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Pahala News

Local news for Pahala, HI continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

Yesterday | Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Scientists aid farmers coping with vog

Washing plants, shielding them from acid rain and reducing the acidity of irrigation water will minimize vog crop damage, two University of Hawaii scientists have found.

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Related Topix: Volcanic Eruption, Natural Disasters, Weather, Drought, Naalehu, HI, Hawaiian Ocean View, HI

Fri Aug 29, 2008

West Hawaii Today

Living the self-sustaining life

After eight years of developing it, Butch Loper is pretty satisfied with how his 20-acre property in Wood Valley has turned out.

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Related Topix: Weather, Life, Food, Vegetables

Wed Aug 27, 2008

The Honolulu Advertiser

Minor quake rattles Big Island area near Pahala

A minor earthquake rattled portions of the Big Island early this morning. The quake, which was assigned a preliminary magnitude of 2.7 by the United States Geological Survey, occurred at 1:53 a.m. about 2 miles ...

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Earthquake, Geology, Science

Tue Aug 26, 2008

HawaiiNews

EPA and Department of Health present awards to Hawaii County

At a ceremony today at the Kona Outdoor Circle Education Center, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen L. Johnson and the Hawaii Department of Health honored the County with the 2008 Hawaii ...

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Related Topix: Hawaii County, HI, Environmental Law, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Honomu, HI, Hawaii

Sun Aug 24, 2008

Honolulu Star-Bulletin

Newswatch, Police/Fire

HILO State officials will visit six Big Island schools next week to see how well they're prepared to deal with volcanic emissions.

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Related Topix: Keaau, HI, Pahoa, HI, Mountain View, HI, Kailua Kona, HI

Sat Aug 23, 2008

Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Schools due for vog check

Members of the Hawaii Occupational Safety and Health Division will visit six Big Island schools next week to see how well they're prepared to deal with volcanic emissions.

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Related Topix: Keaau, HI, Pahoa, HI

Sun Aug 17, 2008

West Hawaii Today

In Brief - Big Island

Ocean View structure fire under investigation Hawaiian Ocean View and Pahala firefighters responded to a structure fire at Catamaran at Island Boulevard early Thursday morning.

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Related Topix: Hawaiian Ocean View, HI

Thu Aug 14, 2008

Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Hilo, Hawaii Features

HCEOC sets Aug. 21 surplus food distribution The Hawaii County Economic Opportunity Council has scheduled the distribution of federal surplus green beans, corn, peanut butter, tomatoes and turkey ham on ...

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Related Topix: Hawaii, Hawaii County, HI, Hilo, HI, Pahoa, HI, Papaikou, HI

Wed Aug 06, 2008

KHNL-TV Honolulu

Sulfur dioxide level increases due to recent volcano activity

Recent activity at the Kilauea volcano has resulted in some temporary increased levels of sulfur dioxide in the districts of Kau and Puna.

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Related Topix: Kilauea, HI

Sun Aug 03, 2008

Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Ka'u man fights to save his plants

Ka'u horticulturist Ted Seaman holds leaves from his crop of angel trumpets, a small landscape tree that normally produces dark green leaves.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science

Fri Aug 01, 2008

Fox News

Vog on Hawaii's Big Island Leads to Disaster Declaration

The federal government on Wednesday approved a disaster declaration to cover the losses Big Island farmers have suffered as a result of vog, or volcanic smog, from Kilauea.

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Related Topix: Naalehu, HI, Agriculture, Science, Hawaiian Ocean View, HI

Wed Jul 30, 2008

West Hawaii Today

Park worker saves divers

Bronson Avenue might not have been at Pahoehoe Beach Park last Thursday, if someone hadn't noticed a leak.

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Related Topix: Hawaii County, HI

Mon Jul 28, 2008

West Hawaii Today

Police Log

Editor's note: The police log is a weekly feature of West Hawaii Today and is compiled using Hawaii County Police Department records of individuals who are arrested and charged.

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Related Topix: Hawaii County, HI, Waimea, HI, Kailua Kona, HI

Fri Jul 11, 2008

Honolulu Star-Bulletin

Kilauea's vog a threat to Big Isle farmers

Kilauea's volcanic emissions are causing financial losses for Big Island farmers, who have seen crops completely wiped out due to the ongoing vog.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Vegetables, Kilauea, HI, Agriculture, Science

Mon Jul 07, 2008

The Honolulu Advertiser

Motorcyclist is Big Island's 14th traffic fatality

A 41-year-old Kailua-Kona man died Sunday from injuries he sustained in a motorcycle crash on Hawaii Belt Road , .3 miles north of the 49-mile marker, north of Pahala in the Ka'u District, police said today.

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Related Topix: Kailua Kona, HI

Tue Jul 01, 2008

The Honolulu Advertiser

Preliminary report out on Big Island plane crash

A National Transportation Safety Board preliminary report was released today on an Island Hoppers Cessna tour airplane that disappeared in a dense Big Island rain forest on June 17 with the pilot and two ...

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Related Topix: Air Accidents, Kailua Kona, HI

Sun Jun 29, 2008

Honolulu Star-Bulletin

Newswatch, Police/Fire

Box jellyfish stung about 200 people on the south shore yesterday, the second day of a monthly jellyfish influx, and a city spokesman warned beachgoers that the influx may continue today.

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Related Topix: Hawaii County, HI, Honolulu Metro, Honolulu, HI

Fri Jun 27, 2008

KHNL-TV Honolulu

Cessna wreckage is removed

The National Transportation Safety Board removed the wreckage of a Cessna 172 from a heavily forested area on the Big Island Friday morning.

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Related Topix: Air Accidents

Wed Jun 25, 2008

KHNL-TV Honolulu

Wreckage of Tragic Plane Tour Found

A nearly week-long search suddenly ends, after the wreckage of a missing Big Island plane is finally found.

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Mon Jun 23, 2008

KPUA-AM Hilo

Bodies, wreckage of missing plane found in Hawaii forest

The Island Hoppers tour flight had been missing since it failed to return from a three-hour aerial tour of the Big Island on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Kailua Kona, HI, Hawaii County, HI

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