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Saturday, April 2, 2016 |
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Republican Appointments to Hawaii State Boards and Commissions
By Rep Beth Fukumoto @ 4:16 PM :: 7315 Views :: Hawaii County , Hawaii State Government, Republican Party
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...Currently, there is an appointment open with the Elections Commission for Hawaii County....
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Saturday, April 2, 2016 |
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DLNR Finally Gets Around to Appointing Mauna Kea Hearing Officer
By News Release @ 4:08 AM :: 6586 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, OHA
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...retired Hawaii island circuit court judge Riki May Amano (Ret.) has been selected as the hearings officer to conduct the Mauna Kea contested case hearing....
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Wednesday, March 30, 2016 |
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Photos: Hate-Fueled Attack on Mauna Kea Radio Telescope
By Andrew Walden @ 2:42 PM :: 8401 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, OHA
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...The suspect gained entry by ramming our gates then used his vehicle to ram our outer steel doors multiple times and proceed to beat on our inner doors....
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Friday, March 4, 2016 |
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Hawaii Federal Court: Get Ready For Bridge Aina Lea Trial
By Robert Thomas @ 4:43 PM :: 6700 Views :: Hawaii County , Land Use
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Bottom line: the plaintiff's takings claims are going to trial....
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Sunday, February 21, 2016 |
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Big Island Rolling Blackouts Caused by Lack of Wind
By News Release @ 1:34 AM :: 7466 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy
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"...wind resources are presently at zero...."
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Saturday, February 20, 2016 |
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A Word With Ward - Dengue Fever with guest Dr. Sarah Parks
By Rep Gene Ward @ 3:30 AM :: 6571 Views :: Hawaii County , Health Care
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Dr. Sarah Park is the Hawaii State Epidemiologist and Chief of the Disease Outbreak Control Division, Hawaii Department of Health....
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Wednesday, February 10, 2016 |
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Coop Proposes Alternative Power Generation Plan for Big Island
By News Release @ 4:51 PM :: 6650 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy
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"By building on the successes achieved by Kauai Island Utility Cooperative to integrate high levels of cost-effective solar PV into the grid...."
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Tuesday, February 9, 2016 |
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Kenoi Declares Dengue Emergency, Ige Refuses
By News Release @ 4:39 PM :: 6781 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Health Care
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...meanwhile Obama is seeking $1.8B in Zika funding....
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Tuesday, February 9, 2016 |
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Bridge Aina Lea: Hawaii ‘Takings’ Case in Federal Court
By Robert Thomas @ 1:32 PM :: 7492 Views :: Hawaii County , Land Use
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The State removed the civil rights lawsuit to U.S. District Court in Honolulu....
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Tuesday, February 2, 2016 |
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Incumbents Challenged on Day One--Candidates Begin Filing on Maui, Big Island
By Selected News Articles @ 12:56 PM :: 8595 Views :: Hawaii County , Maui County, Politicians
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First in line after the 7:45 a.m. office opening in Hilo was state Rep. Joy San Buenaventura....
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Thursday, January 21, 2016 |
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Lawsuit: Lopaka Ryder, Killed by Drug Dealer, was Police Informant
By Selected News Articles @ 12:05 PM :: 8341 Views :: Hawaii County , Law Enforcement, Drugs
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...police disclosed his identity either directly or indirectly to persons being investigated....
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Friday, January 8, 2016 |
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DLNR Officer Arrested--Charged with sexual assault of Minor
By News Release @ 9:27 PM :: 7053 Views :: Hawaii County , Law Enforcement
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...DLNR Officer “was fired (from Honolulu PD) in 2013 after he falsified records and lied to investigators about transporting a female runaway, who was underage.”....
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Friday, January 8, 2016 |
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DLNR to Loosen Death Grip on Hilo Businesses?
By News Release @ 1:53 PM :: 8279 Views :: Hawaii County , Land Use, Small Business
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One of the leases at Banyan Drive has expired and has been placed on a month-to-month revocable permit. Other leases at Banyan Drive and in the Kanoelehua Industrial Area will expire in the next several years....
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 |
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Fake Bomb Found After Big Island Police Arrest Three at Protest Against License Plates
By News Release @ 11:11 PM :: 11703 Views :: Hawaii County , Law Enforcement
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The rally supported what organizers claimed was the constitutional “right to travel” with no driver’s license, registration, license plates, safety stickers and motor vehicle insurance....
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Thursday, December 10, 2015 |
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Hawaii Island Energy Cooperative would deliver transformation better, faster and cheaper
By News Release @ 1:14 AM :: 7373 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Cost of Living
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Big Island customers could save as much as $113 million on the existing HELCO rate base and up to $234 million including investments to modernize the grid over a four-year period....
