Governor Abercrombie “Touches the Tigers” at the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Damon

Nearly 200 gathered today, sharing memories of  “The Flying Tigers” of WWII who did so much to help the Chinese people during the war with Japan. The event took place at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor in Hangar 79 in front of the Museum’s “Flying Tigers” exhibit. Governor Neil Abercrombie talked of the service Hawaii’s [...]

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Honolulu Mayor Candidate Kirk Caldwell to Release Campaign Finance Report Tomorrow

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Damon

Tomorrow we will file our campaign finance report for July 1 – December 31, 2011. We’re excited to announce that we’ve raised over $72,000 in the last six weeks of this reporting cycle.  We believe that this amount represents just the beginning of this campaign. This shows the confidence supporters have in Kirk Caldwell and the [...]

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Help Support Big Island Resident in National “Home Depot Search for a Star” Contest

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Damon

Big Island Resident Agyai Marshall submitted this video in the “Home Depot search for a star” contest: Marshall wrote: A song I wrote for the 2012 Home Depot Search for A Star Competition, top 4 winners get an all expenses paid trip to perform at the annual managers meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada. I work [...]

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Ala Moana Hotel to Offer Rooms at Rate Equal to the Combined Score of the Super Bowl

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Damon

Ala Moana Hotel has caught football fever, sacking room rates so visitors can score a super deal. In celebration of Super Bowl XLVI, Ala Moana Hotel will offer 46 ocean-view room nights every day for 46 days, at a special rate equal to the final combined score of the big game. As the New England [...]

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Exhibit – “Living Endemic Birds of Hawai‘i”

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Damon

“Living Endemic Birds of Hawai‘i” by famed Hawaiian wildlife artist Marian Berger is back on exhibit, for one week only, from February 21- February 27, 2012 at Volcano Art Center Gallery in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. The exhibit is back on display by popular demand. The exhibit features reproductive prints of the original watercolor paintings [...]

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Japan Approves First Shipment of Genetically Modified Rainbow Papayas

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Damon

After 13 years of negotiations, Japan has approved its first shipment of genetically-modified Rainbow papayas from Hawaii. “The fact that the Japanese have tested it to the nth degree and evaluated its food and environmental safety proves it’s a good product,” said Rod Yonemura, consultant to the 160-member Hawaii Papaya Industry Association based in Hilo, [...]

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Big Island Police Investigating Body Found in Eden Roc

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Damon

Big Island police are investigating a body found in Puna as a coroner’s inquest. Shortly after 6:52 am, Saturday (January 28), police received a report of a body found near a residence in the Eden Roc Subdivision. The unidentified man appeared to be in his 50s. Detectives from the Area I Criminal Investigations Section are [...]

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

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Damon

Big Island police are searching for a 17-year-old girl reported as missing from Puna since December 20. Tihany Glimane is described as 5-foot-6, about 135 pounds with 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 remain anonymous [...]

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Horizon Will Plead Guilty to False Vessel Oil-Record Keeping Entries

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Damon

Horizon Lines, Inc. announced that its Horizon Lines, LLC operating subsidiary has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, under which the ocean cargo carrier will plead guilty to two counts of providing federal authorities with false vessel oil record-keeping entries on a containership in the U.S. West Coast-Hawaii service. Under the [...]

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