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Bus depot land buy paused

Posted on January 23, 2020 by Russ Roberts

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Bus depot land buy paused

Jan. 23, 2020 • Updated 1:23 a.m.

The County Council put the brakes Wednesday on a fast-tracked land buy for a bus depot, for at least two more weeks while more information is gathered.

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County set to put limit on one load of refuse a day

Jan. 22, 2020

KEAAU – The county will soon limit the amount of waste residents can dispose at county transfer stations in a single day.

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Hawaii lawmakers urge news outlets to use ‘no-notoriety’ approach

Jan. 23, 2020

State Sen. Maile Shimabukuro of Oahu has introduced a pair of resolutions “encouraging the media, law enforcement, and information officers to adopt a no-notoriety approach to reporting on mass shooters and the perpetrators of other mass crimes.”

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DOH urges vigilance, not panic as deadly coronavirus spreads

Jan. 23, 2020

State health officials are urging Hawaii residents to be vigilant but not to panic after a deadly new virus from China reached the U.S. West Coast in recent days.

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HELCO seeks OK to rebuild transmission lines to PGV

Jan. 23, 2020

A public hearing regarding Hawaii Electric Light Co.’s application to construct portions of overhead transmission lines that will reconnect Puna Geothermal Venture to the HELCO grid will be held next week in Pahoa.

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Police arrest 28 for DUI

Jan. 23, 2020

During the week of Jan. 13-19, Hawaii Island police arrested 28 motorists for DUI. Two of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident and two were younger than 21.

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State eyes closing gun loopholes, bolstering mental health

Jan. 23, 2020

HONOLULU — Hawaii already has some of the nation’s strictest gun laws, but the fatal shooting of two Honolulu police officers by a man his lawyer and neighbors believe had psychiatric problems has added new urgency to efforts to close gun control loopholes and bolster mental health care treatment.

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Report: TMT partner says project should move to alternate site

Jan. 22, 2020 • Updated 2:53 p.m.

One of the six partners involved in the Thirty Meter Telescope project no longer wants the telescope to be built on Maunakea, according to news reports.

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Police seek to ID HPP burglary suspect

Jan. 22, 2020 • Updated 9:19 a.m.

Police are seeking the public’s assistance to identify a suspect in a residential burglary Sunday in Hawaiian Paradise Park.

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Man accused of sexually assaulting minor

Jan. 22, 2020 • Updated 11:02 a.m.

CORRECTION 1/21/2020 11 a.m.: Previous version of story had an incorrect bail amount, citing information gathered from state Judiciary website.

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Plea deal reached in fatal 2018 crash

Jan. 22, 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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Neighbor wanted cop killing suspect evicted years ago

Jan. 22, 2020

HONOLULU — A next-door neighbor of a man accused of stabbing a woman and fatally shooting two Hawaii police officers said he was assaulted by the suspect years ago and wanted him evicted from their upscale neighborhood near Waikiki Beach.

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Testifiers at public hearing urge recycling

Jan. 22, 2020

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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Former Keaau woman and her canine, Pele, battle to win ‘America’s Top Dog’

Jan. 22, 2020

Aformer Keaau resident and her canine partner are competing to be “America’s Top Dog.”

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State of the State: Ige still believes TMT can be resolved peacefully

Jan. 21, 2020 • Updated 11:13 a.m.

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

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Fire destroys Fern Acres home

Jan. 21, 2020 • Updated 10:55 a.m.

The county Fire Inspector is investigating the cause of an early Monday evening fire that destroyed a Pikake Street home in Fern Acres subdivision.

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Flags at half-staff to honor fallen officers

Jan. 21, 2020

Gov. David Ige ordered Monday that the U.S. and Hawaii state flags be flown at half-staff at the state capitol, all state offices and agencies and by the Hawaii National Guard immediately until sunset on Friday, Jan. 24.

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

Jan. 21, 2020

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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WikiFRESH closing at end of month

Jan. 21, 2020

WikiFRESH Tropical Fusion Restaurant’s last day of operation will be Jan. 31, according to a Friday post on the restaurant’s Facebook page.

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Suspect in Hawaii officers’ deaths described as unhinged

Jan. 21, 2020

HONOLULU — A Hawaii 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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