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| Saturday, September 20, 2025 |
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Supreme Court: State Cannot Enforce Land Restriction for 'Church Purposes Only'
By Robert Thomas @ 3:03 AM :: 4764 Views :: Hawaii County , First Amendment, Land Use, Religion
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... a land patent issued by the Territory of Hawaii in 1922 limited the uses of the land to "Church purposes only" ....
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| Wednesday, September 17, 2025 |
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7th Gun Rights Win Against Hawaii County
By News Release @ 9:53 PM :: 4648 Views :: Hawaii County , Agriculture, Second Amendment
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... pig culling, leads to police report, leads to loss of 2A rights ....
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| Saturday, September 13, 2025 |
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Supreme Court: Doctors and Patients May Skip Arbitration and Sue HMSA
By Andrew Walden @ 11:36 PM :: 7053 Views :: Hawaii County , Health Care, Judiciary
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... Judge Kim described HMSA physician contracts as, “oppressive, unconscionable, and unenforceable.” ....
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| Friday, September 12, 2025 |
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Petition: Big Island Needs Mental Hospital
By News Release @ 4:46 PM :: 5406 Views :: Hawaii County , Health Care, Law Enforcement
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... Dangerous individuals are released all the time because there is nowhere to house them. The Hilo Jail & State Mental Hospital are full ....
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| Tuesday, September 9, 2025 |
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Federal Judge Pecks Away at Hawaii Firearms Restrictions
By News Release @ 11:27 PM :: 5350 Views :: Hawaii County , Second Amendment
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...The ruling ensures that applicants with decades-old non-domestic misdemeanor convictions are not categorically barred from obtaining firearm permits in Hawaii County ....
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| Friday, September 5, 2025 |
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Feds, State Cooperate in Labor Trafficking Bust
By News Release @ 4:11 AM :: 6423 Views :: Hawaii County , Labor, Law Enforcement
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... SIPD conducted the investigation in concert with the U.S. Department of Labor Office of the Inspector General and Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Homeland Security Investigations, and the Hawai‘i County Police Department ....
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| Saturday, August 16, 2025 |
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Hawaiʻi County Reduces Permitting Backlog
By News Release @ 3:29 PM :: 5742 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Development, Small Business
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... All Permit Types: Average duration of permit review and approval process has been reduced by 66%, from nearly five months to under two months ....
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| Tuesday, July 29, 2025 |
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Spain Offers €400M to Bring TMT to Canary Islands
By News Release @ 7:16 PM :: 4933 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Higher Education, Land Use
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... Hawaii's master lease renewal process pays off big for Chile ... and now Spain ....
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| Monday, July 28, 2025 |
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$40M Rate Hike for Hawaii American Water
By News Release @ 2:54 AM :: 3770 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Cost of Living
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... at Mauna Lani and Waimea the typical single-family customer will see a rate increase of approximately $18 to $25 per month ....
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| Friday, July 18, 2025 |
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Fraud and Misrepresentation: IDG Geothermal Schemers Get Cold Reception from Hawaii County Council
By Andrew Walden @ 5:58 PM :: 5526 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Ethics
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... Successful geothermal project leadership in New Zealand? There is a record of litigation surrounding those efforts which include claims of fraud and misrepresentation ....
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| Tuesday, July 8, 2025 |
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Firearm Permits Subject of Hawaii County PD Hearing
By News Release @ 9:52 PM :: 2593 Views :: Hawaii County , Second Amendment
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... proposal to repeal “Rules and Regulations of the Hawai’i Police Department Governing the Issuance of Licenses to Carry Concealed and Unconcealed Weapons” ....
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| Tuesday, July 1, 2025 |
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Puna Meth Lab Busted
By News Release @ 2:59 AM :: 2771 Views :: Hawaii County , Drugs
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"... a known narcotics trafficker was frequently visiting Hostetler’s property under a suspected arrangement to stash firearms, money, and narcotics...."
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| Saturday, June 28, 2025 |
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No Surprise: BLNR Rejects Another Army EIS
By News Release @ 1:15 PM :: 4714 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Environment, Hawaii State Government, Military
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... this is a negotiating position for the master lease renewals ....
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| Friday, June 27, 2025 |
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UH to tear down 3rd Perfectly Good Maunakea Telescope
By News Release @ 4:38 PM :: 3452 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, OHA
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... "Right up to the end, UKIRT remained highly productive and will leave a lasting scientific legacy.” ....
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| Friday, June 27, 2025 |
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Moszkowicz will not seek Honolulu Chief Position
By News Release @ 2:05 AM :: 2980 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Police
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"I would love to stay here (on the Big Island), as your Chief, and would publicly commit to not applying to be the Chief anywhere else."
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| Thursday, June 26, 2025 |
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OHA Withdraws Maunakea Litigation
By News Release @ 10:42 PM :: 4121 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Higher Education, OHA
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... Klein Quit as OHA’s Maunakea Lawyer Six Months Ago ....
