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Puna Resident Keoni Alvarez posted the following on youtube today: Save a Native Hawaii Burial Cave from being developed on in. Seeking funding support to preserve this site for future generations.
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From the House Communications Office: WHAT: The House Committees on Housing and Human Services will visit Kapiolani Park in Waikiki to see firsthand the plight of homelessness and talk to the homeless living there about viable solutions. WHEN: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 – 12:00 noon WHERE: Kapiolani Park – Fronting the area of Waikiki Beach [...]
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A minor earthquake occurred at 6:37:48 AM (HST) on Monday, July 12, 2010 . The magnitude 3.1 event occurred 10 km (6 miles) WNW of Ka`ena Point. The hypocentral depth is 10 km ( 6 miles). More Here A minor earthquake occurred at 8:58:57 PM (HST) on Sunday, July 11, 2010 . The magnitude 3.0 [...]
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Jesus – talk about a waste of tax dollars! Where is this website??? Contract Title: Website Hosting and Design Services for Traffic Division and Flood Protection Consultant: Hawaii Information Consortium LLC Amount: $20,700.00 Contact Person: Noelani Whittington Phone No.: 808 961-8787 Add on top of that we, the public will have to pay a fee [...]
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I just noticed this video uploaded by youtube user sdcheapshot and it shows pictures of the aftermath of the 1960 Hilo Tsunami that I don’t think many folks have seen before: This tidal wave hit Hilo on May 23, 1960, destroyed 530 buildings and killed 61 in spite of the siren warning system that was [...]
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Well today we had the one year anniversary of the Big Island Internet Society. It was great to see so many familiar faces as well as meet those that came for the first time. Sure Save and Wiki Wiki Mart owner Carl Okuyama spoke about how Sure Save has used search engines over the last [...]
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This wreck happened at the Highway 130 and Highway 11 intersection taking out a street light as well!
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So everyone wants to know the scoops… well since officially I haven’t been served the subpoena I will say the following: The census worker, Jay Haas, that was arrested for trespassing on a police officers property in the Puna District, the trial will begin on July 22nd at the Federal Court House on Oahu. I [...]
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Roger Christie got busted again along with 13 others for growing marijuana according to Hawaii News Now. The thing I’m curious about… is why are they shipping some of the arrested folks off to Oahu? Federal drug agents are rounding up suspects in what appears to be a major marijuana bust on the east side [...]
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From the Mayors Office: Mayor Billy Kenoi and other County officials on Monday briefed Federal Communications Chairman Julius Genachowski on geographic, economic and other issues related to extending the reach of broadband access in the County of Hawai‘i. The briefing for Chairman Genachowski at the county police station at Kealakehe was requested by U.S. Senator [...]
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Excuse the language in the video, but it’s captioned on the bottom:
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I’m now dealing with another situation where a local blogger doesn’t want to moderate comments and yet they get spammers and folks that link crap onto their site just so they can collect data in their comment sections. I’m sorry if folks are bothered that I filter and moderate my comments… but it’s just for [...]
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Well at about 4:45 pm today, I drove pass this wreck at the intersection of Highway 130 and Orchidland Drive. I’ve said it before… that I just don’t believe these are accidents. This highway is poorly designed and the intersections make it a “deathway not a highway”. I sure hope no one got hurt in [...]
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On Saturday I had the opportunity to do something I have never done before and that is snorkeling off the Kona Coast with FairWind Big Island Ocean Guides. I actually was given the choice of a couple of their tours but I chose the Hula Kai adventure. We began the tour at Keahou Bay where [...]
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The owners of the Hawaii Tribune Herald, The West Hawaii Today, and Big Island Weekly is Stephens Media. Many folks consider the Las Vegas Review Journal the “sister” paper to the Big Island papers and is owned by Stephens Media as well. In fact the Hawaii Tribune Herald has a button linking directly to their [...]
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*They updated the video* This is just too strange to me… but I’ll just roll with it for now. The following video is from Tucker & Associates Print and Video Media (I swear to god I have no affiliation with this company) It appears to be video footage of the new “…MD500E helicopters for the [...]
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Words From an Ex Naval Photographer on the Hilo Tsunami Photos
Yesterday, I posted a video of newly released photos of the aftermath of the 1960 Hilo Tsunami. I have begun dialog with Charles Hansen, the US Navy Photographer that was granted access to the Big Island the day after the Tsunami hit and hopefully he will be sending more pictures soon. … I am now [...]
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