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Sunday, October 25, 2015 |
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Applications Sought for DLNR Hawaii Island Advisory Council
By News Release @ 2:55 AM :: 7078 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Second Amendment
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Completed applications must be received by December 22, 2015....
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Friday, October 16, 2015 |
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Fiber optic cables were maliciously cut on Mauna Kea this Summer
By News Release @ 11:52 PM :: 8041 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, Law Enforcement, OHA
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Damage occurred same day a caravan of construction vehicles was turned around by protesters, leading to 11 arrests...
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Wednesday, October 7, 2015 |
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Full Text: Hawaii Business Groups Slam Police Refusal to Enforce Law on Mauna Kea
By News Release @ 10:35 PM :: 9402 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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Business cannot operate without laws being enforced. Selective enforcement of laws by State, County and HPD is discriminatory. Citizens place their trust in government that Laws will be enforced equally without the need for political pressure to do so. The result of the faulty law enforcement surrounding Mauna Kea is fostering tension, aggression, racism and business uncertainty. Ambiguity surrounding the rule of law has prompted a poor economic climate....
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Tuesday, September 15, 2015 |
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ACLU Scores Big Wins for Panhandlers and Potheads
By News Release @ 2:45 AM :: 11649 Views :: Hawaii County , First Amendment, Homelessness, Labor, Drugs
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The ACLU has shared a copy of the settlement agreement in this case with Maui County and Kauai County, both of which have had similar pre-employment medical examination requirements....
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Thursday, September 3, 2015 |
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Bridge Aina Lea: Federal Court Dismisses Most of Case
By Robert Thomas @ 9:09 PM :: 8304 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Land Use
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...once again, a property owner's federal constitutional claims -- raised in a federal forum -- get decided by a state court....
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Thursday, July 23, 2015 |
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Hawaii Councilman Proposes Reforms After P-Card Audit
By News Release @ 9:38 PM :: 5732 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics
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Hawai‘i County Code should be amended to bring it in line with state law...
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Friday, July 17, 2015 |
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Paniolo Power to Withdraw from Merger Docket
By News Release @ 6:46 PM :: 6316 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy
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"...will instead concentrate on the PUC's pending Power Supply Improvement Plan (PSIP) docket, which is better suited to address transformational planning issues...."
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Friday, June 26, 2015 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court: County Initiative Preempted by State Law
By Robert Thomas @ 5:08 PM :: 10384 Views :: Hawaii County , Judiciary, Law Enforcement, Drugs, GMOs
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...Hawaii Supreme Court refined the test for determining when a municipal ordinance or charter provision is preempted by state law....
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Thursday, June 4, 2015 |
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Big Island Press Club: Keeping Government Transparent
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:16 PM :: 6105 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics
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Thursday, June 18, from noon until 1:30 at Restaurant Kenichi in Hilo....
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 |
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IRONMAN fined $2.7M for illegal lottery
By News Release @ 3:58 AM :: 5571 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics
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...Ironman charged athletes, who did not otherwise qualify, $50 to enter lotteries for the chance to compete in the Ironman World Championship....
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Thursday, May 7, 2015 |
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Kilauea Largest Source of SO2 Pollution in USA
By UHERO @ 2:19 AM :: 7711 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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Using Vog from Kilauea to Estimate the Health Consequences of Particulate and SO2 Pollution....
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Thursday, April 16, 2015 |
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HS Senior Launches pro-Telescope Petition
By Selected News Articles @ 2:43 PM :: 7909 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, OHA
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King Kalākaua was an early and ardent supporter of astronomical observation in Hawaii....
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Wednesday, April 15, 2015 |
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Stewardship by UH to protect Maunakea for future generations
By Selected News Articles @ 9:26 PM :: 7709 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, OHA
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Since 2000, Maunakea has been under stewardship of the Office of Maunakea Management....
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Tuesday, April 14, 2015 |
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Criminal Charges? Attorney General to Investigate Kenoi
By News Release @ 10:10 PM :: 9110 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Law Enforcement, Politicians
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Facts learned during the course of the investigation will determine whether the attorney general’s office pursues or recommends criminal charges....
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Friday, April 3, 2015 |
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Success of independently funded GMO papaya confounds anti-tech ideologues
By Selected News Articles @ 4:20 PM :: 6280 Views :: Hawaii County , GMOs
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...This 12-part series by entomologist Anthony Shelton is the first comprehensive article about a genetically engineered crop, in this case, GE papaya in Hawaii....
