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Testifiers urge recycling

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Russ Roberts

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Testifiers at public hearing urge recycling

Jan. 22, 2020

HILO — The Solid Waste Advisory Committee, convened every 10 years, took the 10,000-foot view of the island’s trash issues. But many of the two dozen or so people attending a public hearing in Hilo Tuesday evening had very specific concerns.

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Possible human remains found at site of Honolulu shooting

Jan. 22, 2020

HONOLULU — Possible human remains were found Tuesday morning at the site of 3015 Hibiscus Drive two days after an Oahu handyman reportedly stabbed a woman and killed two officers before the house he and two women were believed to be inside burned.

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Feedback sought on public schools

Jan. 22, 2020

HILO — The state Department of Education recently released its annual School Quality Survey to gather feedback from students, parents/guardians and staff about its public schools.

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Ige: TMT can still be resolved peacefully

Jan. 21, 2020 • Updated 10:05 p.m.

HILO — In his State of the State address Tuesday morning, Gov. David Ige reiterated his belief that the conflict surrounding the Thirty Meter Telescope can still be resolved peacefully.

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Governor promotes proposals for working families

Jan. 21, 2020 • Updated 10:04 p.m.

HONOLULU — Gov. David Ige on Tuesday outlined a plan to boost preschool education, housing and tax relief for families as he delivered his annual state of the state address. Ige and state lawmakers jointly announced the package of proposals last week before the Legislature convened.

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Lawyer: Suspect in Honolulu police deaths was ‘out of control’

Jan. 21, 2020

HONOLULU — A man suspected of stabbing a woman and killing two Hawaii police officers last weekend wandered his neighborhood recording people with a camera mounted on his hat and rigged a barbecue grill to blow thick smoke directly into neighbors’ windows, a lawyer for residents said.

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Navy names aircraft carrier for Pearl Harbor hero Miller

Jan. 21, 2020 • Updated 5:32 p.m.

HONOLULU — The U.S. Navy honored a World War II hero Monday naming a new aircraft carrier for Mess Attendant 2nd Class Doris Miller.

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Fire engulfs Keaau residence

Jan. 21, 2020

Fire officials are investigating the cause of a Monday evening fire that destroyed a single-family residence in Keaau.

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Volunteers clean up Maunakea

Jan. 21, 2020

HILO — About 15 volunteers gathered at the Maunakea Access Road last weekend to clean detritus left behind from the temporarily halted anti-Thirty Meter Telescope demonstrations.

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Labor of love: Volunteers give back at Puu Waawaa Forest Reserve on Day of Service

Jan. 21, 2020 • Updated 7:15 a.m.

PUU WAAWAA — Nene wandered, honked and flew around the 55-acre enclosure at Puu Waawaa Forest Reserve as volunteers planted, watered, weeded, collected native seeds and created trails at the dryland forest for Monday’s Kaiser Permanente’s annual Day of Service.

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Ruderman: State lacks commitment to agriculture industry

Jan. 21, 2020

HILO — The vice chairman of the state Senate Committee on Agriculture and Environment said Monday the state “is lacking in a genuine commitment in supporting agriculture.”

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Plea deal reached in fatal 2018 crash

Jan. 21, 2020

KAILUA-KONA — A 23-year-old Kailua-Kona man faces up to a decade behind bars when sentenced in March in connection with the 2018 traffic death of a 41-year-old mother of two.

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Law nets no new lease extensions — so far

Jan. 20, 2020

HILO — A pilot program that awards lease extensions to business owners in Hilo’s Kanoelehua Industrial Area has not yet awarded a single extension as it enters its third year.

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Oahu man suspected of killing 2 cops described as unhinged

Jan. 20, 2020 • Updated 9:38 p.m.

HONOLULU — An Oahu handyman with a history of run-ins with police and neighbors faced eviction when he stabbed a woman and killed two officers before the house he and two women were believed to be inside burned, authorities and neighbors said.

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Mysterious objects discovered at the center of the galaxy

Jan. 20, 2020

HILO — A Maunakea observatory has discovered four mysterious objects at the center of the galaxy that defy previous classifications.

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Officials keeping eye on Hawaiian monk seal RA20 as pupping season nears

Jan. 20, 2020

KAILUA-KONA — Hawaiian monk seal RA20 has been making her presence in Big Island waters known as of recent, hauling out at a variety of spots in West Hawaii, including in the heart of Kailua Village.

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Paddlers say homeless ruining bays

Jan. 20, 2020 • Updated 9:15 a.m.

KAILUA-KONA — Graffiti, drug use, defecation and other illegal activities have reached a point where the Big Island’s paddling community is pushing back.

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Southwest Airlines arrives in Hilo

Jan. 20, 2020 • Updated 10:21 a.m.

HILO — More than 100 passengers were greeted with cheers and songs Sunday morning after disembarking Southwest Airlines’ first flight from Honolulu to Hilo.

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Governor: 2 Honolulu police officers die after Waikiki shooting

Jan. 19, 2020 • Updated 6:56 p.m.

HONOLULU — A man shot and killed two police officers Sunday as they responded to a home in a leafy neighborhood beneath the rim of a famed volcanic crater near Waikiki Beach, authorities said.

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Underwater tire reef experiment in Guam to be cleaned up

Jan. 19, 2020

HAGATNA, Guam — Scientists in Guam are trying to determine how to remove a man-made underwater mountain built out of vehicle tires 50 years ago.

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