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    Options for kids affected by furloughs  Nov 7, 2009
    Kamaaina Kids: Available at more than 25 sites on Oahu, the Big Island and Maui. Cost is $25 a day; a $5 late fee is added if registering less than a week before the furlough day. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Many are miffed by S.F. mayor gone missing  Nov 7, 2009
    Word finally came Tuesday that he was on the Big Island with his wife, newborn daughter and in-laws. He left without telling his staff, who abruptly canceled a raft of major appearances on his behalf. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Which Hawaii for you?  Nov 7, 2009
    Drive or hike to natural wondersShaped over the course of several hundred thousand years by five volcanoes, the Big Island is the youngest and largest in the Hawaiian archipelago and still growing, thanks to Kilauea, which has been erupting nearly continuously since 1983 ... Located 30 miles from Hilo and 95 miles from Kailua-Kona the Big Island's main resort areas the park makes an easy day trip ($10 per vehicle) ... On Maui, the otherworldly landscape of 10,023-foot-tall rivals the... (MSNBC -- Travel)

    Big Isle woman scammed after posting ad on craigslist  Nov 7, 2009
    A Big Island woman was scammed for more than $2,000 after posting an item for sale on craigslist, police said today ... A Big Island woman was scammed for more than $2,000 after posting an item for sale on craigslist, police said today. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)

    Kilauea lava flows reaching the ocean  Nov 7, 2009
    Jim Kauahikaua is the scientist-in-charge at the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory on the Big Island ... Jim Kauahikaua is the scientist-in-charge at the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory on the Big Island. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)

    John Cruz plans a series of affordable gigs  Nov 7, 2009
    John Cruz opens his Hawaii Islands tour tonight in Kailua, Kona, on the Big Island. He'll play at Jimmy Buffett's at the Beachcomber on Dec. 1. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Isle fish farm ready to expand  Nov 6, 2009
    Big Island aquaculture firm Kona Blue Water Farms said it has raised necessary funds to begin a planned expansion to Mexico that will help reduce costs of delivering fish to the Mainland, its biggest market ... The fish raised in Mexico will be sold by the company under the same trademarked name it uses for fish raised on the Big Island Kona Kampachi ... Kona Blue has been producing fish from its Big Island farm since 2005, and the product has won high praise from chefs and consumers. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Big Island, Kauai home sales increase  Nov 6, 2009
    Home sales picked up on the Big Island and Kauai in October, according to a report released today by Hawaii Information Service ... 2 percent on the Big Island and 39 ... 83 on the Big Island and a staggering 77. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)

    Fed money to fund cleaner diesel vehicles effort in Hawaii  Nov 6, 2009
    State and federal officials said Thursday that the funding will replace five buses from the state Department of Education's fleet in Kona on the Big Island and five other DOE diesel trucks. In addition, two diesel refuse trucks and a diesel truck owned by the university will be replaced. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    $3M released for Hawaii hospital upgrades  Nov 6, 2009
    Kau Hospital, Kohala Hospital and Hale Hoola Hamakua on the Big Island will each receive $414,000 to replace aging X-ray systems. Leahi Hospital on Oahu will receive $150,000 to install a new grease trap system to bring the hospital into compliance with Environmental Protection Agency regulations and requirements. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Big Isle woman scammed after posting ad on Craig's List  Nov 6, 2009
    A Big Island woman was scammed for more than $2,000 after posting an item for sale on Craig's List, police said today ... A Big Island woman was scammed for more than $2,000 after posting an item for sale on Craig's List, police said today. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)

    Hawaii parks see 2% increase in visitors  Nov 6, 2009
    Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island saw an increase in visitors in September, up 4 ... Puuhonua o Honaunau (Big Island) and Kaloko Honokohau (Big Island) both saw increases ... Puukohola Heiau (Big Island) saw a decrease, down 9. (Pacific Business News, HI)

