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MEDIA RELEASE * Saturday, Nov. 9, 8:30 am – 1:30 pm Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, South Kona Space is limited, registration required. $12 per person. Lunch by donation. A half-day workshop for growers, sellers, cooks, consumers, and others interested in learning more about how to harvest, store, prepare and market breadfruit. This first-of-its-kind hands-on […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Habitat for Humanity West Hawaii’s Inaugural Golf Tournament is set for Monday, Oct. 7 at the exclusive Kohanaiki Golf and Ocean Club in Kailua-Kona. Format is Four Person Team Best Ball. Entry fee is $300/per player and this includes one mulligan, continental breakfast, lunch and Awards Ceremony. Space is limited to 72 golfers. […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Kuulei Keakealani shares stories of her North Kona homelands of Puu Anahulu, Puu Waawaa, and Kaulupulehu in upcoming Eia Hawaii and Puana Ka Ike lectures in Hilo and Kona. Keakealani presents “Na moolelo o na aina aloha: Stories of beloved lands” from 2–3:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, at the University of Hawaii at […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Multi-cultural food, keiki activities, live entertainment, a country store and silent auction are part of the family fun at the annual St. Michael the Archangel Feast Day Celebration. Times are 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28 and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29. Admission is free and proceeds from food and booth sales, plus […]

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No destructive widespread tsunami threat exists based on historical earthquake and tsunami data. However – earthquakes of this size sometimes generate local tsunamis that can be destructive along coasts located within a hundred kilometers of the earthquake epicenter. Authorities in the region of the epicenter should be aware of this possibility and take appropriate action.

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Hawaii 24/7 Staff A couple of metal containers that were being used as living quarters on Kopaa Street were razed in a Friday night fire. At 11:34 p.m., fire crews were alerted to the fire at 11-1851 Kopaa St. Firefighters brought the blaze under control shortly after midnight and had it extinguished by 12:30 a.m., […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Sen. Brian Schatz has announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture will award a total of $1,383,302 in Self-Help Housing Technical Assistance Grants to two Hawaii organizations. These grants offered through the Office of Rural Development provide assistance in recruitment, screening, loan packaging, and related activities for prospective self-help housing applicants. “One of the […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Education on Friday presented its Employee of the Year award to Donna Therrien, a former district support teacher whose educator effectiveness training has served as a model for the state. The Kaala Food Services Team took the DOE’s Team of the Year award for its dedication to shaping positive […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Department of Land and Natural Resources is issuing permits for control of feral goats in the makai portion — and feral goat and feral sheep in the mauka portion — of the Puu Waawaa (PWW) Forest Reserve, pursuant to Title 13, Chapter 123, “Rules Regulating Game Mammal Hunting,” §13-123-9, “Nuisance or crop […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Bank of Hawaii Foundation named Friends of the Future’s Hawaii Collaborative Health Initiative, Hilo Medical Center and Kona Hospital Foundation as the 2013 Bank of Hawaii Monty Richards Hawaii Island Community Award recipients. * Friends of the Future received $5,000 to purchase simulation equipment to help train neonatal resuscitation team members at Kona […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The National Park Service filed a petition with the state Commission on Water Resource Management (Water Commission) asking them to designate the Keauhou Aquifer of North Kona as a Water Management Area for groundwater. The National Park Service acted in order to seek the state’s assistance in the careful management of culturally and […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Hospice of Hilo is sponsoring ‘The Healing Journey,’ a free six-week adult grief support group. The class meets 10 a.m. Tuesdays, Oct. 1-Nov. 5. It will combine group support, education and the development of coping skills, in a safe and confidential setting. “Grief is often an unexpected and unwelcomed emotion in our lives. […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Kona Community Policing staff compile a weekly listing of burglaries and thefts in the West Hawaii community. This update covers Sept. 13-20. BURGLARIES On Sept. 15, a reported burglary in the 200 block of Pumehana Street. Victim assaulted and threatened. Nothing removed. Suspect arrested. On Sept.16, a reported burglary in the 6500 block […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Kona Branch of the International Karate League (IKL) hosts its 9th Annual I.K.L. Karate Championship 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2 at Kekuaokalani Gymnasium in Kona. IKL Branches from Hilo, Paauilo, Honokaa, Waimea, North Kohala, Waikoloa, Captain Cook, Kailua-Kona, Kealakehe, Pahala, Keaau, Oahu, and California, will be attending the event. In addition, […]

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