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Monday, November 19, 2012
Hawaii County Police earn accreditation from national agency
By News Release @ 11:36 PM :: 6764 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill

Chief Harry Kubojiri announced that the Hawaiʻi Police Department has been awarded accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies....

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Friday, November 16, 2012
Voters issue a powerful mandate for hunting, fishing and gathering on Hawaii island
By Selected News Articles @ 10:37 PM :: 7736 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Second Amendment

The ballot item on the formation of a hunting, fishing and gathering advisory commission in the November 6 election passed by almost 2 to 1 margin....

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Thursday, November 15, 2012
Hundreds Turn Out for NRA President in Hawaii
By News Release @ 1:16 AM :: 13854 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment

The Second Amendment is alive and well in Hawaii....

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Friday, November 9, 2012
HELCO Files 50MW Geothermal RFP
By News Release @ 6:41 PM :: 6698 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill

Hawaii Electric Light Company is seeking to add up to 50 megawatts (MW) of geothermal power at prices not tied to the cost of oil to help lower electricity costs for customers....

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Friday, November 9, 2012
Spirit of LIFE 20th Anniversary 2012 Gala Celebration
By News Release @ 2:29 AM :: 6640 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill

November 9th 2012 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Sheraton Keauhou Resort, Kailua-Kona 

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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Best Invention of 2012: Time Magazine Recognizes Kona Kampachi
By Selected News Articles @ 3:03 PM :: 7936 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill

Hounded by Luddites, shakedown artists, and anti-GMO hypesters, Hawaii’s Kamapachi Farms open ocean fish farm has now been named by TIME magazine as one of the Best Inventions of the Year 2012. Surely it will soon be driven from the state....

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Thursday, November 1, 2012
HD5 Bateman Releases Final Radio Commercial
By Audio @ 10:56 AM :: 8557 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

It is clear that our state government has not been working for the people and I am running to change that.

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Thursday, November 1, 2012
Hawaii County Releases Absentee Voting Totals
By News Release @ 4:18 AM :: 6532 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill

104,323 Hawaii County residents are registered to vote in the 2012 General Election....

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
AKP Biofuel Scam Finds Only 20 Supporters in Survey of 300
By Henry Curtis @ 4:09 AM :: 12418 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment

SMS did a survey of 303 interviews, 90% said they unfamiliar with `Aina Koa Pono (AKP). 10% were aware of AKP. The math says this is 29-31 people.

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Saturday, October 27, 2012
Voter Guide: Hawaii State and County Ballot Initiatives 2012
By Andrew Walden @ 10:34 PM :: 20542 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Honolulu County, Democratic Party, Kauai County, DHHL, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment

Hawai'i Free Press endorsements on State and County ballot initiatives....

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Saturday, October 27, 2012
Video Interview: Kona Resident--Father of Slain SEAL Killed in 9-11 Attack, Bengazi
By Audio @ 3:21 AM :: 10827 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, National News, Ethics

Retired Judge Charles Woods descibes meeting Pres Obama, V Pres Biden and Sec'y Clinton....

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Friday, October 26, 2012
Eradication: Who Are the Real Invasives?
By Tom Lodge @ 10:11 PM :: 8842 Views :: Hawaii County , Second Amendment

...the pig is so much more than just a resource to the Ancient Hawaiian, and I hardly think that “invasive” ....

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Thursday, October 25, 2012
Senator, 1000 Ratepayers Call for Lower Electric Bills
By News Release @ 10:02 PM :: 9662 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

Urge the Governor to rescind Executive Agreements between the State of Hawaii, the U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE) and HECO that were put in place in 2008 ....

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Sunday, October 21, 2012
Secret Letters Show Nago Timed Attack on Hilo Election Office with Workers Planning Sickout
By Selected News Articles @ 7:37 PM :: 14050 Views :: Hawaii County , Office of Elections

"We are not going to volunteer as long as (fired elections workers) are not reinstated or treated fairly...." -- April 18, 2012

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Thursday, October 18, 2012
Bateman: We Can Cut Consumers' Electric Bills
By News Release @ 1:00 AM :: 8474 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

Have you looked at your electric bill lately? It just keeps going up and up.

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Thursday, October 11, 2012
Hirono a No-Show at Waimea Candidates’ Forum
By News Release @ 6:22 PM :: 9496 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

Of the “four heated North Hawai’i races,” Hirono was the only candidate who did not feel it was important enough to attend.  

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Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Alleged Big Island Child Molester Arrested: Runs Gay-Friendly Bed & Breakfast
By News Release @ 10:52 PM :: 14881 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill

 A man suspected of child sexual exploitation has been identified according to the FBI. Sources say the man's name is ....

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Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Bateman: We Need Lower Cost of Living, Not Higher Taxes and Utility Bills
By News Release @ 3:32 PM :: 6899 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill

We can do this by lowering our excessive energy costs by 50%, by reducing our personal income tax rates by 20%, by eliminating GET on medical care and medication....

