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Trade winds return

Posted on December 28, 2019 by Russ Roberts

Welcome to the Saturday edition of West Hawaii News from Hawaii News Digest.

Top Story:  Trade winds will return today as a “lingering swath of moisture moves from west to east” over the state.

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Trades return, largest swell of season arriving in isles late Monday

Dec. 28, 2019

HONOLULU — Cloudy skies are expected over Hawaii island this afternoon as a lingering swath of moisture moves from west to east, according to weather forecasters.

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Remains of 6 people found after Hawaii tour helicopter crash

Dec. 28, 2019

HONOLULU — The remains of six people have been found after a helicopter on a tour of one of the most rugged and remote coastlines in Hawaii crashed at the top of a mountain on the island of Kauai, authorities said.

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Pre-holiday fireworks prompt complaints, warning from fire chief

Dec. 28, 2019

HILO — There have been numerous complaints from the public about the illegal use of fireworks well before the permitted hours on New Year’s Eve.

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Maunakea traffic enforcement nets 78 arrests, more than 8,000 citations

Dec. 28, 2019

HILO — The four-month-long stepped-up traffic enforcement on Daniel K. Inouye Highway by officers assigned to the Thirty Meter Telescope blockade and encampment on Maunakea Access Road netted a 8,234 citations and 78 people arrested for 143 offenses, the Hawaii Police Department said Friday.

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Sex assault re-offender pleads guilty

Dec. 28, 2019

KAILUA-KONA — A 36-year-old Ka’u man indicted by a Kona grand jury for a 2017 sexual assault of a minor while serving an intermittent prison sentence for similar charges back to 2011 pleaded guilty Tuesday in Circuit Court.

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Inaba to run for County Council

Dec. 28, 2019

HILO — A contender for the County Council District 8 seat being vacated by Karen Eoff is poised to announce his candidacy.

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Maunakea enforcement ending with 8K citations

Dec. 27, 2019

Police assigned to be in place for the Thirty Meter Telescope protester blockade and encampment on Maunakea Access Road have concluded the stepped up traffic enforcement phase on Daniel K. Inouye Highway (Route 200) which began on Aug. 15.

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Alii Drive reopened in Kailua Village

Dec. 27, 2019 • Updated 11:39 a.m.

KAILUA-KONA — Alii Drive has reopened to both lanes of travel between Hualalai and Walua roads Friday after Hawaii County crews assessed a sinkhole that developed Tuesday fronting Coconut Grove Marketplace in Kailua Village.

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Recent Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard deaths spur review of military base security

Dec. 27, 2019

HONOLULU — The Navy and Marine Corps are conducting a broad review of security measures in the face of insider threats, following three violent incidents at Navy bases since Thanksgiving, including the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard fatal shootings on Dec. 4.

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Protesters, Kim reach agreement to reopen Maunakea Access Road

Dec. 27, 2019
For the first time since July, demonstrators opposing the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope will vacate the Maunakea Access Road, thanks to an agreement with Mayor Harry Kim.
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Parks closing early New Year’s Eve

Dec. 27, 2019

On Tuesday, the DLNR State Parks Division will be closing Hapuna Beach State Recreation Area, Kiholo State Park Reserve and Kekaha Kai State Park (Mahaiula and Kua Bay sections) early at 5 p.m.

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County considering Naalehu Theater gift

Dec. 27, 2019

HILO — It’s a gift Hawaii County isn’t sure quite what to do with.

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South Kona man faces prison for fatal crash in Ohio

Dec. 27, 2019

KAILUA-KONA — A South Kona man whose flight from police resulted in a traffic crash that killed a 22-year-old woman in Ohio faces prison time when sentenced next week.

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Kim: ‘No attempt to deliver construction equipment to the Maunakea site anytime soon’

Dec. 26, 2019

The following letter was written today by Mayor Harry Kim to Dr. Noe Noe Wong-Wilson, Mauna Kupuna, regarding the Maunakea Access Road standoff.

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Kawehi Inaba, founder of Mokulele Airlines, shares story, lessons from 25 years of entrepreneurship

Dec. 26, 2019 • Updated 10:56 a.m.

KAILUA-KONA — In 1986, Kawehi Inaba was working as a ticket agent at Aloha Airlines. Shortly after boarding passengers onto a Boeing 737 bound for Oahu, she had an intuitive thought – “I want to fly that, I want to become a pilot.”

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Tree-cycling underway

Dec. 26, 2019
Tree-cycling under way
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Search for missing boy suspended

Dec. 26, 2019

The active ground search for missing child Benjamin “Benny” Rapoza has been suspended following notification to the family, the Hawaii Police Department said on Tuesday.

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Ex-Hawaii governor calls for Gabbard to resign from Congress

Dec. 25, 2019

HONOLULU — A former Hawaii governor on Monday called for long-shot presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard to resign from Congress after she voted “present” on two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.

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Both sides downplay likelihood of confrontation on Maunakea Access Road

Dec. 25, 2019
County officials and protesters alike seem skeptical that a confrontation will occur at Maunakea Access Road on Thursday, but both sides remain cautious.
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Assistant chief: Increased police presence on Daniel K. Inouye Highway put department $3M over budget

Dec. 25, 2019
The county is a little less than halfway through fiscal year 2019-2020, but five months of increased police presence on Daniel K. Inouye Highway near Maunakea Access Road has put the Hawaii Police Department over budget, a high-ranking police official told the Hawaii County Police Commission on Friday during the panel’s monthly meeting in Hilo.
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