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MEDIA RELEASE The Healthcare Association of Hawaii (HAH) is honoring a Hilo Nurse for his exceptional personal and professional skills. Arthur Sampaga, RPN VII, Hilo Medical Center’s Cardiovascular Services Supervisor and Emergency Management Coordinator, will receive HAH’s “Professional With a Heart” award Aug. 25. Sampaga is one of several distinguished medical personnel to be recognized […]

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MEDIA RELEASE   Sen. and Mrs. Daniel K. Inouye spent Wedneday on Hawaii Island, starting on the Kohala coast, crossing the island to the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, and ending the day at the Hawaii County Building in Hilo. Inouye started his day at the Hilton Waikoloa Village at the 30th annual conference of the […]

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MEDIA RELEASE On Aug. 24, the Hawaii County Clerk met with the Attorney General’s Office to discuss Hawaii County’s Aug. 11 Primary Election precinct record books. Following the meeting, Jamae Kawauchi and the Chief Elections Officer, Scott Nago, spoke by telephone and agreed the State of Hawaii, Office of Elections would keep the original Hawaii […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Kaiser Permanente Hawaii has announced that more than 100 pounds of expired or unused prescription drugs were collected through its clinics on Oahu, Maui and the Big Island. The drug take-back initiative provided the community with the opportunity to properly dispose of expired or unused medications at 18 clinic locations on the islands […]

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‘It will be available for almost anyone to pull a coin from their pocket and be reminded of such an extraordinary destination, a national park’

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The Hawaiʻi Police Department, in cooperation with the Department of Transportation’s State Highways Division and local community organizations, conducted a coordinated “Adopt a Highway” cleanup project on Saturday (August 25) along Highway 130 in the Puna District.

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MEDIA RELEASE More than a dozen local Hawaii Red Cross volunteers have deployed to Texas and are available to move into Louisiana after Hurricane Isaac passes across the Gulf Coast states. Another 30 volunteers are on standby to deploy to the Gulf Coast to assist in the American Red Cross Isaac relief operation. Most of […]

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Investigation by detectives from the Area I Criminal Investigations Section led to the arrest of Shaylyn Momi Araw on Friday (August 24). After conferring with prosecutors, detectives charged her with first-degree burglary. Her bail was set at $5,000.

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MEDIA RELEASE HELCO plans to replace a utility pole in North Kona on Mamalahoa Highway near mile marker 1 in Keauhou mauka, on Thursday, Aug. 30. Aloha Security will direct traffic between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. due to the one-lane closure. For additional information, contact HELCO at 327-0558.

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A 55-year-old Hilo man died Sunday (August 26) at 4:05 p.m. at Hilo Medical Center from injuries he received in a motor vehicle/motorcycle crash at the intersection of Kinoʻole Street and Mohouli Street on July 13.

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Big Island police are asking for the public’s help in locating a 31-year-old man wanted for questioning in a disorderly conduct and assault investigation over the weekend and on two outstanding warrants.

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MEDIA RELEASE In observance of the Labor Day 2012 Holiday, all public libraries will be closed from Saturday, Sept. 1 through Monday, Sept. 3. Four libraries normally closed Fridays will be open Friday, Aug. 31: Aiea Public Library, Hawaii Kai Public Library, Liliha Public Library, and Makawao Public Library. In addition: * Kealakekua Public Library, […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced the nationwide distribution of more than $5.7 million to states under the 2012 Competitive State Wildlife Grant Program. Of this amount, nearly $3 million will be disbursed to Washington, Idaho and Hawaii to help prevent “Species of Special Concern” from becoming threatened, endangered, or extinct. […]

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MEDIA RELEASE On Saturday, Aug. 4, Parker School hosted an all alumni reunion. Several graduates from 1984-2012 and their families attended. One of the day’s highlights was members of the class of 2002 opening their time capsule in celebration of their 10th year reunion. The capsule was filled with mementos of their time at Parker […]

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