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| Thursday, June 12, 2025 |
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DoH Coverup? Health Dep't Fines Hilo Medical Practice $2.19M for Minor Paperwork Violation
By Andrew Walden @ 10:31 PM :: 5391 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Health Care, Small Business
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... "If (the $2.19M fine is) upheld by the hearings officer it will mean the closure of these two urgent care facilities." ....
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| Tuesday, June 10, 2025 |
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Nitta v. HMSA: A Turning Point for Hawaii's Healthcare Providers
By News Release @ 11:58 PM :: 121 Views :: Hawaii County , Health Care
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... Nitta v. HMSA has brought unprecedented attention to the systemic barriers that Hawaii''s healthcare providers face ....
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| Thursday, June 5, 2025 |
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Lawsuit Alleges More Affordable Housing Fraud
By Selected News Articles @ 3:45 AM :: 4225 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Development
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“The height restriction … is wrongfully preventing Honuaʻula from completing the construction of an approved affordable housing project…"
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| Wednesday, June 4, 2025 |
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Guilty on All Counts: Big Island Affordable Housing Fraudsters
By Selected News Articles @ 11:25 PM :: 3942 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Development
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... Sulla is set to be sentenced on October 21, Zamber on October 7, and Budhabhatti on October 8 ....
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| Wednesday, June 4, 2025 |
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Hawaii Child Molester Caught by Feds -- gets 41 years
By News Release @ 2:58 PM :: 3187 Views :: Hawaii County , Law Enforcement
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... Houghton conducted weekly piano lessons with the children virtually from his residence in Hawaii. On several occasions, Houghton used the virtual piano lessons to persuade the children to perform sexual acts ....
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| Monday, June 2, 2025 |
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Hawaii County Launches Community Survey
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 1836 Views :: Hawaii County
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... To take the survey, visit >>> tinyurl.com/laulimasurvey <<< ....
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| Monday, May 26, 2025 |
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Bill 47: Hawaii County Developers to Build TVR Subdivisions
By Selected News Articles @ 8:27 PM :: 5380 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Tourism
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... could potentially open up a huge legal can of worms based on historical layers of fraud, mislabeling and mishandling of so-called "Ag" land ....
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| Sunday, May 25, 2025 |
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VIDEO: $4000 Dela Cruz Campaign Contribution buys Shouting Match in Hilo
By Andrew Walden @ 9:02 PM :: 11374 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Ethics
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... Was it worth it? Senate Ways and Means Chair Donovan Dela Cruz got $4,000 in campaign contributions from convicted Unity House felon Roberta Cabral. In exchange, we got a shouting match in Hilo ....
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| Friday, May 23, 2025 |
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Grassroot Council Testimony: Cutting Red Tape to Build Housing
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:55 PM :: 3972 Views :: Hawaii County , Kauai County, Maui County, Development, Small Business
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... testimony before Hawai‘i, Honolulu, Kaua‘i and Maui county councils or planning commissions ....
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| Friday, May 23, 2025 |
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Audit: How to Speed up Building Permits
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:43 PM :: 2676 Views :: Hawaii County , Development
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... a new report from the county’s Office of the County Auditor suggests more than two dozen ways to help speed up the process ....
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| Saturday, May 10, 2025 |
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BLNR Rejects Army Pohakuloa EIS
By News Release @ 1:06 AM :: 4031 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Military
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... The Army’s current lease for 23,000 acres of state-owned land at PTA is set to expire in 2029 ....
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| Monday, May 5, 2025 |
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Hawaii County Tells Homeowner His 38-Year-Old House Is Actually Illegal
By Selected News Articles @ 2:25 PM :: 3604 Views :: Hawaii County , Development
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... Ausman is not quite out of the woods yet ....
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| Tuesday, April 22, 2025 |
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Operator Syndrome: Hidden toll on first responder life
By Selected News Articles @ 6:00 PM :: 3094 Views :: Hawaii County , Police
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... years of trauma can lead to a complex set of injuries: sleep disorders, PTSD, hormonal imbalances, pain, depression and more ....
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| Thursday, April 10, 2025 |
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Hawaii County Honokohau Sewage 'Sue-n-Settle'
By News Release @ 4:19 PM :: 3550 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment
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... The settlement resolves a Clean Water Act lawsuit filed in 2023 by Earthjustice ....
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| Saturday, April 5, 2025 |
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Turns out you can fight city hall — and win!
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:29 PM :: 2423 Views :: Hawaii County , Development
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... Ausman sued Hawai‘i County’s Board of Appeals after finding himself in the strange position of owning a beach house in Milolii that he couldn’t live in or renovate ....
