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Governor Neil Abercrombie receives the Charles Reed Bishop medal at the 13th annual Pauahi Awards and then announces that he will release $1.5 million for the Bishop Museum planetarium and $1 million for the Polynesian Hall restoration.
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Well we all knew a long time ago that when Hunter Bishop took a job with the Mayor’s Office that he announced that he would be ending his very popular blog. I think many of us were hoping that someday he would return to blogging on his own site. I was clearing out some of [...]
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*UPDATE* Please read Andrew Cooper’s explanation in the comments below. This should clear everything up. Someone pointed me to this video that the Canada France Hawaii Telescope on Mauna Kea captured on July 10th of this year and asked if I could explain the light that shoots across the screen near the bottom of the [...]
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This is what happens when you sit front row and center at a Global Legends game. Yep… my wife got SLIMED by Paul “Showtime” Gaffney: Related articles “Global Legends” Defeat the Hilo All Stars 69 – 55 (damontucker.com)
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The “Global Legends” team defeated the Hilo All Stars tonight 69 – 55. The Hilo All Stars, lead by Mayor Billy Kenoi, put on a good fight but in the end it wasn’t enough to beat the legendary team. The real winners of tonight though… were the kids of the Big Island who got to [...]
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I just noticed the Hawaii Police Department got a new website. To me it just looks like a regular blog to me! I do find it funny that they had to pay money from a grant to get the site built. This website has a new look. The redesign was financed by a grant and [...]
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8/1/11 UPDATE: Big Island police have located 29-year-old Sarah Cain of Na’alehu, who was reported missing. She was found unharmed in Ka’u on Saturday afternoon (July 30). Media Release: Big Island police are searching for a 29-year-old Nāʻālehu woman who was reported missing. Sarah J. Cain was last seen in the Green Sands subdivision in [...]
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A sign of the times? When the Star-Bulletin and the Honolulu Advertiser merged to become the Honolulu Star-Advertiser many jobs were lost. Now it appears one of the top brass at the former Star-Bulletin has literally hit the streets in an attempt to find employment. Nancy Christenson was laid off after working 12 years for [...]
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Magnitude 3.2 Date-Time Friday, July 29, 2011 at 03:37:54 UTC Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 05:37:54 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 19.359°N, 155.207°W Depth 2 km (1.2 miles) Region ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII Distances 11 km (6 miles) SSE (163°) from Volcano, HI 15 km (9 miles) SSW (213°) [...]
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Media Release: The Aloha Exchange Club of East Hawai’i recognized Sergeant Juergen Canda on Thursday (July 28) as “Officer of the Month” for July. The Puna sergeant was honored for arresting a highly intoxicated reckless driver who had evaded police and national park law enforcement officers for an hour while drinking and speeding from Ka’ū [...]
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Media Release: The House Human Services chair, Rep. John Mizuno, announced today that the state and county (Honolulu) will not seek a “sweep” or “roundup” of the homeless in Waikiki prior to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in November 2011. In November, Waikiki will be the center stage for the APEC Summit, before 21 APEC [...]
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Media Release: The Department of Public Works is holding public meetings regarding updated flood maps. The purpose of these meetings are to give everyone a chance to thoroughly review and comment on the proposed Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map before it becomes official. Once the map becomes official it may affect insurance rates and it [...]
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Media Release: Artist Blaise Domino utilizes the authority and grace of an old map as a canvas and utilizes his ability as an artist to cover it with beauty. The result brings history to life. Through the use of visual vignettes depicting historical personalities, events and ecological and cultural conditions of the past, Domino’s collectible [...]
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Media Release: A 25-year-old Waimea man died Wednesday (July 27) from injuries he received in a two-vehicle crash on Kawaihae Road (Route 19) .4 miles west of the 63-mile marker in Kamuela. The driver was identified as Isaiah Lindsey of a Kamuela address. Responding to a 5:44 p.m. call, South Kohala patrol officers determined that [...]
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Media Release: Governor Neil Abercrombie today unveiled the first electric vehicle charger at the State Capitol, located in the building’s underground parking garage. The charging station, which accepts major credit cards and requires no membership, is available to all electric vehicle owners and is the first of many charging stations to be installed across the [...]
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Media Release: Most County of Hawai`i offices that serve the public will be closed on Friday, July 29, which will be the first county employee furlough day of the new fiscal year. Starting in August, the county furlough days will be scheduled on the first Friday of each month. In an effort to minimize any [...]
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Media Release: The Director of the Department of Environmental Management, Frank DeMarco, recently submitted his resignation from this position to transfer back to the Department of Public Works, effective August 1. DeMarco, a licensed professional engineer, will return to his former position as the Floodplain Manager in the Engineering Division. Dora Beck, current head of [...]
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Commentary: The state Water Use Plan has not been updated since 1990, now we have a 2010 plan. The article in West Hawaii Today states that: ”…the aquifer that feeds Kona and the surrounding area…should the area see full build-out.. water demand would exceed the sustainable water yield.. by 4 or 5 times.” South Kona, [...]
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