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Friday, October 5, 2012
DHHL breaks ground for Lalamilo Waimea Homesteads
By News Release @ 3:42 PM :: 7489 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill

Lalamilo is located on 34.7 acres of land along the South Kohala Distribution Road, approximately two miles makai of the Waimea town center....

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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Nago Orders State Takeover of Hawaii County Elections
By News Release @ 5:11 PM :: 7812 Views :: Hawaii County , Office of Elections

How far will Nago go for Dwayne Yoshina's girlfriend?

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Friday, September 28, 2012
Coffman, Bateman To Debate One-On-One for House 5 Seat
By News Release @ 2:21 PM :: 6700 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill

The event will be held on Thursday, October 4, at Konawaena Elementary School Cafeteria from 7pm to 8:30pm

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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
ILWU Business Agent Elected to Board of Laupahoehoe Charter School
By News Release @ 12:16 PM :: 7148 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill

Community member George Martin is a 1978 graduate of Lauapahoehoe School. A former mechanic for Yamada and Sons, Martin has been a business agent for the ILWU 142 for seven years....

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Monday, September 24, 2012
Big Island Doctors Panel to Discuss Effect of Obamacare on Hawaii
By News Release @ 8:50 PM :: 10786 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

OBAMACARE AND HEALTH ISSUES IN HAWAII a special 90-minute discussion
Tuesday, September 25, 7 – 9 pm, at Boston Basil’s Restaurant & Pizzeria, 75-5707 Alii Drive (downtown Kailua-Kona)

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Monday, September 24, 2012
Big Island 'Clean' Energy Plant Sued over Air Pollution
By Selected News Articles @ 8:19 PM :: 9150 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

... the state Department of Health violated the federal Clean Air Act in granting a permit to operate to Hu Honua ....

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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Neither Jurisdiction Has Authority to Solve Hawaii County Election Problems
By News Release @ 5:49 PM :: 8206 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

Responsibility for some functions is not clearly specified in HRS 11. It is not clear that either jurisdiction has sufficient authority to resolve all the problems that surfaced in the Big Island primary election....

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Saturday, September 15, 2012
After Drowning, BLNR Revokes Kayak Tour Company Permit
By News Release @ 10:27 AM :: 5910 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill

...terminate the revocable permit of Hawai‘i Pack and Paddle LLC to conduct commercial tours via kayak to the historic Ka‘awaloa Flats section of Kealakekua Bay State Historical Park in Kona....

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Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Hawaii County Police Investigate 2010 Voter Fraud
By News Release @ 5:05 AM :: 6888 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill

 The investigation was launched based on information provided by the Hawaiʻi County Office of Elections involving elections conducted in 2010.

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Monday, September 10, 2012
Electric Bill Too High? Richard Ha to Address Kona TEA Party
By News Release @ 3:26 PM :: 10855 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

Tuesday, September 11, 7–9 pm at Boston Basil’s Restaurant & Pizzeria 75-5707 Alii Drive (downtown Kailua-Kona)

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Thursday, September 6, 2012
Hilo: Fired Old Boy Election Workers File New Lawsuits
By News Release @ 4:01 PM :: 9459 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

Yesterday afternoon, Elections Administrator, Patricia Nakamoto, and former Senior Elections Clerk, Shyla Ayau, filed separate defamation and negligence lawsuits.

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Friday, August 31, 2012
3 Day Fugitive Task Force Mission Leads to 67 arrests
By News Release @ 5:16 PM :: 7665 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill

U.S. Marshals, Hawaii County Police Officers, and Hawaii State Sheriffs conducted a joint fugitive round-up blanketing the island of Hawaii. Sixty-seven wanted fugitives were arrested with 91 federal and state warrants cleared.

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Thursday, August 30, 2012
Kawauchi Explains Why She Missed State Election Officials Meeting
By News Release @ 4:04 PM :: 9572 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

... on Aug. 27, the State of Hawaii, Office of Elections held a voting equipment debriefing in Honolulu....  She did not attend the voting equipment debriefing, because she met with the voting equipment vendor’s Regional Manager and Island Representative in Hilo on Aug. 22 ....

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Thursday, August 30, 2012
Hawaii Electronic Medical Records to Regulate Your Diet?
By Selected News Articles @ 3:13 PM :: 9419 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

The beacon has funded 19 Healthy Eating, Active Living (HEAL) projects proposed by individuals and groups in a number of communities on the Big Island....It’s a way to build trust, according to Jessica Yamamoto, Hawaii beacon’s community engagement manager. 

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Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Big Island is Obamacare Laboratory
By Selected News Articles @ 5:02 PM :: 8105 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill

The Hawaii Beacon, which received a $16 million three-year grant, is one of 17 model communities around the nation using health IT ....

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Thursday, August 23, 2012
Akaka's Granddaughter Demands Supreme Court Order New Election in Kona HD 6
By News Release @ 5:09 PM :: 8485 Views :: Hawaii County , Office of Elections

Akaka’s lawsuit seeks a recount of the ballots cast, or alternatively a re-run of the primary election for her district.

