Adm. Cecil Haney Assumes Command of U.S. Pacific Fleet

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Damon

Adm. Cecil D. Haney, former deputy of the U.S. Strategic Command, relieved Adm. Patrick M. Walsh as commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet during a change of command ceremony onboard Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Jan. 20. Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert presided over the ceremony and praised Walsh for his service in [...]

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Hawaii Volcanoes National Park a Humpback Whale Sanctuary Ocean Count Site… Seeking Volunteers

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Damon

Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park encourages volunteers to help count humpback whales during the annual Sanctuary Ocean Count held the last Saturday of January, February and March (Jan. 28, Feb. 25, and Mar. 31) from 8 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Hawaii Volcanoes’ Ka‘ena Point, at the end of Chain of Craters Road, is one of 22 [...]

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Remarkable 1940′s Footage of Mauna Loa Erupting on the Big Island

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Damon

Remarkable 1940′s silent film of Mauna Loa Erupting. Probably the first color film ever made of a volcanic eruption. Mauna Loa’s summit Mokuaweoweo Crater eruption filmed probably in 1940 by Harold T. Stearns, a USGS Hydrologist-Volcanologist. The lava fountains are hundreds of feet high, the erupting fissure inside the crater is about two thousand feet [...]

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Governor Abercrombie Expected to Release Emergency Appropriation Funds to Support Kidney and Liver Transplants

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Damon

Conference Committee Scheduled to Address Organ Transplant Facility in Hawaii WHAT: A conference committee on HB608 RELATING TO HEALTH will re-open.  HB608 appropriates funds, subject to a dollar-for-dollar match with private funds, to support a kidney and liver transplant provider in Hawaii, and to support a federally recognized chronic kidney disease management program. WHEN: Monday, [...]

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Its a Bird! Its a Plane… Its RoboCopter in Hawaii to Keep Tabs on Navy’s Biofuel Plants

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Damon

The US Navy and the US Department of Agriculture have teamed up to use Robotic Copters to keep tabs on the Navy’s new Biofuel Plants on Maui.  The Navy is hoping to one day run a huge chunk of its fleet on biofuels. So the Navy’s advanced researchers — and their partners at the U.S. [...]

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Subaru Hawaii Donates $2,300 to Hawaii Island Humane Society

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Damon

Subaru Hawaii today announced that its “Share the Love” sales event has raised $2,300 for Hawaii Island Humane Society. A check presentation was held at Kona Subaru this morning. Subaru Hawaii ’s Share the Love event donated $250 for every new vehicle sold by Subaru Hawaii dealers from November 1 to December 31, 2011. In [...]

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Big Island Police Searching for 17-Year-Old Puna Girl Missing Since November

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Damon

Big Island police are searching for a 17-year-old girl reported as missing from Puna since November 29. Jazmyn Kalaukia Williams is described as 5-foot-3, about 125 pounds with long black hair and brown eyes. Police ask that anyone with information on her whereabouts call the Police Department’s non-emergency line at 935-3311. Tipsters who prefer to [...]

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