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Friday, July 9, 2021 |
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Police Corruption Scandals Revenge for Gambling Prosecutions?
By Andrew Walden @ 11:14 PM :: 12015 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Ethics, Gambling, Police
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... What part of ‘mutually assured destruction’ did they not understand? ....
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Tuesday, June 15, 2021 |
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DOJ: Chinese Money Laundering Buys Big Island Properties
By News Release @ 12:50 PM :: 5132 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Law Enforcement
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... routed the proceeds of these schemes through at least six pieces of real estate on the Island of Hawaii ....
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Saturday, June 5, 2021 |
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Maunakea telescope one step closer to decommissioning
By News Release @ 4:44 AM :: 4123 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... Caltech Submillimeter Observatory, one of five Maunakea telescopes that the University of Hawaiʻi says will be removed from the summit ....
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Saturday, May 29, 2021 |
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Telescope Protesters Challenge DLNR Approval of 'initiation of work'
By News Release @ 10:31 AM :: 6448 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... UH notified the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) on April 28, 2021, that work/construction on the TMT project was initiated in 2019 based on project activities in June and July of that year ....
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Wednesday, May 19, 2021 |
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Mauna Kea: 'Tell Canada to Stop Being Racist'
By Samuel Wilder King II @ 6:44 PM :: 4474 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... new requirement to be the imposition of racist, neo-colonial requirements on our society ....
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Tuesday, May 11, 2021 |
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Saiki Names Mauna Kea Working Group Members
By News Release @ 5:17 AM :: 4598 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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.... Saiki selected Representative Mark M. Nakashima, Chair of the Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee (District 1 – Hamakua, North Hilo, South Hilo) to serve as Chair of the working group ....
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Friday, April 30, 2021 |
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Maui, Kona Rental Car Rates Top $900/wk
By News Release @ 12:15 AM :: 4698 Views :: Hawaii County , Maui County, Tourism, Cost of Living, COVID-19
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... Kahului, Hawaii, is the most expensive U.S. destination in which to rent a car this spring ....
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Thursday, April 29, 2021 |
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VIDEO: Squatters Take Over Uncle Billy's Hotel
By Video @ 1:10 AM :: 4819 Views :: Hawaii County , Homelessness, Tourism, Drugs
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... Akamai readers will remember this is exactly what happened to the old Hilo Hotel on Kinoole St during the 1990s depression ....
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Wednesday, April 28, 2021 |
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Caltech Submillimeter Observatory Decommissioning Update
By News Release @ 5:47 AM :: 4203 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... Caltech hopes to have its plans approved by early 2022, which would enable the physical deconstruction and restoration to begin by summer 2022 ....
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Sunday, April 18, 2021 |
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DHHL Offers Rent-With-Option-To-Purchase Homes on Hawaiʻi Island
By News Release @ 3:46 PM :: 3760 Views :: Hawaii County , DHHL
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... Sixty homes initiated the project within the Villages of Laʻi ʻŌpua in Kealakehe, Hawaiʻi Island ....
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Saturday, April 10, 2021 |
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DLNR hands out more dam fines
By News Release @ 3:05 PM :: 3773 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Agriculture
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... Ka’u dam has been empty since about 2010 ....
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Friday, April 9, 2021 |
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Mauna Kea Working Group Nominations Extended
By News Release @ 10:27 PM :: 6015 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... The House of Representatives has extended the nomination deadline for Native Hawaiian persons who wish to serve on the Mauna Kea Working Group from April 5, 2021 to April 26, 2021 ....
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Tuesday, April 6, 2021 |
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Third Circuit Seeking Applicants for Independent Grand Jury Counsel
By News Release @ 8:36 PM :: 2995 Views :: Hawaii County , Judiciary
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... The Circuit Court of the Third Circuit (Hawaii island) is seeking applications for independent grand jury counsel for Hilo and Kona ....
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Friday, March 26, 2021 |
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Protest Erupts After DHHL Selects Community Solar Developers
By News Release @ 4:28 PM :: 5622 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, DHHL, Energy
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... State Sen. Kurt Fevella (R, Ewa Beach-Iroquois Point) organized the action to rally opponents and to publicize many DHHL beneficiary complaints that the solar farm plan originated without their input and is a bad use of the agency’s trust land ....
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Wednesday, March 24, 2021 |
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State House to Restore Funding for Hilo Youth Challenge
By News Release @ 9:51 PM :: 3715 Views :: Hawaii County , Education K-12, Military
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"...The Youth Challenge Academy, operated by the Hawai‘i National Guard, is a community-based program that trains, educates, and mentors young people under military-like conditions...."
