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Two Puna women face trial for murder

Posted on January 3, 2020 by Russ Roberts

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Trial set in 6-year-old’s death

Jan. 03, 2020

KAILUA-KONA — Proceedings have resumed in the case of two Puna women accused of murder in the 2018 death of a 6-year-old boy at a Kealakehe apartment complex.

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State orders updated traffic assessment for Pepeekeo power plant

Jan. 03, 2020

Honua Ola Bioenergy will have to update a traffic assessment submitted for the project in March 2011 before the power plant under construction in Pepeekeo can deliver logs to its facility.

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Io no longer threatened or endangered species

Jan. 03, 2020

The io, or Hawaiian hawk, will soon be removed from the list of threatened and endangered species following publication of a final rule by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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Changes to Pana‘ewa complex miff equestrians

Jan. 03, 2020

Extensive accessibility renovations are scheduled for the Pana‘ewa Recreational Complex this year, but several users of the attached Pana‘ewa Equestrian Center are pushing back against some of the proposed changes.

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HELCO seeks new power agreement with PGV

Jan. 03, 2020

Hawaii Electric Light Co. is seeking approval of an amended power purchase agreement with Puna Geothermal Venture, according to documents filed Tuesday with the state Public Utilities Commission.

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Investigators plan to move Hawaii helicopter crash wreckage

Jan. 03, 2020

HONOLULU — U.S. investigators said Thursday they were waiting for weather to clear so they may send a recovery team to retrieve the wreckage of a tour helicopter that crashed last week into a remote mountain ridge on the Hawaii island of Kauai and killed seven people.

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Pedestrian is first traffic fatality of 2020

Jan. 02, 2020 • Updated 9:54 a.m.

Police have charged a 34-year-old Honokaa man with second-degree negligent homicide in the first traffic fatality of 2020.

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Family of World War II veteran from Hilo sought

Jan. 02, 2020

The finder of a dog tag, lost on a French battlefield during World War II, is searching now for the family of the Hilo man it once belonged to.

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New Hilo facility for homeless off to a good start, according to nonprofit

Jan. 02, 2020

More than two months after accepting its first clients, Keolahou — an emergency homeless shelter established at the old Hilo Memorial Hospital — is a refuge for the Big Island’s homeless men.

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State suspends Hawaiian Affairs audit over records access

Jan. 02, 2020

HONOLULU (AP) — 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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Hawaiian Telcom paints over unauthorized Wyland whale mural

Jan. 02, 2020

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaiian Telcom painted over an unauthorized mural on one of its buildings by renowned marine artist Robert Wyland.

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Big Island’s top 10 stories include the standoff on Maunakea, ongoing lava recovery efforts, recycling woes

Jan. 01, 2020 • Updated 6:25 p.m.

It’s time to bid aloha to 2019 and leap into both a new year and a new decade. And this year, that “leap” is literal — 2020 is a leap year, meaning February will have an extra day.

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Hawaii crash update: Tour copter hit ridge, then fell

Jan. 01, 2020

HONOLULU — A Hawaii tour helicopter that crashed and killed all seven people on board hit a ridge at an altitude of 2,900 feet then fell about 100 feet, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday as investigators planned how to recover the wreckage from the remote and rugged crash site.

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Police seek missing Puna teen

Dec. 31, 2019

Police are looking for a 15-year-old Keaau girl last seen Oct. 29 in Hawaiian Paradise Park. Chasslyn Heu-Pacheco is described as local, 5-foot-2 inches tall, 120 pounds, with long brown hair, brown eyes and fair skin.

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Forecasters predict mild weather for holiday

Dec. 31, 2019 • Updated 9:35 p.m.

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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Future of saving coral: Legacy Reef Foundation 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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Task force sets sights on Pahoa albizia

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

Dec. 31, 2019 • Updated 8:49 a.m.

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

Dec. 31, 2019

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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Waimea woman critically injured in Friday traffic crash

Dec. 30, 2019

A 43-year-old Waimea woman was critically injured in a two-vehicle crash Friday afternoon on the Queen Kaahumanu Highway south of the 77 mile-marker.

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