Waikoloa News

It's the wild west on the Big Island with these feral animals, with casualties including a pet dog and lots of damaged property By Rob Shikina POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Nov 17, 2009 Feral donkeys in search of food and water in parched West Hawaii are causing thousands of dollars in damage to private property.

HILO - The prosecution and defense agree that Tito Rafol was slain in a Waikoloa hotel's parking lot because of a long-term affair with the accused's wife.

Waikoloa Beach head pro Johnny Eusebio will speak about the third annual USA Hawai'i-Japan Junior Cup on the Emily T Gail Talks Golf & Other Sports, Sunday at 6 p.m. on ESPN AM850 Hilo and AM790 Kona.

Princess Cruises has added a new Family Fun cruise tour to Alaska. The 12-night tour offers the best of Alaska by land and sea and includes opportunities to travel on a jetboat, pan for gold, take an interactive tour of Denali National Park, and experience Alaska in the winter when it's many degrees below zero.

Twenty-two Hahaione Valley homes near Hawaii Kai were without water yesterday after a 12-inch water main broke on Ainapo Street near Kulani Street.

Two Big Island separate events will be broadcast via streaming video on the worldwide web in joint Peace Day music cooperative concerts happening around the world.

Men and women in desert fatigues wandered around the Hawai'i Convention Center looking for opportunities yesterday at the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration program.

Hawai'i Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Acting Lieutenant Myra Iwamoto Phone: 326-4646, Ext.

Saturday night's Snapshot comes to us from the Big Island where Jock Goodman snapped last night's sunset, looking toward Waikoloa from Waimea.

In an effort to meet the USGA matching funds grant, a silent auction will be held Saturday at the banyan tree next to the service station in Hawi on the Big Island, from 9 a.m. to noon.

Scavenger Hunt: People Out Supporting Hilo, or POSH, is putting on a scavenger hunt, open to everyone, to benefit Hawaii Island United Way.

A large workforce housing project on the Big Island has been derailed by a dispute between Hawai'i County and the developer.

NEW johnwilkes NEW Abstract The acquisition of remote IT resources via Grid or Cloud Computing for a certain amount of time, instead of setting up a proprietary IT infrastructure, has attracted much attention during the last years, as technical obstacles are overcome.

The state Land Use Commission yesterday voted to give developers more time to make their case for a planned community on the Big Island near Waikoloa that would include include 385 low-income homes.

Hawaii State wildlife officials estimate the coquis now inhabit at least 60,000 acres on the Big Island, although mostly in the Hilo and Puna regions.

Hawai'i Police Department Vice Section, Area II Lieutenant Miles Chong Phone: 326-4646, Ext.

Lauded for "the outstanding ability to create success," Dr. John D. Stover, D.D.S, M.D, Ph.D., is the 2009 Small Business Person of the Year for Hawaii County.

The Army has identified the 21-year-old soldier who was critically injured after he was hit by a car early Thursday as Pfc.