    Hawaii renewable energy race sees a few projects drop out  Nov 6, 2009
    Nanea Kalani, PBN Green energy entrepreneurs want to build more wind farms like this one near Upolu Point on the Big Island ... That goal, outlined in the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative, means that 40 percent of electricity sales by and its subsidiaries on Maui and the Big Island must come from renewable energy sources such as wind, solar and hydropower within 20 years. (Pacific Business News, HI)

    Parker Ranch sells realty arm to Clark  Nov 5, 2009
    Clark Realty Corp., the largest real estate company on the Big Island, said it is acquiring Parker Ranch Realty Inc. ... Clark Realty will continue to operate six offices on the Big Island. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Elite Hawaii team competing in Tahiti  Nov 5, 2009
    Gamble and Judd are from Oahu; Bartlett, Carey, Cramer and Gomes are from Maui; Lussiaa is from the Big Island. Ching is from California, but he has family roots in Hawaii, and he actually flew in to attend the tryouts. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Police seek witnesses to Big Isle sex assault  Nov 5, 2009
    Big Island police are seeking witnesses to a sexual assault early Sunday morning in Kailua-Kona ... Anyone with information on the crime should call Detective Gerald Wike at 326-4646, extension 302, or the Big Island police nonemergency line at 935-3311 ... Big Island police are seeking witnesses to a sexual assault early Sunday morning in Kailua-Kona. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)

    Hilo girl, 15, missing since Sunday  Nov 5, 2009
    Big Island police are asking for the public's help in finding a 15-year-old Hilo girl who has been missing since Sunday night. Meghan Olcott was last seen leaving her home at about 10 p.m. Sunday. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Lihue airfares jumped 89% in a year  Nov 5, 2009
    Kona, on the Big Island, ranked sixth with an increase of 54 percent, followed by Honolulu at 47 percent. Kahului, Maui was 36th with an increase of 17 percent. (Pacific Business News, HI)

    Two Hawaii clinics receive funding for children's health care  Nov 5, 2009
    The department said Bay Clinic, a community health center on the Big Island, and the Hawaii Primary Care Association received $680,000 for the e. HonoluluAdvertiser. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Big Island police seek information on roadside sexual assault  Nov 4, 2009
    Tuesday, November 3, 2009. Breaking News/Updates. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Rate of filings slowed in October  Nov 4, 2009
    Honolulu bankruptcy attorney Stuart Ing said he is making more trips to the Neighbor Islands, visiting Maui, the Big Island and Kauai at least twice each month ... The Big Island had the lowest rate of increase with filings rising 17 percent to 42. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Winter airline seats to Hawaii down 0.9%  Nov 4, 2009
    Air seats to Oahu and Kauai are expected to be down, meanwhile the Big Island and Maui are expected to see increases ... Kona, on the Big Island, up 2. (Pacific Business News, HI)

    Big Isle police budget to shrink  Nov 3, 2009
    The department has the option of sending officers off-island for training or paying an instructor $10,000 to $12,000 to travel to the Big Island. That cost does not include hourly wages or overtime pay for officers receiving training, he said. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    'Common sense' technology  Nov 3, 2009
    Although the primary market is for temporary emergency shelter, Pope suggests such units could become practical cottages or cabins in areas that face a potential future threat, such as areas of the Big Island that lie in the path of probable lava flows. They qualify as a housing unit under HUD rules and building codes, and are built to withstand most weather in every climate except the Arctic. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    One good shake leads to another  Nov 3, 2009
    9-magnitude Hawaii earthquake April 2, 1868, caused several magnitude-6 earthquakes -- probably aftershocks -- for 20 years on the Big Island, she said ... " Many large earthquakes trigger a series of local aftershocks, and "dynamic waves from large enough earthquakes can sometimes trigger earthquakes at more remote distances," she said. But it is not typical for a sequence of large earthquakes to happen so closely spaced together or to "cluster," as some seismologists describe it, she said. A... (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)

    Firms that donate to Inouye receive earmarks  Nov 3, 2009
    "It may please you or it may not please you," the senator told Big Island business leaders in August. "I'm the No. 1 earmarks guy in the U.S. Congress.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)

