursday afternoon, a ministry official said [...]

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Junk

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Damon

Back when I started this blog, I was following the “Junk” raft across the Pacific Ocean. They have finally put this video together of their trip: In the Spring of 2008 three marine scientist built a raft from 15,000 plastic bottles, 30 sailboat masts, and a Cessina 310 aircraft fuselage. We launched on June 1, [...]

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