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8 hrs ago | KPUA-AM Hilo

Dry Weather Continues

The National Weather Service in Hono lulu said the wet season this year was anything but wet.

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Related Topix: Weather, Maui County, HI

17 hrs ago | West Hawaii Today

Police, Firefighter unions wild cards in budget

Hikes in property taxes, park fees, bus fares and vehicle registration and weight taxes will balance Mayor Billy Kenoi's proposed $394.3 million 2013-14 budget, a 7.9 percent increase over this year.

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Related Topix: Fire

Wed May 22, 2013

Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Traffic safety laws get a little stricter

Gov. Neil Abercrombie on Monday signed the two measures into law. One establishes a statewide ban on the use of cellular phones and other mobile devices while driving, and another requires that the driver and all passengers in a vehicle be restrained by a seat belt assembly or child passenger restraint while on public roads.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Neil Abercrombie, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Cell Phones, Electronics

The Honolulu Advertiser

Hawaii police identify Puna shooting victim

Hawaii County police Tuesday identified the man who was fatally shot at a home in Nanawale Estates subdivision in Puna as Mateo D. Balinbin Jr., 40, of Nanawale Estates.

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Related Topix: Nanawale Estates, HI, Hawaiian Paradise Park, HI

Tue May 21, 2013

West Hawaii Today

B&B: rules and regulations

Looking to get into the bed and breakfast industry on Hawaii Island? If so, you're going to need a permit and agree to some rules.

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Mon May 20, 2013

The Honolulu Advertiser

Hawaii County firefighters rescue man trapped in watery cave

The man's wife told firefighters he tried to get out of the ocean along the rocky coast, but was pushed back in the water by waves and ended up in a cave pocket at the bottom of a cliff.

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Fri May 17, 2013

West Hawaii Today

Gilbert Benevides Sr.

Gilbert "Mr. B" P. Benevides Sr., 83, of Hilo died May 7, 2013, at Hilo Medical Center.

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Related Topix: Hilo, HI, Life, Veteran Affairs

The Honolulu Advertiser

Hawaii County fire rescue to continue looking for swimmer

The Hawaii Fire Department plans to continue its search Thursday morning for a 62-year-old man last seen Monday evening in Waipio Valley, where he reportedly was going for a swim.

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Related Topix: Fire

The Honolulu Advertiser

Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Connielen Bernisto Ballocanag April 29, 2013 Connielen Bernisto Ballocanag, 46, of Honolulu and the Philippines, a housekeeper, died in the Philippines.

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Related Topix: Honolulu, HI, Mililani, HI, Wahiawa, HI, Hilo, HI

Wed May 15, 2013

West Hawaii Today

Traffic signal to be installed at Ane Keohokalole Highway and Kealakehe Parkway intersection

A traffic signal will be installed next week to replace the current four-way stop at the Ane Keohokalole Highway and Kealakehe Parkway intersection in North Kona.

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Tue May 14, 2013

Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Council seeks $4.3M in proposed budget

Despite a tight economic year that could require tax hikes to pay for basic services, the Hawaii County Council's budget includes an extra $900,000 so each council member can have $100,000 to spread around his or her district.

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Related Topix: Hilo, HI, Hawaiian Ocean View, HI, Waimea, HI, Pahoa, HI

Mon May 13, 2013

Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Police Week kicks off

Four Hawaii Island officers killed in the line of duty, as well as two officers injured in a Hilo shooting earlier this year, will be honored by fellow Hawaii Police Department officers and the community during public events this week.

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Related Topix: Hilo, HI

The Honolulu Advertiser

Hawaii County police open negligent homicide investigation in pedestrian death

Hawaii County officials will conduct an autopsy this week to determine how a 45-year-old Mountain View was killed Friday while walking on Highway 11 near Glenwood.

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Related Topix: Mountain View, HI, Hilo, HI

West Hawaii Today

B&B proposed for Herb Kane's hale

Maile Wedemeyer, guides visitors through the Hula Daddy Coffee farm. The Leeward Planning Commission is considering a bill Thursday which would amend the county's agricultural tourism rules.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science

Sat May 11, 2013

Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Take only photographs

Parks and Recreation spokesman Jason Armstrong poses with sand and rocks that have been mailed back to the Big Island from places as far away as Canada at the Parks and Recreation office Wednesday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Hawaii

Thu May 09, 2013

The Honolulu Advertiser

Police identify Canadian visitor who collapsed, died on lava field

Hawaii County police have identified a Canadian visitor who died Tuesday afternoon while hiking across a lava field as Riccardo Scagliati, 57, of Victoria, B.C. Scagliati and a companion set out from the Kalapana viewing area Tuesday morning.

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Related Topix: Canada,

The Honolulu Advertiser

Driver killed in west Hawaii crash ID'd as Hawi woman

The woman who died Tuesday in a one-vehicle crash at the entrance to the Fairmont Orchid Hotel has been identified as Pamela Sue Gorman, 25, of Hawi, Hawaii County police said today.

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Related Topix: Hawi, HI

Wed May 08, 2013

The Honolulu Advertiser

Police investigate fatal crash in Kohala

Hawaii County police are investigating the cause of a traffic accident where a woman was killed when her car ran off the road at the Fairmont Orchid Plantation Estates in Kohala Tuesday night and crashed into a storage facility.

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The Honolulu Advertiser

Visitor dies while hiking on Hawaii island lava field

A Hawaii County Fire Department helicopter crew this afternoon found a 56-year-old visitor who died while hiking on the lava field near Kalapana Gardens subdivision.

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Related Topix: Fire

Tue May 07, 2013

The Honolulu Advertiser

Two Kona drug arrests lead to another

Hawaii County police made a routine traffic stop Saturday that eventually led to the arrest of three suspects in two separate cases.

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Related Topix: Kailua Kona, HI, Pahala, HI