West Hawaii News, 25 Nov 2018 – Hawaii News Digest

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Comment: Here are today’s top West Hawaii news stories from “West Hawaii Today”, based in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Views expressed in this Hawaii news summary are those of the reporters and correspondents.

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Ota Well Project a go: EA clears path for site development in Holualoa

Nov. 25, 2018

KAILUA-KONA — An environmental assessment related to the construction of two wells off a stretch of Mamalahoa Highway in Holualoa has received a finding of no significant impact.

Locally owned store theme of Small Business Saturday today

Nov. 24, 2018

HILO — Between the Black Friday bargains and Cyber Monday sales, holiday shoppers can make a big impact locally by shopping small on Small Business Saturday.

Fatal Puna fire under investigation

Nov. 24, 2018 • Updated 9:31 a.m.

A Hawaii Police Department detective said Friday there was “nothing suspicious at this point” about a Puna structure fire in which an individual apparently perished.

Lloyd’s of London agrees to pay lava victims, attorney says

Nov. 24, 2018 • Updated 9:30 a.m.

HILO — Lloyd’s of London has agreed to pay policyholders whose claims were denied following the Kilauea eruption, according to an attorney suing the company.

Gun shots lead to Puna investigation

Nov. 23, 2018 • Updated 8:07 p.m.

KAILUA-KONA — Hawaii Island police are investigating a shooting reported Tuesday afternoon in Glenwood on Highway 11 near the intersection with North and South Glenwood roads.

Body found after fire burns Pahoa home

Nov. 23, 2018 • Updated 3 p.m.

KAILUA-KONA — Hawaii Island police are investigating a fatal structure fire that occurred in Puna early this morning.

Firefighters quickly douse brush fire in North Kohala

Nov. 23, 2018

KAILUA-KONA — Firefighters quickly doused a brush fire that broke out early Thursday off Akoni Pule Highway in North Kohala.

Road work to resume in South Kona

Nov. 23, 2018

KAILUA-KONA — Road resurfacing work on Mamalahoa Highway between Konawaena Elementary School and Greenwell Farms resumes Monday.

14-year-old Hilo girl reported missing

Nov. 23, 2018 • Updated 11:02 a.m.

14-year-old Hilo girl reported missing

Gabbard, others lash out at Trump over embrace of Saudi Arabia

Nov. 21, 2018 • Updated 9:33 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is lashing out at President Donald Trump after the president argued that canceling Saudi arms deals worth billions of dollars to U.S. defense companies would only benefit Russia and China.

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Hawaii 247 News

Spencer Beach Park closed due to swarming bees October 16, 2019

MEDIA RELEASE The County of Hawaii Department of Parks and Recreation has closed Spencer Beach Park in North Kohala as of Tuesday (Oct 15). The closure is necessary to protect individuals from swarming bees after a large Keawe tree collapsed in the park. Due to the closure, the following advisories are in effect: The park […]

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Police arrest two in connection with crimes October 16, 2019

MEDIA RELEASE Megan CrutcherShane Johnson Hawaiʻi Island Police investigated several business and vehicle break-ins that occurred during (October 5-10) in the vicinity of Holomua and Makaala Streets in Hilo. Police investigating the incidents were able to identify a male and a sport utility vehicle that were involved through a recovered video. The sport utility vehicle […]

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Keolahou shelter offers another resource to address homelessness on Hawaii Island October 15, 2019

MEDIA RELEASE The site of the old Hilo Memorial Hospital will serve people once again, thanks to $2.5 million in ʻOhana Zone funds from the state. The Keolahou shelter and assessment center had a “soft” opening on Monday, Oct. 14, and a formal opening and blessing is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 8. When the facility is fully operational, […]

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Pāhala Transfer Station is closed Tuesday (Oct 15) October 15, 2019

MEDIA RELEASE Due to staff shortages, the Pāhala Transfer Station will close at 8:00 a.m. today (Tuesday, October 15, 2019), and will reopen as regularly scheduled on Friday, October 18, 2019, from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Until 6:00 p.m. today, residents can take their household generated waste to the Waiʻōhinu Transfer Station, which is open seven days a week from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 […]

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Police DUI stats for the week of October 7-13, 2019 October 15, 2019

MEDIA RELEASE During the week of October 7, 2019, through October 13, 2019, Hawai`i Island Police arrested nineteen (19) motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Three of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. One of the drivers was under the age of 21. So far this year, there have […]

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Hawaii Island Sports News

Volleyball: Vulcans’ depth shines through in seventh consecutive victory October 14, 2019

UH-Hilos volleyball team prides itself on having enough quality players to aggressively grind away at practice against competition as tough or tougher than its opponents.

