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The Kealakehe Waveriders girls kept their perfect 14-0 season with a win against cross-town rival Konawaena in a cross-island championship game in Keaau Saturday (Jan 28). Video of the action.

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On Tuesday, January 24th 2012 NFL Football Players and NFL Cheerleaders will be holding Youth Clinics for Hawai`i Island intermediate and high school students at Kealakehe High School from 3:00–5:30 PM and Wednesday, January 25th 2012, at Keaau High School from 3:00–5:30 PM. Players and cheerleaders will also visit a local school for an assembly before the clinics.

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Dinsmore, winner of the Washington State Poets Association award for Performance Poetry and the Best Fresh Voice Screenwriting Award from the Female Eye Film Festival, will read selections from her book which Amazon.com hails as “A book for those who enjoy fantasy adventure” and “offers a new twist on the faerie tales so loved by young readers.” The one-hour program will include a book-signing session.

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It takes more than a little, or a lot, of rain to stop this parade in Puna. Video of the annual Christmas parade.

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The Hilo boys team played to a 3-0 win over Kamehameha-Hawaii in rainy conditions at Kamehameha’s Keaau campus Tuesday (Dec 6).

In the girls game both teams were scoreless during the game.

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On November 19 at about 10:38 p.m., South Hilo patrol officers arrested 24-year-old Chase K. Tam of Hilo and 27-year-old Alexander M. Barnett of Keaʻau on multiple counts of forgery after they were identified as allegedly using counterfeit currency for payment at a Hilo gas station.

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The Kea‘au Recycling and Transfer Station and Water Spigot Facility is scheduled to close for one day on Tuesday, November 8, 2011, while construction crews continue work near the entrance to the facilities.

The renovation project at the site is nearly complete with an improved reuse facility, a new recessed recycling bin wall, improved traffic flow and landscaping.

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Parade Participants can pick up their entry packets now at The Keaau Village Market main office, the Bread Box located in the Keaau Village Market, Keaau Ace Hardware, Keaau Middle School and Keaau High Schools front offices or online at kybc808. Deadline to submit a packet is November 15 so hurry and get yours today!

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Hilo detectives charged a Hilo man Tuesday evening (October 25) in connection with a series of threats made against security staff at the Kamehameha Schools’ Keaʻau campus via an internet social networking website Monday night (October 24).

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Saturday (October 22) shortly after 12 am., Puna patrol officers responded to the Hawaiian Paradise Park subdivision to investigate a report of a woman screaming for assistance. Upon arrival, police discovered the 69-year-old woman with severe head injuries and determined that a man forced his way into her home before assaulting her.

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Saturday (October 22) shortly after 2:40 a.m., Puna patrol officers responded to the Hawaiian Paradise Park subdivision to investigate a report of a victim with a gunshot wound. Upon arrival, police discovered a 36-year-old man with a head wound and determined that he sustained the injury following a brief confrontation involving at least three other local males and a teal colored sedan.

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Many testify in favor of a revised Plan 40 redistricting map during a public hearing held at the Keaau Community Center.

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