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Tuesday, March 23, 2021 |
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DLNR to Select Banyan Drive Proposals Next Month
By News Release @ 8:23 PM :: 2908 Views :: Hawaii County , Tourism
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... renovations of the former Uncle Billy’s Hilo Bay Hotel and Country Club Condominium Hotel ....
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Friday, March 12, 2021 |
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Chief Justice Appoints Family Court Judge for Hawaii County
By News Release @ 7:43 PM :: 4834 Views :: Hawaii County , Judiciary
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... Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald today appointed Jeffrey W. Ng to fill a judicial position in the District Family Court of the Third Circuit ....
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Thursday, March 11, 2021 |
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Pharmacists Vaccinate 90% of Patients in Care Homes on Oahu, Big Island
By News Release @ 6:28 PM :: 3587 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, COVID-19
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... Independent pharmacies on O‘ahu and Hawai‘i Island have administered first doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to about 10,000 residents and caregivers in approximately 1,700 small care homes and have now begun returning to administer second doses ....
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Wednesday, March 10, 2021 |
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Nominations Open for Participants in Mauna Kea Working Group
By News Release @ 6:18 PM :: 4322 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... a working group to include seven (7) members who are Native Hawaiian to be nominated by Native Hawaiian groups, organizations, or communities to be appointed by the Speaker of the House ....
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Thursday, March 4, 2021 |
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Finalists named for Hawaiʻi County appointments to Board of Regents
By News Release @ 3:25 AM :: 3005 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education
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... a list of candidates to Gov. David Ige to fill one Hawaiʻi County seat for a five-year appointment, beginning July 1, 2021 ....
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Friday, February 26, 2021 |
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$272K Fine for Aquarium Fishing
By News Release @ 10:53 PM :: 3593 Views :: Hawaii County , Small Business
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... This case achieved a lot of notoriety ....
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Monday, February 22, 2021 |
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SCOTUS Refuses to Hear Bridge Aina Lea Case
By Robert Thomas @ 4:00 PM :: 4571 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Land Use
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"... If there is no such thing as a regulatory taking, we should say so ...."
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Saturday, February 6, 2021 |
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$510K Fine for Yukio Okutsu Veterans Home
By News Release @ 2:40 AM :: 3336 Views :: Hawaii County , Health Care, COVID-19
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... During a follow-up revisit of Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home on Jan. 6, 2021, inspectors found the facility to be in compliance, avoiding a mandatory termination of the facility on April 16, 2021 ....
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Wednesday, February 3, 2021 |
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UH: 'Astronomy at Significant Risk' from Saiki's Half-baked Plan
By News Release @ 6:40 PM :: 4812 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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"... Similar ideas have been previously proposed in the legislature in past years with no result. This has created uncertainty and concern amongst the existing observatories and their national and international non-profit owners/sponsors regarding matters critical to their futures ...."
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Wednesday, February 3, 2021 |
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Friday, January 29, 2021 |
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ICA Decision: Telescope Wins Again
By News Release @ 9:18 PM :: 4137 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Law Enforcement
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... ICA affirmed a lower court decision finding that the chief of the Hawaii County Police Department had the authority to request aid from Maui County Police Department and the Honolulu Police Department ....
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Friday, January 29, 2021 |
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DLNR Hires Helicopters to Exterminate Sheep on Mauna Kea
By News Release @ 8:40 PM :: 4125 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Second Amendment
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... Control work is scheduled for February 17 and 18. Public access to affected areas and the Mauna Kea Hunter Access Road will be restricted ....
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Wednesday, January 27, 2021 |
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Bridge Aina Lea: 9th Circuit Allows Case to go Forward
By Robert Thomas @ 4:42 AM :: 4651 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Land Use
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... The district court's judgment is reversed, case remanded for the merits ....
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Wednesday, January 20, 2021 |
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Senate: Ige Appoints Anti-Telescope Activist who Wanted Him Impeached
By News Release @ 2:34 AM :: 6835 Views :: Hawaii County , Democratic Party, Education K-12, Politicians
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... The post caused a stir among some lawmakers during the Legislature’s opening day ....
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Wednesday, January 13, 2021 |
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COVID Vaccine Now Available on Big Island for Age 75+
By News Release @ 2:44 AM :: 3660 Views :: Hawaii County , COVID-19
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... Queen’s North Hawai’i Community Hospital, Kona Community Hospital, and Hilo Medical Center now scheduling vaccinations for those 75 years of age and older, as well as essential workers ....
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Friday, January 1, 2021 |
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DLNR Evaluates Mauna Kea Management Plan
By News Release @ 4:10 PM :: 4777 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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"... 2033, the expiration of the existing state lease .... "
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Saturday, December 26, 2020 |
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Ige to Choose from 3 Candidates for Kahele’s Senate District 1 Vacancy
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 7250 Views :: Hawaii County , Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation
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... precinct officers and district council officers who reside in Senate District 1 have selected three names to send to Governor David Ige ....