Matt Gerhart

College football: No. 14 Boise State beats Hawaii 59-37 October 14, 2019

BOISE, Idaho After holding a competitive contest for the starting quarterback job, Boise State coach Bryan Harsin has insisted that the Broncos are well stocked at the position.

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Cross-country: Skill and grace on display at Vulcans’ invitational October 13, 2019

Sometimes the best things about cross-country runners are the different outlooks: Those who have a great sense of humor and those who have a great sense of perspective.

Kevin Jakahi

BIIF football: Ka Makani knock off Ka’u to reach D-II title game 19-13 October 13, 2019

PAHALA Hawaii Preparatory Academy needed something to get the ball rolling in the third quarter, stuck in a 12-0 deficit to Kau, which had been playing smash-mouth football and monopolizing the momentum.

Kevin Jakahi

Ironman World Championship: Frodeno finds what he’s looking for in record performance October 13, 2019

KAILUA-KONA It was the perfect day for Jan Frodeno.

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Ironman World Championship: Big Island finishers race inspired on home course October 13, 2019

KAILUA-KONA Some laughed, some cried. Some did somersaults, while others simply collapsed from sheer exhaustion.

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BIIF football: Hilo beats Waiakea 55-0 in more respectable rout October 13, 2019

There was no record-setting shock and awe.

Matt Gerhart

Catching up with Big Island’s Best October 12, 2019

Approximately 2,500 of the worlds top athletes will compete in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii on Saturday at the most iconic one-day sporting event in the world the Ironman World Championships.

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Buckle up: Hilo-Waiakea, Part 2 October 12, 2019

It was shocking, eye-opening, historic and, for many that witnessed it first-hand, a painful spectacle to watch.

Matt Gerhart

Cross-country: Olivia Jarvis juggles being team mom, Vulcans’ leading lady October 12, 2019

They ran like they always do, noticed something different and started asking questions.

Matt Gerhart

Raising Islands-Hawaii science and environment

All-electric pickup trucks, still right around the corner--but now weeks away instead of years September 17, 2019

What everyone in Hawai`i knows is that electric vehicles wonʻt fully take off in the Islands until there are electric pickup trucks with plenty of range.Okay, theyʻre here, or should be before the end of the month, and certainly before the end of the year, and more are coming.Itʻs a big deal in Hawai`i, which […]

Those blazing new internet sunsets? Thank a couple of summer volcanic eruptions. September 16, 2019

Great sunsets are the new kitties on social media.Lots of folks are posting their photographs of spectacular glowing orange and purple sunsets. Whereʻd they come from? Once again, this pulse of superb sunsets is thanks to atmospheric pollution from a volcano.(Since youʻll find sunset shots elsewhere, hereʻs a shot of whatʻs causing them. This is the plume […]

El Nino has faded to neutral, but those storms are still there September 14, 2019

Although storm activity in the eastern and central Pacific is pretty active right now, itʻs not due to El Nino conditions, which have faded away.The latest NOAA El Nino update says the ocean continues to be in an ENSO-Neutral condition. (ENSO is for El Nino Southern Oscillation). The NOAA Climate Prediction Center says there is a […]

You have a pile of yard waste. How best to deal with it? September 11, 2019

Walking stick, coulda been a bonfire.So, youʻve got a pile of yard waste or pruned tree limbs. What to do with it? 1. You could use it; 2. You could let it rot (compost); or 3. You could burn it.This is an argument for the first and the second, but not the third.Some yard waste, […]

More on vaping deaths: black market vape fluid implicated, and the aerosol not the liquid has most caustic lung impacts September 8, 2019

There is intriguing new evidence, but no hard conclusions yet, in the wave of hospitalizations and deaths associated with vaping.Nearly 500 people have been hospitalized across the country with lung disease in the past few months, and five have died. All confirmed they had used e-cigarettes in the weeks or months before becoming ill.Vaping has […]

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