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Tuesday, March 17, 2015 |
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Do Drugs? Hawaii County is Hiring!
By Selected News Articles @ 9:01 PM :: 6916 Views :: Hawaii County , Drugs
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...A newly hired legal clerk at the Hawaii County Prosecutor's Office in Hilo can start working without the mandatory urine test, a federal judge ruled Friday....
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Tuesday, March 10, 2015 |
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Demand: NextEra Eat Cost of HEI's Disused Oil Plants
By News Release @ 4:19 AM :: 5981 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy
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“What portion of the potentially stranded assets should be borne by shareholders? Why should the ratepayers be responsible for all of these costs?”
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Friday, February 27, 2015 |
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Police seek man on video at the scene of a suspicious Kona Church Fire
By News Release @ 4:04 AM :: 7550 Views :: Hawaii County , First Amendment, Religion
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At 6:10 a.m. Thursday (February 26), Kona Patrol officers responded to a report of a fire at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Captain Cook....
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 |
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HELCO selects Ormat to provide an additional 25MW of geothermal energy
By News Release @ 9:34 PM :: 6148 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy
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The next step in the process is to begin contract negotiations with Ormat, with an agreement to be submitted to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) for approval....
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 |
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Big Island Group Proposes Electric Co-Op
By News Release @ 4:25 PM :: 6188 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy
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Local, democratic control over the island’s energy infrastructure....
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Monday, January 26, 2015 |
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Electric Co-op for Big Island?
By Selected News Articles @ 5:07 PM :: 7299 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy
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“Both Ha and Ishibashi were reluctant to disclose who sits on the co-op steering committee.”
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Friday, January 23, 2015 |
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Bridge Aina Lea: 9th Circuit Affirms State Supreme Court Ruling (sort of)
By Robert Thomas @ 2:28 PM :: 6181 Views :: Hawaii County , Land Use
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...we've been waiting for the other shoe to drop, and today it did....
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015 |
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Parker Ranch sells rights to NextEra to Build Giant Windfarm
By News Release @ 5:05 PM :: 6021 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy
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This agreement provides NextEra Energy Resources with long-term access rights to PRFT lands to develop renewable energy derived from PRFT's wind resources....
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Friday, December 19, 2014 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court: Agencies Have No Duty To Keep Their Records Accurately
By Robert Thomas @ 4:00 AM :: 7835 Views :: Hawaii County , Judiciary, Land Use
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Last month, the Hawaii Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion which declined to impose a duty of reasonable care on the Hawaii County Planning Department....
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Thursday, November 20, 2014 |
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U.S. not prepared for a major volcanic eruption, panel says
By Selected News Articles @ 2:29 PM :: 7746 Views :: Hawaii County , National News, Congressional Delegation
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The U.S. is falling short in its ability to track and respond to a major volcanic eruption at this time, a panel of experts told a congressional hearing Wednesday.…
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Saturday, November 8, 2014 |
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Veterans Day Parade Hilo, Sat. Nov 8
By News Release @ 2:59 AM :: 6728 Views :: Hawaii County , Military
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...assembling at 8:00 am. Parade starts at 9:00 am....
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Saturday, November 8, 2014 |
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Kona Planned Parenthood Abortion Facility Loses Lease, Must Close
By Selected News Articles @ 2:49 AM :: 7267 Views :: Hawaii County , Health Care, Life
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Planned Parenthood’s Kona Health Center will shut down after Monday, November 10....
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Tuesday, November 4, 2014 |
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President Declares Disaster for Hawaii Lava Flow
By News Release @ 2:10 PM :: 5060 Views :: Hawaii County
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...federal disaster aid has been made available to the state of Hawaii....
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Friday, October 31, 2014 |
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Hawaii Residents Have Coverage For Lava Flow Damage
By News Release @ 5:31 PM :: 4938 Views :: Hawaii County
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...covered under a homeowners, renters or business insurance policy, according to the Insurance Information Institute....
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Friday, October 31, 2014 |
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VIDEO: Hawaii National Guard Assists in Puna
By Video @ 1:57 AM :: 6121 Views :: Hawaii County , Military
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Hawaii Army and Air National Guardsmen were called to support Hawaii County Civil Defense....
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Monday, October 27, 2014 |
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Pahoa: Lava Flow Speeds Up, Possible Evacuations Overnight
By News Release @ 4:46 AM :: 4776 Views :: Hawaii County
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The flow has advanced approximately 170 yards since 9:00 this morning and presently located approximately 600 yards from the Pahoa Village Road....
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