Posted on November 23, 2011 by Damon
The Hawai’i County Motor Vehicle Registration office advises residents that the recently mailed December 2011 vehicle registration renewal notice contains an incorrect total due amount. The renewal notices, mailed on November 18, did not include the current increase in State of Hawai’i weight tax and registration fee because of a statewide computer programming error. Corrected [...]
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Posted on November 22, 2011 by Damon
The West Hawai‘i Mediation Center (WHMC) has been awarded a $25,000 Challenge Grant from the Omidyar ‘Ohana Fund of the Hawai‘i Community Foundation. The grant will be used to support mediation services and conflict resolution education for youth in West Hawai‘i. In order to receive this grant WHMC must secure matching funding by December 31, [...]
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Posted on November 22, 2011 by Damon
A low-income rental and transitional housing complex in West Hawai’i which will also provide job training and life skills was formally opened today, Tuesday, Nov. 22 by Mayor Billy Kenoi’s Administration. Known as Na Kaulana Kauhale O Ulu Wini, the first 40 units of a projected 96-unit, service enriched project, will provide case management, mail [...]
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Posted on November 22, 2011 by Damon
Big Island police are informing motorist that police will conduct islandwide DUI checkpoints over the Thanksgiving weekend. The effort is part of a national and statewide campaign called “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.” To kick off the Thanksgiving weekend enforcement efforts on the Big Island, officers from the Traffic Enforcement Unit—supported by staff from [...]
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Posted on November 22, 2011 by Damon
Big Island police are searching for a 50-year-old woman wanted on four warrants. Jamie Cuizon has no permanent address but frequents the Hilo area. She is wanted on two bench warrants and two warrants of arrest. She is described as 5-feet tall, 125 pounds with brown eyes and black hair. Police ask that anyone with [...]
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Posted on November 22, 2011 by Damon
Big Island police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a woman wanted for questioning in connection with a fire in a trash receptacle attached to an automated teller machine on September 8. The fire caused minor damage to the ATM, located in Puainako Town Center, before Fire Department personnel arrived to extinguish the [...]
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Posted on November 22, 2011 by Damon
I just noticed the following blog post in the Washington Post where a former UH Hilo student was interviewed at the Occupy Philadelphia encampment: Dylan Bozlee, of Hilo, Hawaii, has his foot taped by volunteer EMT David McClintock of Philadelphia at the Occupy Philadelphia encampment at City Hall on Nov. 15. Bozlee dropped out of [...]
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Posted on November 21, 2011 by Damon
When I was over at the APEC Conference, I followed Mayor Kenoi around for a little while and one of the questions I remember this reporter from Washington DC asking him, was if he was on Twitter. Mayor Kenoi said… “No… but guys like Damon over here are bugging me to get on it” or [...]
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Posted on November 21, 2011 by Damon
The U.S. Department of Education has selected the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo as one of 11 colleges and universities to receive part of a grant through the Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISI) Program for fiscal year 2011-2012. UH Hilo’s award is $399,977 for the first year and is part of [...]
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Posted on November 21, 2011 by Damon
Well I called this one more then a few years ago! …The Navy “is working with the U.S. Maritime Administration to permit the transfer of the two high-speed vessels, formerly Hawaii superferries, into the naval service of the United States,” Lt. Cmdr. Alana Garas, a Navy spokeswoman, said Friday. One of the ferries, the Huakai, [...]
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Posted on November 21, 2011 by Damon
Hawaiian Telcom Holdco, Inc. announced today that with collective bargaining between the Company and IBEW Local 1357 (the “Union”) having reached an impasse, the Company has informed the Union that the terms of the Company’s Last, Best and Final Offer will be implemented effective December 1, 2011. Company and Union representatives began formal negotiations toward [...]
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Posted on November 21, 2011 by Damon
I know this is only November, but the first rumbles from the next budget ‘brawl’ have appeared. Perhaps that’s not such a terrible thing; after all, the budget should remain one of the principal legislative measures throughout the year, particularly in time of economic distress. First we have the announcement of the Operating Fund Balance [...]
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Posted on November 21, 2011 by Damon
Rock & Roll Motorcycle Club, Inc. is pleased to announce that the 16th Annual Toys for Tots motorcade and rally will take place as scheduled on Sunday, December 11, 2011. Motorcade participants are asked to show up at 9 a.m. as the 300-plus member motorcade will begin promptly at 10 a.m. From Aunty Sally’s Lu’au [...]
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Posted on November 21, 2011 by Damon
In an October 4th article in the Wall Street Journal author Emily Glazer says, “Shared workspaces are the latest trend in office space.” Recognizing a need and having the appropriate office space John K. Kai, president and founder of Pinnacle Investment Group, LLC on Kinoole Street in Hilo, Hawaii, has formed “hilohub” to meet growing [...]
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Posted on November 20, 2011 by Damon
Oh my god… I was just checking out youtube and I ran across this video taken in Pahoa, Hawaii of a frog that is alive and is missing it’s face. I have no explanation for this other then maybe an animal attacked it or something, but here is the video that was posted on youtube [...]
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Posted on November 20, 2011 by Damon
Ewa Makai Middle School has become the first Hawaii State Department of Education school to achieve “Gold” certification with the U.S. Green Building Council for its state-of-the-art sustainable construction, design, and operation. The school, which opened to students in January 2011, was originally built for Silver certification under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design [...]
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Posted on November 20, 2011 by Damon
Well it’s been a while since I have posted any pictures of wrecks on Highway 130. It’s not because I haven’t been seeing them, it’s mainly its because I fear getting out of my car and taking pictures of cops right now in fear that I might get brutalized again for no reason! This picture [...]
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Posted on November 20, 2011 by Damon
Bill Paty, Wounded Warriors, and Ford Island Control Tower In the Spotlight at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor’s 5th Anniversary Celebration on December 1st. Guests will get the very first look at the newly stabilized Ford Island Control Tower as the PBS Little Big Band strikes up the popular 1940s tune, “Accentuate the Positive!” and [...]
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Posted on November 20, 2011 by Damon
Magnitude 3.9 Date-Time Sunday, November 20, 2011 at 20:17:21 UTC Sunday, November 20, 2011 at 10:17:21 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 19.547°N, 155.622°W Depth 11.9 km (7.4 miles) Region ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII Distances 30 km (19 miles) E (79°) from Captain Cook, HI 30 km (19 miles) ENE [...]
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Posted on November 20, 2011 by Damon
Magnitude 3.0 Date-Time Sunday, November 20, 2011 at 14:42:51 UTC Sunday, November 20, 2011 at 04:42:51 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 19.384°N, 155.491°W Depth 10.2 km (6.3 miles) Region ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII Distances 20 km (12 miles) N (356°) from Pahala, HI 28 km (17 miles) WSW (255°) [...]
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Councilman Pete Hoffman’s Budget Rumblings and the “800 Pound Gorilla”
I know this is only November, but the first rumbles from the next budget ‘brawl’ have appeared. Perhaps that’s not such a terrible thing; after all, the budget should remain one of the principal legislative measures throughout the year, particularly in time of economic distress. First we have the announcement of the Operating Fund Balance [...]
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