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World Wide Ed Pulpconnection Jerome’s ThoughtsBig Island police are renewing their request for information about the location of a car belonging to a man found dead in lower Puna on January 17. The body of 62-year-old Dennis Eugene White of Kapoho was found partially submerged near the shoreline in the vicinity of Isaac Hale Beach Park in Pohoiki. A autopsy [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Big Island, Hawaii, Legal, Puna | Tagged: Dennis Eugene White | 3 Comments »
Big Island police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man suspected of using a stolen credit card. A 33-year-old man reported that his wallet containing his credit cards was stolen from the Hilo area sometime between 9 p.m. September 23 and the early morning hours of September 24. Police later recovered a [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Big Island, Community, Hawaii, Hilo, Legal | Tagged: Big Island Police, Identity Theft, Stolen Credit Card | Leave a Comment »
Marine biologists at Kampachi Farms announced today the successful final harvest from the “Velella” Research Project, which raised fish for the first time in U.S. Federal waters. This harvest completes the grow-out cycle of sashimi-grade kampachi fish from an unanchored drifter pen that has been riding eddies in the open ocean, 3 to 75 miles [...]
Filed under: Agriculture, Announcements, Big Island, Environment, Food & Drink, Hawaii, Health, Kohala, Kona, Something New?, Technology | Tagged: Big Island of Hawaii, conservation, Fish Farming in Hawaii, Kampachi Farms | Leave a Comment »
Big Island police are requesting the public’s help in locating a 58-year-old Puna man wanted for an outstanding bench warrant and for questioning in connection with a recently reported sexual assault of a minor. Detectives are seeking Sage Million, last known to have been living in the Ainaloa subdivision in Puna. He is described as [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Big Island, Community, Hawaii, Legal, Wanted | Tagged: Arrest warrant, CrimeStoppers, Hawaii, Police, Sage Million | 1 Comment »
Investigators have now stated that the platform that collapsed on the September 21st zip line accident that happened at KapohoKine’s Honoli’i Outpost killing a Maui resident who had been working on the lines, had previously collapsed two months previously before the incident. The Hawaii Tribune stated: A pair of stabilizing anchors failed to keep a [...]
Filed under: aloha, Announcements, Big Island, Entertainment, Environment, Hawaii, Rumors, Security, Unexplained Phenomenon | Tagged: Honoli'i Mountain Outpost, KapohoKine, Zipline Death, Zipline Safety, Ziplining in Hawaii, Ziplne Pictures | Leave a Comment »
I just saw this weird looking worm crawling around. I wonder if this is actually one of those Hawaiian blind snakes?
Filed under: Big Island, Environment, Hawaii, Rumors, Wordless Wednesday | Tagged: Hawaiian Blind Snake, Weird Worm, Wordless Wednesday | Leave a Comment »
Democratic Congressional candidate Bob Marx calls for the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to require labeling of genetically engineered foods. Responding to a February 8th letter from US Congress to the FDA, where Democratic leaders Barbara Boxer (CA) and Peter DeFazio (OR) asked the FDA to consider a legal petition filed by 400+ companies [...]
Filed under: Agriculture, Announcements, Big Island, Environment, Food & Drink, GMO, Hawaii, Health, National Affairs, Politics, State Affairs | Tagged: Bob Marx, Food and Drug Administration, Genetically Engineered Foods, GMO | Leave a Comment »
Filed under: aloha, Announcements, Education, Kids, Movies and Film, UH Hilo | Tagged: University of Hawaii Hilo Student Film Festival | Leave a Comment »
According to Senator Les Ihara, Big Island’s publicly funded county elections pilot will be terminated early if HB2700 does not get a hearing this week.
Filed under: Announcements, Big Island, Community, County Council, Hawaii, Legal, Legislature, Rumors, State Affairs | Tagged: Act 244, Big Island Election Pilot Project, Hawaii House Bill 2700, Publicly Funded Elections | Leave a Comment »
Every year, the Buddhist temples from Honpa Hongwanji and Higashi Hongwanji come together to share their special treasures with the general public. This year, the “Treasures of Hongwanji” takes place Saturday, March 3, 2012, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Sangha Hall in Hilo, 424 Kilauea Ave., on the grounds of Honpa Hongwanji Hilo [...]
