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Media Release: The West Hawai‘i community is invited to enjoy both a parade and fireworks this Monday, July 4. The Kailua-Kona Independence Day Parade will begin at 5:30 p.m. The parade begins at the Kona Pool next to Kekuaokalani Gym on Kuakini Highway near Old Airport. It will proceed south on Kuakini Highway, past West [...]
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7/1/11 UPDATE: Big Island police have located 64-year-old Phillip Hollenbeck of Hāwī, who was reported missing. He was found unharmed in Waimea on Thursday afternoon (June 30). Media Release: Big Island police are searching for a 64-year-old Hāwī man who was reported missing. Phillip Hollenbeck was last seen walking away from Hilo Medical Center at [...]
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Media Release: Police charged two 20-year-old Hilo men on Wednesday (June 29) for causing extensive damage to a Hilo school campus with graffiti. Detectives from the Criminal Investigations Section charged Dezmond Marquise Bonaparte and Robert S. Lindbergh at 5:10 p.m. with second-degree criminal property damage after they allegedly caused damage in excess of $2,000 by [...]
Filed under: Education, Hawaii, Hilo, Legal | Tagged: Dezmond Marquise Bonaparte, Robert S. Lindbergh | 1 Comment »
Media Release: After a careful review of the City’s denial of its protest of the Honolulu High Capacity Transit Corridor Project Core Systems Design/Build/Operate/Maintain (DBOM) award, Sumitomo Corporation of America (SCOA) has decided to appeal the decision by the City and ask for an impartial hearing from the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA). [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Hawaii, Legal, Oahu, State Affairs, Transportation | Tagged: Honolulu, Honolulu High-Capacity Transit Corridor Project, Sumitomo Group, The Rail | Leave a Comment »
Media Release: Governor Neil Abercrombie is scheduled to sign legislation tomorrow that will create a permanent wilderness area on State land in the South Kona region of the Big Island. SB1154 authored by Hawai’i Island State Senator Gilbert Kahele will ensure the South Kona wilderness area,”rich with cultural, biological, and historical significance, remains in perpetuity for the future generations of [...]
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Filed under: aloha, Announcements, Big Island, Entertainment, Kona | Tagged: July 4th, The Shops at Mauna Lani | Leave a Comment »
Media Release: Hawaii Island Humane Society’s Hawaii Horse Expo 2011 is coming up August 5 through 7. Proceeds from the annual event benefit the Humane Society’s Horse Rescue Fund, which helps abused and abandoned horses on the island. Hawaii Horse Expo begins Friday, August 5 with an Equine Medicine Symposium from 9am until 5pm at [...]
Filed under: aloha, Announcements, Big Island, Community, Entertainment, Hawaii | Tagged: Anna Ranch Heritage Center, Hawaii Horse Expo 2011, Horses in Hawaii | Leave a Comment »
Media Release: Big Island Police are looking for Randall Chong, male 46, has been reporting missing. He left home in Wainaku on 6-28-11 in the morning hours and has not returned. Chong takes medication and is in the need of medical assistance. He is 5’6″, 220#, black hair, brown eyes. If located contact Police.
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Governor Abercrombie signs Proclamation Presented to the Kealakehe Robotics Team to commend “their determination, ingenuity, and commitment to excellence in science, engineering, and mathematics”
Filed under: Abercrombie, Announcements, Education, Kids, Technology | Tagged: Governor Abercrombie, Kealakehe Robotics Team | Leave a Comment »
Check out this video of these early pictures of Hula dancers. If anyone recognizes anyone please let me know. The title on youtube read like this: Al Bowlly – Pagan Serenade – Ray Noble (1931) Vintage Hawaiian Hula Girls Hawaii Ukulele…0B-1314-1 Pagan Serenade HMV B-6055 Recorded in London, August 14, 1931 Al Bowlly – Pagan [...]