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Monday, December 21, 2020 |
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PHOTOS: New Kilauea Eruption
By News Release @ 9:09 AM :: 3094 Views :: Hawaii County
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... An eruption has commenced within Kīlauea’s summit caldera ....
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Wednesday, December 9, 2020 |
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Ethics Board: Harry Kim Violated 'Fair Treatment' Rules by Letting Telescope Protesters Violate Laws
By Andrew Walden @ 10:54 PM :: 4445 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education
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... Will an Hawaii County Board of Ethics decision help Hawaii County's new mayor chart a new course for law enforcement at the Mauna Kea telescope protest site? ....
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Monday, November 30, 2020 |
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Bridge Aina Lea: US Supreme Court Demands Response from State
By Robert Thomas @ 4:43 AM :: 3795 Views :: Hawaii County , Development
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... the State hired a DC SCOTUS player to argue that this case isn't worth the Court's time ....
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Tuesday, November 24, 2020 |
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DHHL Breaks Ground on Rent-to-Own Project
By News Release @ 10:06 PM :: 3200 Views :: Hawaii County , DHHL
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... The first 60 homes, a portion of the greater 118-unit Laʻi ʻŌpua Village 4 – Akau, are anticipated to be offered to beneficiaries in mid-2021 ....
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Wednesday, November 18, 2020 |
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Friday, November 13, 2020 |
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Makuu: DHHL Removes 382 Junk Cars -- Retakes Abandoned Leaseholds
By News Release @ 8:00 PM :: 4771 Views :: Hawaii County , DHHL
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... 382 intentionally abandoned vehicles and approximately 700 tires on three parcels ....
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Friday, November 13, 2020 |
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Puna Geothermal Venture back online after 2½ years
By News Release @ 12:12 PM :: 3175 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy
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...the geothermal facility is one of the largest and most reliable renewable energy resources in the state....
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Wednesday, November 11, 2020 |
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Feds Lock up Hawaii Domestic Violence Repeat offender
By News Release @ 3:25 AM :: 4159 Views :: Hawaii County , Family, Law Enforcement
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... Cordeiro’s prior convictions under state law included an incident wherein he physically assaulted and threw gasoline on a prior intimate partner; an incident in which he burned a female victim with the hot metal tip of a butane torch; and two separate incidents wherein he violently struck women while they held his infant child ....
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Saturday, November 7, 2020 |
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Hawaii County PD Begins Using Body Cams
By News Release @ 1:49 AM :: 3027 Views :: Hawaii County , Police
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...the first wave of Body Worn Cameras (BWC) will be live in the South Hilo, Kona, and Puna districts on Monday, November 9, 2020....
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Wednesday, November 4, 2020 |
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Big Island Courthouse Closed due to 'Lack of Staff'
By News Release @ 9:46 PM :: 3204 Views :: Hawaii County , Judiciary
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...The South Kohala District Court courtroom will be temporarily closing beginning December 1....
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Thursday, October 29, 2020 |
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'Connected vehicle sensors' to Watch Big Island Roads
By News Release @ 3:41 AM :: 2777 Views :: Hawaii County
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...anonymously collecting data from Bluetooth-enabled devices in passing vehicles....
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Saturday, October 17, 2020 |
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Nobel Prize Winner Talks About TMT Challenges
By News Release @ 10:43 PM :: 4714 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... “Having two disparate points of view is ultimately the way of finding a more creative solution. What I hope ultimately is having a better collaboration between the scientific community and the native Hawaiians will help us arrive at a solution that's right for all of humanity.” ....
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Friday, October 16, 2020 |
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Regents appoint Maunakea Planning Task Group
By News Release @ 4:40 AM :: 4686 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... The group will make recommendations to the board ....
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Saturday, September 26, 2020 |
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Telescope Backs Waiakea HS STEM Program
By News Release @ 12:22 AM :: 5252 Views :: Hawaii County , Education K-12, Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...With only a few working computers left, it was time to reach out for help....
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Tuesday, September 22, 2020 |
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VA and HIEMA Report on Hilo Veterans Home COVID Deaths
By News Release @ 2:17 AM :: 3818 Views :: Hawaii County , Military, COVID-19
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...The VA report noted “There was very little proactive preparation/planning for COVID...."
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Thursday, September 17, 2020 |
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Waikoloa Mauka Project Now Subject of FBI Investigation, Developer Says
By Selected News Articles @ 7:51 PM :: 6623 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Development, Land Use
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...he unwittingly bought into a scheme that is now the subject of an FBI investigation....
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