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| Saturday, April 5, 2025 |
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Mexican National Sentenced to Over 12 Years in Federal Prison for Narcotics, Firearm, and Immigration Charges
By News Release @ 6:46 PM :: 2575 Views :: Hawaii County , Drugs
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... possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin, being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm and ammunition, and illegal reentry ....
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| Tuesday, April 1, 2025 |
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Green Appoints Water Commissioner and Circuit Court Judges
By News Release @ 11:00 PM :: 4923 Views :: Hawaii County , Maui County, Development, Judiciary, Land Use
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... Governor Green has nominated three Circuit Court Judges in the Circuit Court of the Third Circuit and Hannah Kihalani Springer to the Commission on Water Resource Management ....
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| Tuesday, April 1, 2025 |
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‘Long and tortuous path’ continues in Hawaii bioenergy dispute
By Court House News @ 5:16 AM :: 3836 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Labor
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... A federal judge signaled he is likely to dismiss some claims in a dispute between Hu Honua and Hawaiian Electric ....
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| Monday, March 31, 2025 |
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Goats and Sheep are best Way to Control Wildfire Fuel Load--DLNR Shoots them dead
By News Release @ 9:20 PM :: 3220 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment
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... While wildfire threatens Hawaii's communities, DLNR pays for helicopter-borne extermination operations ....
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| Saturday, March 15, 2025 |
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Illegal Caught with 5lbs of Methamphetamines
By News Release @ 1:20 PM :: 2530 Views :: Hawaii County , Drugs
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... Gonzalez Jacobo has been removed to Mexico at least four times and has three prior felony convictions related to drug trafficking ....
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| Friday, March 14, 2025 |
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'We Were Scammed:' NZ Lawsuits Expose fraudulent Hawaii Geothermal Developer
By Andrew Walden @ 9:07 PM :: 12524 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Ethics, OHA
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... Maori Trust insolvent, placed in receivership, after being looted by IDG Hawaii Geothermal schemers ....
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| Wednesday, March 12, 2025 |
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Hawaiian Electric Sells off Another Asset--Hamakua Power
By News Release @ 4:27 PM :: 3761 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy
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... HEI continues to raise money to cover Lahaina Fire settlement ....
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| Wednesday, March 12, 2025 |
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Six Years Later: Hilo's Singing Bridge Still Needs Emergency Repairs
By News Release @ 9:17 AM :: 2519 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics
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... HDOT made repairs to Wailuku Bridge in September 2019, November 2020, and April 2023. A full rehabilitation of the bridge is planned to begin in 2027 ....
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| Monday, March 10, 2025 |
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Pacific Biodiesel Occupies ADC Land In Keaʻau; No Lease, No Rent
By Selected News Articles @ 10:34 PM :: 4059 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Ethics
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... for at least seven years the parcel has been used rent-free by Pacific Biodiesel ....
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| Wednesday, February 26, 2025 |
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2025 Wildfire Summit: 'Exploring our Wildfire Future'
By News Release @ 12:05 PM :: 3350 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Kauai County, Maui County
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... akamai readers will remember that fire officials were at a summit like this when Lahaina burned ....
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| Thursday, January 30, 2025 |
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Puna Man Arrested in Alleged Neo-Nazi Child Molestation Ring
By News Release @ 10:36 PM :: 4279 Views :: Hawaii County , Law Enforcement
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... Clint Jordan Lopaka Nahooikaika Borge, 41, of Pahoa, Hawaii, was arrested this morning pursuant to a grand jury indictment ....
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| Wednesday, January 15, 2025 |
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'Ohana Health Plan Launches Residential Program for Homeless Psych Treatment
By News Release @ 11:00 AM :: 3021 Views :: Hawaii County , Health Care, Homelessness, Drugs
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"... First-of-its-kind health plan and housing agency partnership in Hawaii offers transitional housing and structured support for its most vulnerable members experiencing homelessness ...."
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| Saturday, January 11, 2025 |
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Judiciary Seeks Nominees for Big Island, Maui
By News Release @ 3:09 PM :: 2760 Views :: Hawaii County , Maui County, Judiciary
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... District Court judges and Independent Grand Jury Counsel ....
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| Friday, December 27, 2024 |
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Telescope: Report Moves NSF Closer to Choosing Chile over Hawaii
By News Release @ 3:33 PM :: 2750 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, OHA
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... assess the readiness of the Giant Magellan Telescope (Chile) and Thirty Meter Telescope (Hawaii) to move into the major facility Final Design Phase ....
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| Thursday, December 12, 2024 |
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Red Flag Warning Ends with No Safety Shutoffs
By News Release @ 11:26 PM :: 2525 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy
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... Any power outages were unrelated to the PSPS program ....
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| Sunday, December 8, 2024 |
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Dream home in paradise leads to 'total dismay'
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:44 PM :: 3835 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Development
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... Kafkaesque issues that so far have been unresolvable ....
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