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Kulani-HCCC get new wardens

Posted on February 15, 2020 by Russ Roberts

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Top Story:  Kulani Correctional Facility and the Hawaii Community Correctional Center both have new wardens.

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Four nominated for Hilo Circuit Court

Feb. 15, 2020

The Judicial Selection Commission has submitted the names of four nominees for the judicial vacancy in Hilo Circuit Court, a position vacant since the November retirement of Circuit Judge Greg K. Nakamura.

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Kulani, HCCC have new wardens

Feb. 15, 2020

Kulani Correctional Facility and Hawaii Community Correctional Center both have new wardens.

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State AG responds to lawsuit

Feb. 15, 2020

The office of the state attorney general responded late Thursday to a lawsuit by three Native Hawaiians challenging the state’s jurisdiction over the Maunakea Access Road.

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Big Island emergency warning sirens repaired; additional sirens to be added

Feb. 15, 2020

Emergency warning sirens around the Big Island are operational again after nearly 10% were in need of repair last October.

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HPP drug bust suspects charged

Feb. 15, 2020

Police seized well over a pound of methamphetamine plus other drugs during a raid Monday on 17th Avenue in Hawaiian Paradise Park.

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Search for missing woman intensifies

Feb. 15, 2020

The father and brother of a Hilo woman originally from Oregon who went missing Sunday near Wainaku Scenic Point have come to the Big Island to help in the search.

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Japanese national who traveled in Hawaii diagnosed with virus

Feb. 15, 2020

A Japanese man who traveled to Hawaii earlier this month has since been diagnosed with COVID-19, the newly identified coronavirus that has infected thousands in China and elsewhere around the world, state health officials confirmed Friday.

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Concerns raised about Maunakea debris

Feb. 15, 2020

After a windy week along the Daniel K. Inouye Highway, the camp at the Maunakea Access Road has incurred ire from, among others, supporters of the Thirty Meter Telescope.

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Search for Ka’u fishermen enters second day

Feb. 14, 2020 • Updated 9 a.m.

Police have opened a missing persons investigation in connection with two overdue fishermen believed to have been swept into the ocean in Ka‘u.

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Police ID pedestrian killed in Keaau

Feb. 14, 2020 • Updated 8:14 a.m.

Police identified a pedestrian who died after being struck by at least three vehicles during Thursday’s morning rush hour traffic on Highway 130 near the Keaau Transfer Station as 58-year-old David Foster Perrells, of Pahoa.

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Big Brothers Big Sisters closing Big Island programs

Feb. 14, 2020

Youth mentoring opportunities on the Big Island are being diminished with the closing of Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawaii Island programs at the end of the month.

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Lawsuit questions state’s authority over Maunakea Access Road

Feb. 14, 2020

A Native Hawaiian advocacy group has sued the state for its management of the land around the Maunakea Access Road.

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Pedestrian dies; snarling Puna traffic for hours

Feb. 14, 2020

The pedestrian killed during rush-hour traffic Thursday morning on Highway 130 near the Keaau Transfer Station was struck by at least three vehicles, police said.

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BJ Penn ‘getting better’ following auto accident

Feb. 14, 2020

The mother of UFC Hall of Famer BJ Penn said Thursday the mixed martial artist is recovering at home from a concussion sustained in a traffic accident the evening of Feb. 7 on Kanoelehua Avenue near Prince Kuhio Plaza in Hilo.

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Pedestrian killed in collision that snarled morning traffic

Feb. 13, 2020 • Updated 3:15 p.m.

Police say a male pedestrian was killed this morning on Highway 130 just south of the Keaau Transfer Station.

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Responders search for missing fishermen

Feb. 13, 2020 • Updated 8:48 a.m.

Authorities launched an extensive search Thursday for two fisherman who apparently were swept off the Ka‘u shoreline Wednesday evening.

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Avocado pest spreads in Hawaii

Feb. 14, 2020

A new invasive pest that threatens Hawaii’s avocado crops has been detected throughout the state.

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Two arrested, charged in Ocean View drug bust

Feb. 14, 2020

Police arrested and charged a pair of men with numerous offenses after the execution of a search warrant Wednesday off Coconut Drive in Ocean View allegedly turned up drugs and firearms.

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Police seek fruit theft suspects

Feb. 14, 2020

Police are investigating an agricultural theft in Hilo on Feb 1.

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State briefs: Hawaii Senate committee approves edible medical cannabis

Feb. 14, 2020

HONOLULU — A Hawaii state Senate committee has granted preliminary approval to a bill authorizing the sale of edible medical cannabis products.

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