Reuse Center at the Pahoa Recycling and Transfer Station Will be Closed Temporarily Beginning This Week

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Damon

The Reuse Center at the Pahoa Recycling and Transfer Station will be closed temporarily beginning this week for the construction of improvements that will make it a better resource for the community. The County Department of Environmental Management plans to enclose the Pahoa reuse center partially to make it easier to manage the reusable items [...]

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Senator Inouye Tours New Highway, Interpretive Center

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Damon

U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye today toured portions of the new $32 million Ane Keohokalole Highway in Kailua-Kona as well as an adjoining cultural interpretive center that is being funded as part of the highway project. The cultural center is an effort to properly care for Native Hawaiian cultural sites while constructing the most important [...]

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Price Agreement for Furnishing(s) Body Removal Service to the Hawaii Police Department???

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Damon

I don’t know if I’m reading into this Request For Proposal (RFP) correctly or not… but from the looks of what is posted on the Counties Finance – Purchasing information and Status site the following is listed for a Price Agreement for Furnishings Body Removal Service to the Hawaii Police Department of the County of [...]

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Four Seasons and Hawaiian Legacy Hardwoods Planting 500,000 Koa “Legacy” Trees

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Damon

Four Seasons Resort Hualalai at Historic Ka‘upulehu, the first and only AAA Five-Diamond and Forbes Five-Star resort on Hawai‘i Island, has partnered with Hawaiian Legacy Hardwoods in planting up to 500,000 “legacy” koa trees in the native Hawaiian forest. This initiative is part of global effort of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts to plant 10 [...]

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Big Island Police Seeking Missing 84-Year-Old Aussie

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Damon

Update 9/1/11: Big Island police have located 84-year-old Scott Dillon of New South Wales, Australia, who was reported missing. Big Island police are searching for an 84-year-old man who was reported missing in Kona. Scott Dillon of New South Wales, Australia, was last seen at 2 p.m. Tuesday (August 30) driving a rental car away [...]

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USS Ronald Reagan Returns to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Damon

The US Navy Aircraft Carrier USS Ronald Reagan has returned to Hawaii! It was just a little over a year ago when I got flown out to the USS Ronald Reagan and got to tour the Aircraft Carrier out at sea and get catapulted off of it! Related articles Japanese Tea Ceremony for Peace Held [...]

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Catalytic Converters Targeted in Big Island Theft Ring that Leads to Arrest of Four

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Damon

Big Island police are investigating a rash of theft cases involving catalytic converters taken from parked cars—including a case that led to the arrest of four suspects. During the month of August, police received 10 reports of stolen catalytic converters in Hilo and one in Kaʻū. The vehicles reportedly observed at the scenes of some [...]

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Wordless Wednesday – The New Pahoa ?

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Damon

I’ve heard that this new area of land behind Jan’s Barbershop will be something like a Senior Citizen home or an Adult Care type of center.  I’m not exactly sure what it is… if you know… feel free to comment.

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So Ono Food Products Expanding Recall of Chicken Caesar Salad Products

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Damon

So Ono Food Products, a Honolulu, Hawaii establishment, is expanding its recall of chicken Caesar salad products by an additional 46 pounds as marked with an asterisk below. The products were made with egg, a known allergen which is not declared on the package label. The initial recall was issued on August 26, 2011. The [...]

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Papayas From Mexico Linked to Salmonella Outbreak on the Mainland… Papaya Prices Increasing

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Damon

Well if the destruction of GMO related papaya fields doesn’t increase the cost of papayas…. a salmonella outbreak sure will! …”When you are the ‘Papaya King,’ you better have papaya,” said Wayne Rosenbaum, director of operations for the chain. “My suppliers are crying. You can’t get fresh Mexican papaya. We’re now using papaya puree from [...]

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University of Hawaii Security Warns of Male Perverted Driver Near UH Campus

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Damon

Campus Security is warning people who are walking to and from their cars parked in the residential area between University Avenue and Mānoa Road to be aware of a male driver who stops pedestrians, especially female students, on the pretense of asking for driving directions, who then exposes himself and masturbates. Today around noon, a [...]

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A Tree Grows on Nimitz Highway… Clarence T.C. Ching Foundation Awards PBS Hawaii $5 Million Grant

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Damon

Hawaii’s only public television station today announced that The Clarence T.C. Ching Foundation has awarded PBS Hawaii a $5 million grant to help the organization build a new home in Honolulu. The educational nonprofit organization has an urgent need for a new facility because it is losing its lease at the University of Hawaii at [...]

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Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test Complex Receives Site Dedication

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Damon

The Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) conducted a cultural site dedication today for the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test Complex (AAMDTC) to be constructed at two locations on PMRF. The Hawaiian blessing site dedication was conducted by noted Waimea kupuna Aletha Kaohi, with assistance from Sherri “Puni” Patrick. U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye, Rear Adm. Joseph [...]

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Sisters on a Journey – Presented by the Pahoa Village Museum

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Damon

 

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Kokua Kailua Village Stroll Presents Free Concert With Paula Fuga

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Damon

Historic Kailua Village’s monthly Kokua Kailua is scheduled for Sunday, September 18 from 1pm until 6pm oceanfront along Alii Drive. September’s Kokua Kailua  welcomes Hawaiian songstress and Na Hoku Hanohano Award winner Paula Fuga for a free concert which will begin at 5:00pm. Fuga will be in town to help launch Kau Kau Kailua Restaurant [...]

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Alaska Airlines to Expand to Kauai and the Big Island Beginning March

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Damon

Alaska Airlines announced today that it would expand its schedule starting daily, nonstop service from Oakland and San Jose, Calif., to Lihue, on the island of Kauai, and Kona, on the Big Island of Hawaii starting March 12, 2012. The airline has previously served the markets with three flights a week between San Jose and [...]

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Red Bull Minor Threat – Bruce Irons Surfing With a Flare

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Damon

Bonus round of the Red Bull Minor Threat as Bruce Irons breaks out the stops and flares up in Indo. Red Bull Minor Threat pairs 4 veteran, elite surfers along with 4 junior surfers on remote surf breaks in the Mentawai Islands. Based on the Indies Traver IV boat, both young and old push one [...]

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Governor Abercrombie and Secretary Donovan Reaffirm Commitment to Improve Hawai’i Public Housing

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Damon

Governor Neil Abercrombie and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan this afternoon spent over two hours meeting with management and residents at Mayor Wright and Palolo Valley Homes. Mayor Wright Homes is a 364-unit development owned and managed by Hawai’i Public Housing Authority. Earlier this year, under Governor Abercrombie’s directive, [...]

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Should Welfare Recipients Be Required to Take Drug Tests… The Poll

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Damon

There has been a lot of discussion in the news about whether welfare recipients should be required to take drug tests before receiving government benefits. There are a lot of folks on welfare here in Hawaii… so I ask  the following question: Should welfare recipients be required to take drug tests? Related articles Drug Testing [...]

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Senator Inouye to Tour Highway and Interpretive Center on the Big Island Wednesday

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Damon

U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye will tour portions of the $32 million Ane Keohokalole Highway and the adjoining cultural interpretive center Wednesday, Aug. 31 starting at 4 p.m. Participants will gather at Kamakaheha Avenue. The $1 million interpretive center focuses on the culture of the ahupua‘a of Keahuolu through a 16th century farm, or kauhale. [...]

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