    Top medical examiner retires  Nov 2, 2009
    She also served as a consultant in the Dana Ireland murder case on the Big Island. De Alwis, 56, said she also "opened the doors" to her office by reaching out to the community through public appearances and programs. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Affordable housing gets stimulus boost  Nov 2, 2009
    The projects moving forward involve close to 1,000 units on Oahu, the Big Island, Maui and Kauai, and include two that were already under construction ... Some of the projects receiving extra aid include the acquisition and expansion of Kukui Gardens in Downtown Honolulu, the planned 30-unit Ainakea Senior Residences in Kapaau on the Big Island and two existing affordable projects on Maui and Kauai being acquired by California-based Micon Real Estate ... 30 units to be built in Kapa'au on the... (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Halloween hay ride proves fatal to Big Isle girl, 7  Nov 2, 2009
    A 7-year-old girl died from injuries she sustained in a hay ride during a Halloween night church function on the Big Island ... A 7-year-old girl died from injuries she sustained in a hay ride during a Halloween night church function on the Big Island. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)

    Renewable energy gets push from feed-in tariff  Nov 2, 2009
    7 megawatts on Maui and the Big Island. For the first two years, the FIT program will be limited to 5 percent of peak capacity, a limit that would now be 80 megawatts for the three HECO companies. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Hawaii celebrates new saint, return of relic  Nov 1, 2009
    It spent about a week circling the Big Island, where Damien lived for nine years before going to Kalaupapa. On Maui, the relic was taken to St. Anthony's Church in Wailuku, where Damien heard Kalaupapa's patients needed help and where he volunteered for the mission. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)

    UPW members' suit claims layoffs violate rights  Nov 1, 2009
    Two prison guards at Kulani Correctional Facility on the Big Island are asking a state judge to halt the state's plan to lay off hundreds of government workers as a way to close a budget deficit. Gerald Kaleiki and Norman Lyman yesterday filed a motion for a preliminary injunction in Circuit Court. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Big Island police identify boy who died in fall  Oct 31, 2009
    Friday, October 30, 2009. Give us YOUR Weekly Opinion. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)

    Isle federal workers get a pension boost  Oct 30, 2009
    4 million for construction design of the Hawaii National Guard's $46 million Joint Forces Readiness Center on the Big Island, which is scheduled to be completed in January 2011 and will be used by 400 Army National Guard and Army Reserve soldiers ... 4 million for construction design of the Hawaii National Guard's $46 million Joint Forces Readiness Center on the Big Island, which is scheduled to be completed in January 20 00004000 11 and will be used by 400 Army National Guard and Army Reserve... (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)

    Kauai plan a boost for renewable power  Oct 30, 2009
    Hawaiian Electric Co. already makes net energy metering programs available to its customers on Oahu, Maui and the Big Island. Reach Alan Yonan Jr. at. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Volcano viewing area safe from approaching lava, officials say  Oct 29, 2009
    Civil Defense officials on the Big Island believe the trailhead of the Kalapana viewing area is safe from a tongue of lava from erupting Kilauea volcano. Janet Babb, a geologist and spokeswoman at the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said Wednesday that the flow front near the trailhead had stagnated. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)

    Lighthouse set for demolition  Oct 29, 2009
    A 76-year-old lighthouse on the North Kohala Coast of the Big Island is slated to be torn down by the end of the year ... A 76-year-old lighthouse on the North Kohala Coast of the Big Island is slated to be torn down by the end of the year. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)