Filed under: aloha, Hawaii, Hawaiian | Tagged: Al Bowlly, Early Hula, Historic Hawaiian, History of Hula, Hula Postcards, Pagan Serenade, Ray Noble, Vintage Hawaiian | 3 Comments »
Nuritamburia Choloracalla? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuritamburia_chlorocalla
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Media Release: The Kona Coffee Cultural Festival is a proud recipient of this year’s Kona Kohala Chamber of Commerce Visitor Industry Marketing Award presented to the Festival at the Chamber’s recent annual membership meeting. Since 1979, the Kona Kohala Chamber of Commerce has recognized leaders in West Hawaii through this award for their dedication and [...]
Filed under: aloha, Announcements, Entertainment, Food & Drink, Hawaii, Kona | Tagged: Governor Abercrombie, Kona Coffee festival, Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce, Mel Morimoto, Miss Aloha Hawaii, Norman Sakata | Leave a Comment »
Media Release: ProElite, Inc, today announces its next step in mixed martial arts (MMA) with a fight in Oahu, Hawaii on Saturday, August 27th. The chosen venue is the Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Waikiki, the world-famous beach resort destination, marking the third time ProElite will bring its MMA event to the Arena. The August [...]
Filed under: aloha, Announcements, BJ Penn, Entertainment, KO's, MMA, Oahu, Sports | Tagged: Jay Thompson, Martial Arts, Mixed martial arts, Oahu, Submission Fighting and MMA, Ultimate Fighting Championship | Leave a Comment »
From ESO-Cast and the European Southern Observatory. Astronomers have discovered the most distant quasar found to date. This brilliant beacon, powered by a black hole with a mass two billion times that of the Sun, is by far the brightest object yet discovered in the early Universe. Quasars are extremely bright, distant galaxies thought to [...]
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6/29/11 Update: Missing Puna woman, Kathleen Lee Carvalho, has been located safe and in good health. Police would like to thank the public for their assistance in this case. Media Release: Police are looking for a Puna woman reported missing. Kathleen Lee Carvalho, F-60 was last seen Tuesday evening (June 28) at around 6:50 p.m. [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Big Island, Hawaii, Legal, Puna | Tagged: Hawaiian Paradise Park, Kathleen Lee Carvalho, Missing | Leave a Comment »
Media Release: The County of Hawaii in collaboration with the State of Hawaii and private organizations are coordinating efforts for this year’s Fourth of July Celebration. The “2011 Hilo Bay Blast” will feature activities for families throughout the day at the Hilo Bayfront areas. Festivities will begin at 10am and will end with the traditional [...]
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Media Release: Big Island police are cautioning the public about responding to advertisements seeking prospective models. While there obviously are reputable modeling agencies making legitimate recruitments, Hilo detectives have uncovered an unscrupulous and potentially dangerous online effort by an organization that lures unsuspecting women to Oahu under the pretense of offering them careers in modeling [...]
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Media Release: E-World Online, a national provider of responsible recycling solutions for consumer electronics manufacturers, swiftly responded to a recycler in dire need of electronics recycling in Hilo, Hawaii after its contract with the state expired nearly a year ago and Big Island residents continued to drop e-waste at the site. After reading an article [...]
Filed under: aloha, Announcements, Big Island, Economy, Environment, Hawaii, Hilo, National Affairs, Something New?, Technology | Tagged: Bay Side Computers, E-Waste Recycling, E-World Online, Hawaii | 1 Comment »
Media Release: Governor Neil Abercrombie today notified the State Legislature of his intent to veto measures in which he finds either policy disagreement, issues with the details of the legislation, and/or unfunded mandates. “With the input from many concerned citizens, I have put forward a list of bills that I am considering vetoing,” Governor Abercrombie [...]
Filed under: Abercrombie, Hawaii, Legal, Legislature, State Affairs | Tagged: Bill (proposed law), Neil Abercrombie, Vetoes | Leave a Comment »
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