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MEDIA RELEASE Due to the expected impacts of Tropical Storm Flossie, the Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Division of Forestry and Wildlife on the Big Island is closing the Waimanu trail and campground, Pololu trail, and the Ainapo trail and cabin effective immediately. High winds and heavy rains are expected to be associated with […]

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TS Flossie is about 775 miles east of Hilo, moving west at 20 mph with sustained winds of 50 mph, expected to continue weakening

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MEDIA RELEASE In a ceremony held July 26 in Executive Chambers, Gov. Neil Abercrombie appointed Shimeji “Shim” Kanazawa as a Lifetime Honorary Kupuna of the Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs (PABEA). On April 10, 2013, Gov. Abercrombie signed House Bill 1258 (Act 8) into law, allowing PABEA to honor a non ex-officio member with […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Taiko drums, marching bands, bon dance, jazz, rock & roll, hula, cirque performers and more—Honoka‘a town fills with color and music for the 7th Annual Parade & Festival for the United Nations International Day of Peace, Saturday, September 21, 2013. Starting at a new time this year to coincide with the official International […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The YWCA of Hawaii Island (YWCA) will close the solar heated saltwater swimming pool at its Ululani campus on August 31. The pool has operated at a financial loss for several years. The cost of pool operations and maintenance is approximately $18,000 a month. Over the last few years, monthly pool revenue has […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Kona Community Hospital Auxiliary recently awarded $10,000 in nursing scholarships to four local students seeking to pursue nursing careers. The Kona Community Hospital Auxiliary nursing scholarship program annually awards up to $2500 per recipient to four nursing students.  This year’s scholarship recipients are Sherrine Gray, June Mohr, Joli Remund and second year […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Large, predatory fishes from the offshore waters around Hawai‘i have been ingesting a surprisingly large amount of plastic and other marine debris, according to new research by scientists at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. These observations are the first of their kind in scope and in number, and they suggest that more […]

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MEDIA RELEASE At it’s monthly Board Meeting on Tuesday, July 16th, the Kona Coffee Farmer’s Association unanimously commended Board Member Bruce Corker for his efforts in affecting the $1 million allocation to combat the Coffee Berry Borer (CBB) that Senator Mazie Hirono and the USDA announced on July 11th. In February Corker orchestrated a request […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Parker School is pleased to announce that its Kāko‘o Fund campaign raised just under $230,000 for its Annual Fund for Education and for various projects, surpassing a $200,000 goal. The capital campaign ran from July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013. In addition to the Annual Fund, the funds will be allocated for […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Families of Waimea Middle School (WMS) 6th to 8th grade students are invited to campus any day next week Monday, July 29, through Friday, Aug. 2 for “Gear Up” to pick up their child’s class schedule, purchase mandatory student uniforms, pay fees as needed for bus, food service, yearbook, class dues and student […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions in the two same-sex marriage cases have substantially increased the short-term and medium-term benefits that could accrue to Hawaii if the state Legislature enacts legislation allowing same-sex marriages to begin in Fall 2013 or early in 2014. The UH Economic Research Organization released this info: The U.S. Supreme […]

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MEDIA RELEASE On July 23, Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) proposed an amendment to the Defense Appropriations bill to provide increased funding of $25.1 million to speed up the removal of unexploded ordnance from Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) across the country. Hawai‘i alone has more than 100 FUDS due to the pre-World War I defensive […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Support Hawai`i Island’s fire and rescue and emergency response teams by supporting the 16th Annual Daniel Robert Sayre Memorial Foundation Awards and Fundraising Dinner on Saturday, August 31. The gourmet buffet dinner, silent auction and awards ceremony will be held in the ballroom of The Fairmont Orchid, Hawaii on the Kohala Coast, starting […]

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Roya Sabri | Hawaii 24/7 Reporter Astronomers and laymen have little more than eight months to wait for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) groundbreaking — a day 12 years in the making. While others wait, Sandra Dawson, TMT Task Leader for site planning, is working through a 205 line item schedule to construction. The TMT […]

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