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Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Big Island Part of National Test of Health Information Exchange
By News Release @ 12:35 PM :: 9376 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill

The Hawai'i Island Beacon Community (HIBC) has begun to expand the region's first health information exchange (HIE), following a successful pilot phase which began last December at North Hawai'i Community Hospital....

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Saturday, June 30, 2012
Geothermal: 600mw Available on Big Island
By Selected News Articles @ 2:25 AM :: 8515 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill

The effects of an eruption would be more profound as the geothermal power development increased in size....

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Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Vandals Seen Destroying Papaya Trees in Puna
By News Release @ 4:27 AM :: 8218 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill

Workers in the area observed two males knocking over the trees and striking at the fruit and branches with sticks. The males left the area on bicycles and were last seen getting into a blue Toyota 4-door pickup truck.

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Tuesday, June 12, 2012
After 40 Years Without a Plan, NELHA Claims Pork is Good for Kona
By News Release @ 4:37 PM :: 9732 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

Total expenditures from businesses at NELHA were $81.0 million, of which about $50 million was paid to Hawaii entities in 2010. UHERO estimated the total economic output to the greater Hawaii economy was $87.7 million, which generated $4.5 million in state tax revenue for 2010....

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Monday, June 11, 2012
LaFrance Announces Campaign for SD3 Kona, Kau
By News Release @ 6:32 PM :: 8220 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

LaFrance is a retired contractor, Alarm Company Operator, a lifetime Farmer, and Real Estate broker for 30-years. Has a degree in Hospitality, Human Resource Administration, Agricultural Science, and an MBA.

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Sunday, June 10, 2012
Teacher, Oceanographer Running for HD 6 Kona
By News Release @ 1:18 PM :: 8322 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

Former educator, commercial fisherman, island musician with the Windward Symphony (Oahu), and Waianae Neighborhood Board Representative, Mike Breslin officially enters the race for Hawai’i House District 6....

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Saturday, June 2, 2012
European Budget Cuts Threaten Mauna Kea Telescopes
By News Release @ 8:54 PM :: 11680 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment, World News, Family

The decision, a consequence of ongoing real terms cuts to the UK science budget by the Government, will almost certainly see the Hawaii-based UK Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) cease operations in the autumn of 2013 and the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) do the same a year later, with the loss of around 40 jobs.

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Thursday, May 31, 2012
NELHA Audit: 40 Years of Pork Without a Plan
By News Release @ 2:40 PM :: 9472 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

After nearly 40 years, NELHA has yet to achieve its potential....

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Friday, May 25, 2012
"Invasive" Algae Targeted for Eradication in Kona May Treat Arthritis
By News Release @ 4:13 PM :: 7535 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

"I think this finding is a nice illustration of how we need to look more deeply in our environment because even nuisance pests, as it turns out, are not just pests," said Gerwick.

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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Akaka Bill: Rep. Cole speaks to community, business leaders
By News Release @ 6:50 PM :: 12875 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

He said he doesn’t see any differences between Native Hawaiians and Native Alaskans and American Indian tribes....

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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
HELCO Inks Deal to Burn Trees for Electricity
By News Release @ 12:08 AM :: 7922 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill

The Hamakua Sugar Company lands bought by the Broken Trustees of Kamehameha Schools and ‘guarded’ by Larry Mehau for $$$ were planted in Eucalyptus. Years later, the trees not properly culled have grown into 10,000 plus acres of pencil thin stands with zero lumber value....

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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Bateman Announces Run for State House District Representing Kona, Kau
By News Release @ 2:57 PM :: 8241 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

Bateman, a retired US Air Force Colonel (JAG), former Assistant Attorney General for Washington state and attorney in private practice for 30 years, now owns the Heavenly Hawaiian Coffee farm, which he has operated for the last seven years....

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Sunday, May 6, 2012
Federal Suit Threatened: UH-Hilo Violates Rights of Religious Student Groups
By News Release @ 10:44 PM :: 8638 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

Among the problematic policies are ... policies that force student clubs to accept voting members and officers that don’t agree with the clubs’ beliefs....

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Tuesday, May 1, 2012
HB280: Strangled by Bureaucracy, Coffee Farmers Call for Repeal of Mandatory Inspections
By Selected News Articles @ 4:03 PM :: 8798 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

The certification process has become a restrictive bottleneck, damaging the industry it was intended to protect....

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Friday, April 27, 2012
Green Energy? Do The Math
By Dr Ed Gutteling, MD @ 11:44 PM :: 10285 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

“I’m trying to think, but nuttin’ happens!” -- Curly Howard

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Thursday, April 26, 2012
Feds Begin Forcing Hawaii Island MDs into 'Medical Homes'
By News Release @ 3:57 AM :: 8459 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill

The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo has appointed Daniel E. Brown, Ph.D., as principal investigator (P.I.) for the Hawai‘i Island Beacon Community (HIBC), a federally funded health care transformation project administered through the UH Hilo College of Pharmacy....

