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Top Story: Hilo High School will have a new leader on Tuesday.
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Accessed on 16 February 2020, 1420 UTC, Post 20283.
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New principal for Hilo High
Hilo High School will have a new leader come Tuesday.
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Heiva I Hawaii: Celebrating Tahiti with dance, food and gifts
The ninth annual Heiva I Hawaii celebration was underway Saturday at Hale Halawai with the Tahitian Dance Competition.
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Woman accused of felony sex assault
A $20,000 bench warrant has been issued for a former-Big Island woman accused of felony sexual assault of a child.
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Police actions to potholes: County pays claims
From potholes to police actions, Hawaii County paid out more than $104,000 last year in small claims to people saying they suffered damage from something the county did.
Hawaii bill would decriminalize ‘dangerous’ drug possession
HONOLULU Possession of small amounts of drugs that are considered dangerous would be decriminalized in Hawaii under a proposed bill, potentially reducing the amount of money spent on enforcement.
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Photos: Unmasking Brain Injury
The Kona tramatic brain injury support group meeting on Wednesday featured the Unmasking Project, with Christel Magallanes LSW, from the State of Hawaii Department of Health, Neurotrauma Supports project. The support group made masks to identify and express feelings associated with their brain injury, through the mediums of paint, markers, crayons, beads and feathers and placed onto blank masks. Each participant also provided a written description of their brain injury and an explanation of the mask.
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HPP drug bust suspects charged
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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Japanese national who traveled in Hawaii diagnosed with virus
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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Maunakea debris raise concern, again
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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Avocado lace bug confirmed on Hawaii Island
Another invasive pest has been identified on Hawaii Island, this time threatening avocado trees.
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Big Island emergency warning sirens repaired; additional sirens to be added
Emergency warning sirens around the Big Island are operational again after nearly 10% were in need of repair last October.
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Woman arrested for vehicle break-in in Waimea
Hawaii County police report a 35-year-old Waimea woman was arrested Thursday after a report of a vehicle break-in was made to police.
Japanese man who visited Hawaii confirmed with coronavirus
HONOLULU A man who visited Hawaii was confirmed to have coronavirus when he returned home to Japan, Hawaii officials said Friday.
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Police ID pedestrian killed in Keaau crash
Police on Friday identified the pedestrian killed Thursday morning after being struck by multiple vehicles on Highway 130, just south of the Keaau Transfer Station.
Search continues for missing fishermen
The search continues Friday morning for two fishermen who were believed to have been swept into the ocean in Kau.
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Big Brothers Big Sisters closing Big Island programs
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
A Native Hawaiian advocacy group has sued the state for its management of the land around the Maunakea Access Road.
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Search warrant nets drugs, weapons
Preliminary hearings are for a man and woman charged with various offenses after police executed a search warrant this week at a Kau home reportedly turning up drugs and weapons.
Pedestrian killed; Puna traffic snarled for hours
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.
Hawaiian Electric reports renewable energy increase
Hawaiian Electric recently reported its use of renewable energy in 2019 increased over 2018 despite the lack of geothermal and lower wind energy production.