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Media Release: Tutu’s House is organizing the 12th Annual Waimea Healthy KeikiFest, a celebration of keiki health and safety that will be held on Saturday, April 23rd at the Parker Ranch Shopping Center. Over the past 12 years, hundreds of community members from Hawai`i Island and Oahu have taken the time to provide fun, interactive [...]
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Media Release: Naval officers from 13 nations gathered at the U.S. Pacific Fleet headquarters in Hawaii Feb. 10-16 for the Naval War College’s Combined Force Maritime Component Commander (CFMCC) course for international flag and general officers. The week-long course brought together 24 attendees, with naval officers from Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Chile, India, Indonesia, Japan, Republic [...]
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The Royal Kona Resort presents Five for Fighting one night only! Live and under the stars – An intimate performance as -Singer/songwriter John Ondrasik performs his deeply personal songs that include social messages, invoke the human spirit and make an emotional connection. This can be heard on the past four albums by Five For Fighting, [...]
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Monday, U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02), released the following statement on the Navy’s decision to make Jacksonville and Hawaii the first two homes of the initial P8-A squadrons. “Uniformed leadership of the Navy at the highest level has decided that Jacksonville and Hawaii will be the first two homes of the initial P8-A squadrons. [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Hawaii, Military, National Affairs | Tagged: Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, P8-A Poseidon Squadron, United States House Committee on Armed Services | 2 Comments »
Media Release: The Volcano Art Center’s popular poetry slam continues in 2011 in its new home, the Hale Hoomana Performance Hall Campus, 19-4074 Old Volcano Rd in Volcano Village. The Art Center is again proud to announce that our Slam Emcee Kimberly Dark will be host for the majority of our Slams this year. “She [...]
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From the Mayor’s Office: County of Hawai‘i Mayor Billy Kenoi has announced the appointments of three deputies to key posts in the Department of Public Works, Department of Environmental Management and the Office of Housing and Community Development. Former Deputy Corporation Counsel Brandon Gonzalez has been appointed deputy director of the County of Hawai‘i Department [...]
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Media Release: The Department of Land and Natural Resources today temporarily closed a portion of the beach at Hapuna State Recreation Area in Kona for public safety until further notice, pending investigation of possible unexploded ordnance. A Hawaii County Ocean Safety lifeguard today spotted a cylindrical object in waters 4-5 feet deep at the south [...]
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The Paradise Roller Girls, whose very first bout last November sold out the Hilo Civic to an unprecedented crowd, are ready to lace up and rumble again – against Kauai’s “Garden Island Renegade Rollerz.” The inter-island bout is Sat., Mar. 12 at Hilo’s 3,000-seat Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium. Doors open at 4 p.m., and the bout [...]
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Big Island Police Report: A Waimea man has been arrested and charged in connection with a restaurant burglary last week. South Kohala patrol officers responded to a 2:12 a.m. report Thursday (February 10) and learned that a cleaning crew had encountered a man in a storage room at a restaurant on Opelo Road in Waimea. [...]
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Media Release: The public is invited to the grand opening of the new Pāhoa police station on Thursday, February 17. The new station, located just north of Pāhoa town on Highway 130, will replace a converted kit house in Pāhoa town that functions as a police substation. Puna Captain Samuel Jelsma said the opening of [...]
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Hawaii Island Hoops announces today it will be hosting a training mini-camp from Saturday March 12th – Sunday March 13th from 9:00 am – Noon at the Kekuaokalani Gym in Kailua-Kona. Open to boys and girls ages 7-15 years old, the basketball training mini-camp will include agility training, passing, ball handling and shooting clinics for [...]
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Commentary by Syd Singer: I am writing you about a serious problem which you can help solve! It means saving birds and wild sheep from extinction. The photo below shows dead sheep rotting on the slopes of Hawaii’s Mauna Kea volcano. Helicopters armed with government paid eradicators shooting at wild sheep with assault weapons, all [...]
Filed under: Agriculture, Announcements, Big Island, Environment, Guest Commentator, Hawaii, Rumors, State Affairs | Tagged: Agriculture and Forestry, Domestic sheep, Mauna Kea, Syd Singer | 10 Comments »
Well the Burger King here in Pahoa has been open for about three months so far and today they finally had their official “Grand Opening”. The folks from KWXX were on hand to give out prizes and emcee the event. There was performances… … and there were games. But of course… don’t try and take [...]
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Media Release: Marking its fifth anniversary, the Hawai‘i Avocado Festival celebrates five years of fun with a pre-event dinner Friday, Feb. 18 at the Keauhou Beach Resort. Open to the public, the dinner is the eve before the day-long festival and offers a unique avocado-themed menu, art show and auction. Tickets are $55. The Hawai’i [...]
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Commentary By Councilman Pete Hoffman: We are currently in that ‘never-never-land’ that prevails immediately prior to the publication of the first draft of the County budget. When good years reigned, few people bothered with the specifics. A sense of optimism surrounded the process, and while budget discipline might not have been completely ignored, neither was [...]
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Media Release: Professional filmmakers know great movies start with great stories, and to get from idea to big screen requires great skill in the art of “pitching.” This year, Big Island Film Festival is proud to present a new workshop “Inside Pitch” by Larger Than Life Productions’ Naketha Mattocks in addition to popular Ron Osborn’s [...]
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Media Release: The United States is expected in 2013 to begin work on a new testing and training installation in Hawaii for a land-based variant of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system, Aviation Week reported (see GSN, Jan. 25). “There will be an Aegis Ashore facility in Hawaii,” said James Sheridan, U.S. Navy Aegis programs [...]
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During consideration of House Resolution 72 that directs Congressional Committees to do what they already do, Congresswoman Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) urged her Republican colleagues to stop wasting time and start working on actual legislation to create jobs.
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Media Release: The sixth annual Moku O Keawe International Hula Festival will take place November 3-5, 2011 at Waikoloa Beach Resort on the Big Island’s Kohala Coast. The Festival, presented by Moku O Keawe Foundation, features topnotch women’s hālau from Hawai‘i, the Mainland USA, and Japan, competing in kahiko, ‘auana and kupuna divisions, solo and [...]
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Wordless Wednesday – Captain Cooked Cooking, Borders Cooked
Due to the impending Borders Book Store chain bankruptcy filing this week, Borders stores in Hawaii have had to cancel their highly anticipated author book signing event of Captain Cooked by S.P. Grogan. “I am extremely disappointed,” said author Grogan, “Especially since the Borders in Kailua-Kona had sold out of all their inventory of Captain [...]
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