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Friday, April 20, 2012
HSTA Lawsuit against Laupahoehoe Charter School Dismissed
By News Release @ 2:25 PM :: 8415 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

Judge Hara ruled that the HSTA, Mr. Beekman and Mrs. Wilson had no standing ....

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Friday, April 20, 2012
Bridge Aina Lea: Court Rules LUC Violated Developer's Civil Rights
By Robert Thomas @ 12:17 AM :: 7760 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

DW Aina Lea Dev. LLC v. State of Hawaii Land Use Comm'n, No. 11--1-0112K ....

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Monday, April 2, 2012
ACLU: Hawaii Counties Among Few Requiring Warrant to Track Cell Phones
By Selected News Articles @ 7:17 PM :: 12758 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Only six agencies responded that in order to track cell phones, they must first get a warrant or have probable cause: County of Hawaii, Hawaii; Honolulu, Hawaii; Wichita, Kan.; Lexington, Ky.; Lincoln, Neb.; and North Las Vegas, Nev....

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Saturday, March 31, 2012
DLNR Snares Slowly Torture Pigs
By Selected News Articles @ 12:39 AM :: 13568 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

The pig weakens...

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Sunday, March 25, 2012
Did Hawaii Geothermal Developer Benefit from Illegal Bailout?
By Selected News Articles @ 7:42 PM :: 14254 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment

Ormat is Hawaii’s leading geothermal developer.... But a US House committee report shows that Ormat benefitted from its close ties to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and profited from a potentially illegal $98.5M bailout of an Ormat geothermal project in Nevada.

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Monday, March 19, 2012
Broken promises: The rusting wind turbines of Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 4:01 PM :: 46377 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Environment

The UK Daily Mail asks: Does Kamaoa point to the future of Britain's Wind Farms?

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Saturday, March 17, 2012
Lava Tube Award: Abercrombie Keeping Public in Dark
By News Release @ 9:58 PM :: 8879 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

The award recognizes the year’s most notable offense for keeping the public in the dark....

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Sunday, March 4, 2012
Race to The Bank: HSTA Gets 36.9% Raise, Threatens Suit to Block Accountability
By Selected News Articles @ 6:13 PM :: 11377 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment

Teachers who work for 12 months will receive a 36.9 percent differential....

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Friday, February 17, 2012
Sen Josh Green: 'No adult gives a crap about a polar bear'
By Selected News Articles @ 6:13 PM :: 7859 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

This is what happens to Hawaii legislators when they are so close to a tax increase that they can taste it....

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Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Genetically-Modified Papaya Hits Shelves in Japan
By Selected News Articles @ 4:22 PM :: 11298 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment, World News, Family

“People always opt for more information,” says Giddings, “whether or not they have any idea what it means, or how they might use it.”

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Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Akaku Claims Victory over HB2652 cut to Public Access TV
By News Release @ 2:32 AM :: 15529 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment

...Herkes was visibly not thrilled when citizens from all islands called and emailed committee members over the weekend to register deep and wide dissatisfaction with HB2652....

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Sunday, February 5, 2012
Heritage Foundation holds First-Ever Event in Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 8:53 PM :: 10807 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Marshall, who oversees the think tank’s Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society, took her presentation on the road. During a three-day tour of Hawaii she spoke to political science students at BYUH and to TEA Party groups in Kona and Hilo.

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Sunday, February 5, 2012
Drought: Hawaii County Designated Disaster Area
By News Release @ 1:20 PM :: 8764 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

...the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated Hawai'i County as a primary natural disaster area resulting from ongoing drought conditions....

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Thursday, February 2, 2012
Epic Ohana Foster Care Expands to East Hawaii Island
By News Release @ 3:38 AM :: 7496 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill

Hilo, HI—Epic ‘Ohana, Inc. today announced the expansion of The Hawaii Youth Opportunities Initiative (HYOI), formed to improve outcomes for young people who age out of the foster care system....

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Thursday, January 12, 2012
Rainbow papaya approved for Japan export
By News Release @ 10:20 PM :: 10988 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment, World News, Family

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that on Dec. 1, the government of Japan approved Rainbow papaya for commercial shipment to Japan.

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Friday, January 6, 2012
HELCO announces plans to expand geothermal energy on Hawaii Island
By News Release @ 11:30 PM :: 9690 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

HELCO hopes to add up to 50 megawatts (MW) more of geothermal power if the cost is lower for customers.

