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(Volcano Watch is a weekly article written by scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.) The bits of dust kicked up by last Sunday’s magnitude-3.6 earthquake south of Oahu have settled. The earthquake occurred at 3:27 p.m. and its location was determined to be 26 km (16 miles) southeast of downtown Honolulu at [...]

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Results from the USGA Girls Junior Amateur sectional qualifier held Tuesday (June 22) at Makaha Resort & Golf Club.

Cyd Okino (Honolulu), Kacie Komoto (Honolulu), and Marissa Chow (Honolulu) all advance to the National Championship at The Country Club of North Carolina (July 19-24th).

Eimi Koga (Honolulu) and Alina Ching (Honolulu) finished as the 1st and 2nd alternates respectively.

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Results from the Final round Tuesday (June 22) of the USGA Junior Amateur sectional qualifier held today at Makaha Resort & Golf Club.

Justin Keiley (Haiku) and Aaron Kunitomo (Lahaina) both advance to the National Championship at Egypt Valley Golf Club in Michigan (July 19-24th).

Lorens Chan (Ho

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Big Island police are searching for a 45-year-old woman who was reported missing.

Lanae “Kamakea” Carter was last seen on March 18 on O’ahu and may be living on the streets on that island. Her last known address on the island of Hawai’i was on Kealakehe Street in Kailua-Kona.

Carter is described as African-American, 5-foot-7 and 130 pounds. She walks with a cane.

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Thirty-one Hawai‘i student robotics teams from across the state will put their STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education to the test at the 2010 Hawai‘i Regional Botball Tournament Saturday (May 1).

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Amber Waracka was one out away from a perfect game as the University of Hawaii at Hilo completed a series sweep of Brigham Young University-Hawaii in Pacific West Conference competition in Laie, Oahu.

The 7-0 and 4-0 victories are the end of the Vulcans regular season. They finish with a 35-14 overall record and 23-9 record in the PacWest. The Seasiders are 4-34 and 4-26.

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The University of Hawaii at Hilo didn’t hit much but they made the one’s they got count as they beat Chaminade University 6-4 in a Pacific West Conference game on the Central Oahu Regional Park on Oahu.

Trailing 2-0, the Vulcans took the lead on Sierra Green’s bases-loaded triple. Amanda Tellez followed with a single to give the Vulcans a 4-2 lead.

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Surf along west facing shores of the Big Island will be 7 to 10 feet through tonight.

Precautionary/preparedness actions…

A high surf advisory means that high surf will affect beaches in the advisory area…producing rip currents and localized beach erosion.

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Videos of the epic surfing on the North Shore of Oahu at Waimea Bay and Banzai Pipeline.

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The University of Hawaii at Hilo dropped the consolation game of the Hawaii Challenge, 76-96, to Hawaii Pacific University in a game played in McCabe Gymnasium in Honolulu, Hawaii.

The Vulcans are 2-4 while the Sea Warriors are 4-3.

Bryan Ngo led the Vulcans with 17 points while Andrew Gipson and Justin Smith added 15 points each and Lavell Shipman had 10.

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Surf will be 6 to 8 feet along east facing shores and also along west facing shores of the Big Island that exposed to the northwest swell today.

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A powerful storm system passing far north of the Hawaiian Islands has generated a large open ocean swell…which is expected to reach the Hawaiian waters later tonight. This northwest swell is forecast to rise rapidly…first near Kauai and Niihau…and then quickly spread southeast down the island chain. The swell will likely peak on Wednesday…with open ocean swell heights near 14 feet…before gradually diminishing Thursday and Friday.

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