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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaii’s oldest food festival will once again host more than 40 events throughout the 2012 Kona Coffee Cultural Festival slated for Nov. 2-11. For easy planning the Festival has separated its events into three signature blocks of Festival Fun, Opening Weekend, Festival Weekday Events and Festival Finale Weekend, brewing a full menu of […]

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After serving eighteen months as Chief Medical Officer, William I. Park, MD, announced today he will step down from his leadership position in North Hawaii Medical Group (NHMG), effective July 1, 2012. Dr. Park will continue to serve as senior general surgeon and will remain on the hospital’s Board of Directors.

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The HawaiÊ»i Police Department is hosting the HI-PAL Click it or Ticket 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament on July 7 in North Kohala at the Kamehameha Park Gymnasium. This is part of the “Click It or Ticket” series of basketball tournaments. This date is moved up from the original date of July 14, due to a scheduling […]

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MEDIA RELEASE During the week of June 18, 2012, through June 24, 2012, Big Island police arrested 30 motorists for drunk driving. Eight of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. Four were under the age of 21. So far this year, there have been 678 DUI arrests compared with 703 during the same period […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The county Department of Parks and Recreation announces the grand opening of the new multi-use Panaewa Covered Play Courts and the reopening of the Panaewa Family Center at Hilo’s Panaewa Park on Saturday, July 7. Mayor Billy Kenoi and Hilo Councilman Dennis “Fresh” Onishi will welcome the public to the newly enhanced park […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Waimea community – especially incoming 6th-8th grade students and families of Waimea Middle School – are invited to the first of several “Meet ‘N Greet” gatherings 2:30-3:30 p.m. Friday, July 6 with the school’s new Principal Matt Horne. The gathering is free and also will celebrate the ending of the school’s fifth […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary is seeking to fill eight primary and nine alternate seats on its advisory council, which ensures public input into sanctuary matters and provides advice to the sanctuary management. “The members of our advisory council represent an extremely important element of our community,” said Malia Chow, sanctuary […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Get ready for a wet and wacky fun-filled day Fourth of July at Kings’ Shops Waikoloa Beach Resort. The 21st Annual Rubber Duckie Race, with 100 percent of the duck sales benefiting the United Cerebral Palsy Association (UCPA) of Hawaii and the Food Basket, is set for July 4. “Our goal is to […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Parker Ranch and Ulupono Initiative have entered into an agreement to jointly fund research trials to study the merits of large-scale grass-fed beef production on the Big Island. The trials will follow 200 head of cattle on a test area of 300 acres from September 2012 through May 2013. “We are very focused […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Antonio Rocha, an internationally acclaimed and award-winning storyteller, mime, and actor from Brazil, will be a featured performer for the 2012 HSPLS Children’s Summer Reading Program at 17 selected public libraries statewide from June 27 – July 7. Admission is free. Rocha, winner of the 2008 Parents’ Choice Gold Award for his “Under […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Recent Parker School graduate Jesse Tarnas and soon to be senior Tyler McCullough traveled to compete in the National Forensic League Tournament June 11-15 in Indianapolis, Ind. Tarnas and McCullough made it through six rounds in the Lincoln-Douglas Category, Tarnas through six rounds in Supplemental Debate, and McCullough through three rounds of Supplemental […]

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Firefighters were still at the scene of two brushfire sites in Pahala Monday (June 25). The 400 acre brushfire area mauka of Pahala town is 95 percent contained and is under control. Firefighters are monitoring the area, extinguishing hot spots and maintaining the perimeter of the burn area.

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MEDIA RELEASE One lane will be closed along the South Kohala Distribution Road 7 a.m.-3:30 p.m. through Friday due to construction of the Lalamilo Water System. During non-work hours, both lanes will be open to traffic, as conditions permit. Access to Waimea Transfer Station will be maintained. The state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) […]

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