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Thursday, January 5, 2012
ALEC Economist to Address Highlights and Lowlights of Hawaii Policies
By News Release @ 6:14 PM :: 8264 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

Friday, January 13, 7pm to 9pm, West Hawaii Civic Center Community Meeting Room, Kailua-Kona

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Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Hawaii County Releasing Geothermal Working Group Report
By News Release @ 4:19 PM :: 7360 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

Ha recently traveled to Iceland where he observed how the country recovered from the biggest financial crash in modern history. Ha stated, “They are recovering because they inoculated themselves from high oil prices by using low cost hydro and geothermal for 100 percent of their electricity and house heating.

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Friday, December 23, 2011
A Primer on Bridge Aina Lea Case
By Selected News Articles @ 1:05 PM :: 11946 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

...this case begins with the original reclassification of 1,060 acres on the Big Island "agricultural" to "urban" use in 1989, subject to the condition that the original owner develop 60 percent of the proposed 2,760 housing units as "affordable" units....

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Thursday, December 22, 2011
In Defense of the Plastic Bag
By Selected News Articles @ 1:40 PM :: 16014 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family

Pity the much-maligned plastic bag....

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Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Pilago Seen as Swing Vote on Hawaii County Bag Ban
By News Release @ 2:33 AM :: 7640 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill

The next and final council meeting on this is Wednesday, December 21....

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Sunday, December 11, 2011
"Accretion," Hawaii Style
By Robert Thomas @ 12:39 AM :: 9481 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

Who owns the new land created when lava flows over private property and into the sea and hardens into fast land?

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Sunday, December 4, 2011
McIntosh to run for Hawaii County Council in 2012
By News Release @ 1:58 AM :: 6940 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill

“Lee is genuinely interested in the well being of our community,” says Carol Massey, “he keeps informed of the issues facing us, and will work hard for District 6....

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Monday, November 28, 2011
Booted from Big Island, DoE Now Seeks to Force Carlisle to Collect its Impact Fees
By News Release @ 11:44 PM :: 10485 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Education K-12

Matayoshi said the county has a legal obligation to deny building permits to applicants who haven't paid impact fees the Board of Education ....

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Sunday, November 27, 2011
Lowell Kalapa to Address Kona TEA Party
By News Release @ 10:19 PM :: 8879 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

WHEN: Friday December 2, 2011, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm HST

WHERE: Kona Vistas Community Pavilion (just mauka of Kuakini Chevron)

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Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Mitch Roth announces Campaign for Hawaii County Prosecutor
By News Release @ 8:57 AM :: 11076 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill

Roth has 18 years as Deputy Prosecutor starting in Honolulu and then, at the invitation of former prosecutor Jay Kimura, joined the Hawaii County Prosecutor’s office in 1998.

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Wednesday, November 23, 2011
#OccupyFail: A Profile in Bad Choices from Hilo
By Selected News Articles @ 2:05 AM :: 9674 Views :: Hawaii County , National News, Homelessness

Today’s Washington Post Style page offers up this beyond-satire account of Dylan Bozlee of Hilo, Hawaii, who ....

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Friday, November 11, 2011
US Marshalls Seize Assets of Stephens Media Copyright Trolls
By Andrew Walden @ 10:26 PM :: 9690 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, National News, Ethics

It hasn’t drawn any attention in the Hawaii media, but copyright trolls contracted by Hawaii Island media monopoly Stephens Media have taken a beating in a series of recent court cases.

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Monday, November 7, 2011
Accountability at Issue: Hearings Set to Discuss Changes to Charter School Laws
By News Release @ 9:13 PM :: 8333 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

UPDATE: Briefings Postponed

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Thursday, November 3, 2011
Big Island Residents Push Back Against Plastic Bag Ban
By News Release @ 9:32 PM :: 6918 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill

...this bag ban law is another unwarranted micro-management of our lives that should not be the purview of our elected officials....

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Saturday, October 29, 2011
Fundamentals Matter: Capitalism not the Problem
By Dr Ed Gutteling, MD @ 10:23 AM :: 14519 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family

I’m writing this on the 44th anniversary of the execution of that poster-boy of “social justice”, Dr. “Che” Guevara, viewing articles of the Occupy Wall Street demonstrators in Hawaii and the mainland.

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Thursday, October 27, 2011
Aftermath: What Happens to Wind Farms When They Die?
By Video @ 2:43 PM :: 14212 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment

AFTERMATH...

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Sunday, October 16, 2011
Feds: Medical Marijuana Laws and Hawaii County Council Drive Growth in Drug Trade
By Selected News Articles @ 5:30 PM :: 11022 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

Law enforcement officials have reported an influx of criminal groups and independent growers from the West Coast who are relocating to Hawaii .... they often find medical marijuana certificates while serving search and arrest warrants but seize far greater amounts of marijuana than allowed by law, in addition to other illicit drugs and weapons….

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Saturday, October 15, 2011
Lingle takes Senate Campaign to Big Island
By News Release @ 1:15 AM :: 7667 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

Saturday Oct. 15 Kona, Sunday Oct. 16 Hilo

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