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Kauai helicopter crash

Posted on January 2, 2020 by Russ Roberts

Welcome to the West Hawaii News update from Hawaii News Digest.

Top Story:  Federal officials investigating the tour helicopter crash along Kauai’s Napali Coast are having a difficult time because of cliffs and jungle growth.

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Cliffs, terrain a big hurdle for feds in Hawaii copter crash

Jan. 02, 2020

HONOLULU — The remote and rugged terrain on the Hawaiian island of Kauai where a sightseeing helicopter crashed, killing all seven people aboard, could make it difficult or even impossible to piece together what led to the wreck.

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State suspends Hawaiian Affairs audit over records access

Jan. 02, 2020

HONOLULU — The Hawaii state auditor suspended an audit of limited liability companies owned by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs after the board of trustees denied full access to the minutes of its meetings.

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Hawaii’s first baby of 2020 arrives at midnight

Jan. 02, 2020

HONOLULU — The first baby to be born this new year and decade in Hawaii was born at 12 a.m. Wednesday at the Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children, according to reports from Hawaii hospitals.

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Looking ahead in 2020: Fate of TMT uncertain after 2-month stalemate

Jan. 02, 2020

HONOLULU — As 2020 dawns on Maunakea, the fate of the Thirty Meter Telescope seems less certain now than it did a decade ago when the billion-dollar-plus project was first proposed.

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Sinkhole fix still uncertain

Jan. 02, 2020

KAILUA-KONA — No timeline has been set for repairs to the growing sinkhole on Alii Drive.

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West Hawaii Today’s top stories of the 2010s

Jan. 01, 2020 • Updated 11:25 a.m.

As we enter a new decade, here’s to West Hawaii Today’s top stories of the 2010s as voted by the newspaper’s editorial staff:

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2019: The Year in Review

Jan. 01, 2020 • Updated 11:25 a.m.

KAILUA-KONA — The final year of the decade — 2019 — may have flown by, but there was still plenty of time for big news on the Big Island.

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Hilo woman arrested for slew of offenses

Dec. 31, 2019 • Updated 11:31 a.m.

Hawaii Island Police have arrested and charged a 32-year-old Hilo woman with an array of drug, traffic, and other offenses stemming from an incident that occurred early Friday morning in Hilo.

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High surf warning posted for west-facing shores

Dec. 31, 2019 • Updated 11 a.m.

A high surf warning is in effect for west-facing shores of the Big Island.

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Waimea woman injured in head-on crash

Dec. 30, 2019 • Updated 8:40 p.m.

A 43-year-old Waimea woman suffered severe injuries in a two-vehicle collision Friday on Queen Kaahumanu Highway in South Kohala.

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Committee targets albizia on Pahoa road

Dec. 31, 2019

The island’s war against albizia will continue into the new year as the Big Island Invasive Species Committee prepares to clear the trees from a street in Pahoa.

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Future of saving coral: Legacy Reef Foundation teaming up and showcasing quest to regrow valuable ocean life force

Dec. 31, 2019

KAILUA-KONA — Hawaii native Bill Coney and his partner Dr. Susanne Otero are on a mission to save the coral reefs in their home state and around the world.

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Officials looking at council woman’s husband in relation to alleged assault on another public servant

Dec. 31, 2019

HILO — A retired Hawaii County police detective is under investigation for allegedly assaulting another county official while still a member of the department in the vicinity of a building that houses government offices.

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Showers a chance over holiday break

Dec. 31, 2019

HILO — East Hawaii will bid farewell to 2019 with typical trade wind patterns, according to forecasters at the National Weather Service in Honolulu.

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Keaau girl, 15, reported missing

Dec. 30, 2019 • Updated 8:40 p.m.

Hawaii Island police are searching for a 15-year-old Keaau girl who was reported missing.

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Honokaa Public Library nominated to National Register of Historic Places

Dec. 30, 2019 • Updated 8:53 p.m.

KAILUA-KONA — The Honokaa Public Library is one of two Hamakua properties nominated to the National Register of Historic Places.

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Excise tax increases again

Dec. 29, 2019

HILO — For the second time in two years, the new year will bring another increase to the county’s general excise tax.

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$4 million for Kukuiola, Village 9 road project

Dec. 29, 2019

HILO — The county is poised to receive $4 million from the Hawaii Housing Finance &Development Corp. to build a road accessing the Kukuiola emergency shelter project and Village 9 affordable rental community project on Kealakehe Parkway.

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$90M penciled in for Saddle extension

Dec. 29, 2019

KAILUA-KONA — State transportation officials are targeting a new source of funding to help cover some of the cost of extending Daniel K. Inouye Highway to Queen Kaahumanu Highway.

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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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