VIDEO: Geothermal related resolutions on tap at Hawaii Council

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HILO, Hawaii: Council Chair Dominic Yagong and the rest of the Hawaii County councilmembers are preparing to dive into the bureaucracy of geothermal related regulation in the next few weeks, starting today with Bill 256. Read More...

DeJarnette indicted, arrested for alleged murder of wife in 2006

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Daniel DeJarnette, a reported former Los Angeles Police Department homicide detective, was arrested Monday, after a Grand Jury indicted him for murder in the 2006 death of his wife. Read More...

VIDEO: Geothermal related resolutions on tap at Hawaii Council

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HILO, Hawaii: Council Chair Dominic Yagong and the rest of the Hawaii County councilmembers are preparing to dive into the bureaucracy of geothermal related regulation in the next few weeks, starting today with Bill 256. Read More...

VIDEO: Bank of Hawaii’s closed Kohala branch donated to county

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KAPAAU, Hawaii:  The Kohala branch of Bank of Hawaii is now closed, but the building may still have some useful years left. The branch has served the Kohala community for more than 90 years, and according to the Kohala Mountain News, the announcement in January of its impending closure was ... Read More...

VIDEO: Stamp Out Hunger food drive in Hilo

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HILO, Hawaii: Letter carriers with the U.S. Postal Service spent Saturday with volunteers for the 20th annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive. This video by Baron Sekiya, Hawaii247.com,  captures the busy sorting of foodstuffs that carriers collected along their routes and at Post Offices. The same scene played out at ... Read More...

Service area defined due to North Hawaii Maternal Care overcrowding

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WAIMEA, Hawaii: North Hawaii Community Hospital will only accept new maternal care patients who live within the hospital’s defined service area, starting now. That’s the word from hospital officials in a media release issued on Friday. The overcrowded Waimea Women’s Center has been losing money, strained by the influx of ... Read More...

Hawaii’s UKIRT helps distinguish brown dwarfs from giant planets

This artist’s impression shows BD+01 2920B in the foreground (on the right hand side), with its host star in the background. The colour and banded atmosphere of the brown dwarf result from atmospheric gases and turbulence (click the image for a high-resolution version). Credit: J. Pinfield, for the RoPACS network at the University of Hertfordshire.
The UK Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) in Hawaii is helping an international team of astronomers advance the understanding of brown dwarf and giant planet detection. Read More...

High lava level reported at Kilauea volcano summit

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Scientists with the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory are reporting a relatively high lava lake level at the Halema`uma`u crater vent over the past two days, following a summit inflation at Kilauea. Read More...

VIDEO: Great Spirit music video showcases Big Island

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HAWAII ISLAND: The talented artist hui of Nahko Bear, known well to fans of band Medicine for the People, and the Walczuks have produced another viral visual and aural masterpiece. The music video Great Spirit features the music of Nahko, is directed and edited Dominik Walczuk, and features the cinematography of Mikotaj ... Read More...

VIDEO: Keokea Beach Park re-opens after quake repairs

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HALAULA, Hawaii: A blessing and dedication ceremony for a renovated and expanded Keokea Beach Park was held Saturday morning. The scenic North Kohala park, just a few miles away from Pololu Valley, hosted a crowd of Kohala residents, the Friends of Kēōkea Beach Park, Mayor Billy Kenoi, and other Hawaii ... Read More...