Filed under: aloha, Announcements, Big Island, Community, Entertainment, Food & Drink, Hawaii, Hilo | Tagged: Treasures of Hongwanji, Unzan Pfennig | Leave a Comment »
On Saturday, March 10, from 12- 5 pm, Kea`au Youth Business Center (KYBC) will celebrate its’ 5th Birthday and release its second original CD, Na Ano, Native Seeds, Vol. II. The event will take place in front of the Center, located in Kea`au Town Shopping Center, across Ace Hardware, 16-540 Kea`au-Pahoa Highway. Kat and Keala [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Big Island, Community, Education, Entertainment, Hawaii, Kids, Puna | Tagged: Keaau Youth Business Center | 1 Comment »
The Keupuka Lands in South Kona are set to be auctioned off and the starting bid is nearly 80% off what the previously traded price was on them. I saw the following online and I had to ask a realtor friend if there was some news to this that I wasn’t seeing and he said [...]
Filed under: Agriculture, Announcements, Big Island, Economy, Hawaii, Kona | Tagged: Big Island of Hawaii, Keupuka Lands, Land Auction, South Kona | 2 Comments »
Are you ready for the biggest comedy show of 2012? Hawaii’s legends of comedy together on one stage for the first time. Over 100 years of comedy experience entertaining people locally, nationally and worldwide, Na Ali’i of Comedy Tour will make you laugh out loud. Friday March 2nd at the Hilo Palace Theater at 8:00 [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Big Island, Comedy, Hawaii, Hilo, Something New?, State Affairs | Tagged: Andy Bumatai, Ed Kaahea and Augie T, Hilo Palace Theater, Mel Cabang, Na Ali'i of Comedy Starring Frank De Lima | Leave a Comment »
For the last few years I have been blogging about Project Better Place coming to Hawaii and how I didn’t see it working on the Big Island very well. Better Place today announced it’s network here in Hawaii and of course folks on the EAST SIDE OF THE ISLAND… ARE OT OF LUCK… Again. See [...]
Filed under: aloha, Announcements, Big Island, Economy, Environment, Hawaii, Lingle, Something New?, State Affairs, Sustainable Living, Technology, Transportation | Tagged: Charging Stations in Hawaii, Linda Lingle, Project Better Blace | 5 Comments »
In an effort to bring government to the people, Mayor Kenoi and the directors of County departments will be all over the island for Community Talk Story events scheduled throughout the month of March. These events, hosted by groups in the area, are an opportunity for residents to meet and talk with County leadership about [...]
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A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that national park visitors in Hawaii in 2010 spent more than $252 million in communities near national parks and supported 3,420 jobs in the state. “The people and the business owners in communities near national parks have always known their economic value,” said NPS Pacific West Regional [...]
Filed under: aloha, Announcements, Environment, Hawaii, State Affairs, Tourism | Tagged: Haleakalā National Park, Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii, National Park Service, Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park, Puʻukoholā Heiau National Historic Site | Leave a Comment »
Mesa Airlines, Inc. is pleased to announce that the Company’s Maintenance team was awarded the Federal Aviation Administration’s prestigious Employer’s Gold Award for 2011. The award is based on the percentage of the company’s eligible aviation maintenance technicians (“AMTs”) who complete a minimum amount of initial and recurrent training during the year. Of Mesa’s 221 [...]
Filed under: aloha, Announcements, Hawaii, Tourism, Transportation | Tagged: Go!Mokulele, Jonathan G. Ornstein, Mesa Airlines Receives FAA Maintenance Gold Award, Mokulele Airlines | Leave a Comment »
The House Committee on Finance will hear bills to discuss the concept and policy of a state-owned bank in Hawaii on Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 11:30 a.m. SUMMARY: These bills will generate discussion on how Hawaii can best use state tax revenue that is currently deposited in private banks. The committee seeks information on whether [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Economy, Hawaii, Legal, Legislature, National Affairs, Something New?, State Affairs | Tagged: Bank of North Dakota, Hawaii, Hawaii State-Owned Bank, Morgages in Hawaii, State attorney general | 1 Comment »
A 92-year-old Hilo woman died Monday (February 27) from injuries she sustained in a motor vehicle/pedestrian collision at the Kamana Senior Center located at 127 Kamana Street in Hilo. The victim was identified as Tamiko Fujio of a Hilo address. Responding to a 8:48 a.m. call, South Hilo patrol officers determined that the a 59-year-old [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Hawaii, Hilo, Legal, Transportation | Tagged: Kamana Senior Center, Tamiko Fujio | Leave a Comment »
Senator Malama Solomon talks about two of her favorite art pieces which are displayed in her office. The works of art include an acrylic on canvas by Carolyn Parrish entitled, “Stormy Day at Coconut Island,” and an oil on canvas by Paul Yardley entitled, “North Kauai.” The public will be able to view these pieces [...]
Filed under: aloha, Announcements, Entertainment, Hawaii, Legislature, State Affairs | Tagged: Art at the Capital, Senator Malama Solomon | Leave a Comment »
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