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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Lorraine Inouye Drops Election Challenge
By News Release @ 3:20 PM :: 8077 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

Inouye has announced that after carefully reviewing election reports and records at the state election headquarters in Pearl City that she does not have a cause to file a protest over the primary election results ....

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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Full Text: Kawauchi Requests State Takeover Office of Elections
By News Release @ 2:01 PM :: 8072 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

I have written a letter to the Honorable Governor Neil S. Abercrombie, requesting an independent review of the performance of the State of Hawai‘i Office of Elections....

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Friday, August 17, 2012
Full Text: Nago Report on Hawaii Co Elections, Kawauchi Response
By News Release @ 7:26 PM :: 7973 Views :: Hawaii County , Office of Elections

... elections require the cooperation of the state and the counties working together and not pointing fingers at each other ....

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Friday, August 17, 2012
HELCO Requests $19.8M Rate Hike to Pay for Solar, Wind
By News Release @ 4:09 PM :: 6993 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill

With continued rapid growth of roof-top solar, additional biomass energy from Hu Honua and recent expanded operations at Puna Geothermal Venture, more than 50% of the island’s energy will soon be renewable. (BUT THE PRICES KEEP GOING UP!)....

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Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Jamae Kawauchi Asks Kona TEA Party for Election Volunteers
By Selected News Articles @ 10:30 PM :: 9909 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill

With insiders playing sabotage games, Jamae Kawauchi comes to the 'non-government people' for help with the November elections....

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Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Why fish raised in strange metal pods could be better for us
By Selected News Articles @ 3:31 PM :: 8359 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

Why fish raised in strange metal pods could be better for us...

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Sunday, August 12, 2012
Lorraine Inouye: ‘Not Satisfied This Election Was Fair and Legal’
By News Release @ 8:11 PM :: 9290 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

"I am in the process of fact finding to determine if your Office of Elections adhered to proper and legal election procedures and whether or not our voters were denied their right to vote."

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Sunday, August 12, 2012
Hawaii County: "Kona Ballot Cans Arrived Unsealed, Disorganization Looks Purposeful"
By Andrew Walden @ 4:01 PM :: 8307 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

Two precincts' cans arrived unsealed. The receiving team members say that that's been a consistent problem over the years, especially with Kona.

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Saturday, August 11, 2012
After Complaint from Gabbard Campaign Abercrombie Orders Extended Hours for Big Island Polling Places
By News Release @ 9:03 PM :: 8023 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

Polling locations in the Counties of Maui, Kaua'i and Honolulu will close at the 6 p.m.; polling locations in Hawai'i County will close at 7:30 p.m.

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Saturday, August 11, 2012
Grievance Filed After Tribune-Herald Names Hunter Bishop as Source of False Hawaii County ‘Yellow Card’ Story
By News Release @ 3:58 PM :: 7902 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

The front-page correction published Aug. 1, highlighted in yellow above the fold, identified Bishop as the alleged source of an error in a July 26 newspaper story about Hawaii County’s distribution of voter information “yellow cards.”

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Saturday, August 11, 2012
GOP Threatens Lawsuit Over Big Island Election Debacle
By David S Chang @ 2:16 AM :: 9322 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

Earlier today the Hawaii Republican Party sent the following letter to the State of Hawaii Office of Elections calling for an immediate written explanation detailing the actions of the Hawaii County officials in regard to the absentee ballots and polling places in Kona.

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Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Federal Audit Catches Takamine's 'Economic Opportunity Council' Misusing DLIR Funds
By Andrew Walden @ 12:37 PM :: 8720 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill

According to DCCA BREG documents, Yokoyama’s for-profit “Hawaii Human Resources Corp” is still owned by Yokoyama and still registered at the same address as HCEOC. 

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Friday, August 3, 2012
AKP Demands $1/month from Oahu, Big Isle Ratepayers
By News Release @ 3:37 PM :: 12003 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Energy, Cost of Living

...the estimated incremental cost spread among Hawaii Island and Oahu customers based on fuel price projections could be about 2/10th of one cent or from $0.84 to $1.00 per month for a residential bill of 500 to 600 kilowatt-hours....

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Saturday, July 28, 2012
FBI investigating? Sex, Lies and Retaliation at Big Island Election Office
By Andrew Walden @ 12:37 PM :: 19888 Views :: Hawaii County , Office of Elections

Will bureaucrats undermine public confidence in elections 'for a good time'? Read on ....

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Friday, July 27, 2012
As Primary Election Approaches, Governor Approves Funds to Complete Hilo International Airport Cargo Facility
By News Release @ 4:10 PM :: 8205 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

"Senator Gilbert Kahele was actively involved in working with the state Department of Transportation (DOT) to legislatively see this appropriation through." -- Abercrombie news release

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Wednesday, July 18, 2012
NASA Comes to Big Island to Practice Extraterrestrial Encounters
By News Release @ 1:53 AM :: 7037 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill

NASA is conducting a nine-day field test starting Tuesday outside Hilo, Hawaii, to evaluate new exploration techniques....

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