    Charities get $50M from eBay founder  Oct 29, 2009
    Financier Harry Weinberg and Big Island rancher Richard Smart set aside larger, perpetua l endowments. But those gifts worth hundreds of millions of dollars were made after the donors' death. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Isle auto sales given optimistic forecast  Oct 29, 2009
    Big Island registrations were down 35. 5 percent to 2,799. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Lava nears Kalapana trailhead  Oct 29, 2009
    This Oct. 25 photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory shows surface flows advancing on the Kalapana access road, west of the viewing area trailhead on the Big Island ... This Oct. 25 photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory shows a sporadic breakout of lava near the Kalapana access road and lava viewing trailhead on the Big Island ... Civil Defense officials on the Big Island believe the trailhead of the Kalapana viewing area... (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Ex-RightStar CEO pleads no contest  Oct 29, 2009
    RightStar Hawaii Management, the one-time operator of cemeteries and funeral homes on Oahu, Maui and the Big Island, gained control over several memorial parks in January 2001 ... The parks included the Valley of the Temples on Oahu, Homelani and Kona Memorial Parks on the Big Island and Maui Memorial Park. (Pacific Business News, HI)

    Interisland airlines see fewer business travelers  Oct 28, 2009
    And Big Island road projects are coming up. In government-sponsored work, air travel costs are included in the contract. (Pacific Business News, HI)

    'BJ Penn Day' today in Hawaii County  Oct 28, 2009
    Big Island Mayor Billy Kenoi today proclaimed "BJ Penn Day" in Hawaii County as he bid good luck to the Hilo mixed martial arts fighter, who is on his way to prepare for the defense of his Ultimate Fighting Championship world lightweight title ... "BJ Penn has the full support and backing of a legion of Big Island family, friends and fans whose cheers should be loud enough to hear in Memphis on December 12," Kenoi said ... Penn also delivers anti-drug and anti-violence messages to Big Island... (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Parker Ranch lays off VPs, will end tours  Oct 28, 2009
    The Big Island company, which runs one of the nation s largest cattle ranches but has struggled for years to be profitable, said Monday it is getting back to basics by focusing on livestock production and managing its 150,000 acres. Parker Ranch plans to end its efforts at agricultural tourism and will wind down its ranch tours and the sale of ranch-branded merchandise. (Pacific Business News, HI)

    Hawaii car sales down 26% so far  Oct 28, 2009
    Big Island sales fell 36 percent to 2,799, Kauai registrations fell 30 percent to 1,120, and Oahu sales declined 22 percent to 19,512. Toyota/Scion continues to hold the largest market share in Hawaii at 32 percent, followed by Honda (17 percent) and Nissan (12 percent). (Pacific Business News, HI)

    Aloha oe to Hawaii's kumu hula scholar  Oct 28, 2009
    " Merrie Monarch's "Uncle George" Remembered One of the founders of the Merrie Monarch Festival, George Naope, passed away on the Big Island at the age of 81. [ ] Born on Oahu and raised on the Big Island, Naope began his study of hula at the age of 3 under his great-grandmother Mary Malia-Pukaokalani Naope and then with kumu hulas 'Iolani Luahine and "Mama" Fuji, mother of Auntie Edith Kanakaole. After graduating from high school during World War II, Naope moved to Oahu and opened his own hula... (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)

    Dentists spike September arrivals  Oct 28, 2009
    The Big Island saw an increase in visitors of 9. 6 percent to 86,138. (Pacific Business News, HI)

    Hilo crash overturns school bus but no injuries are reported  Oct 28, 2009
    A small school bus carrying nine students, an aide and a driver flipped over this morning in Hilo after a crash, but no one was injured, Big Island police said ... A small school bus carrying nine students, an aide and a driver flipped over this morning in Hilo after a crash, but no one was injured, Big Island police said. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)

    Greenhouse gas workshops planned  Oct 27, 2009
    The Hawaii Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Task Force will hold workshops on Oahu, Kauai, the Big Island and Maui next month. The task force is considering likely effects of existing laws in addition to projects in the state Clean Energy Initiative. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    See ancient heiau at botanical garden  Oct 27, 2009
    Hawaii residents interested in trying to evade TV's "Mantracker" for 36 hours can apply to be on the Discovery Science show when it films on the Big Island in December. The Canadian reality show arms "prey" with a map, a compass, a 1. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    For the environment  Oct 27, 2009
    Niaulani Forest WorkDay, volunteers needed to preserve the rainforest; 9 a.m.-12 p.m. third Sunday of each month, Volcano Art Center, Niaulani campus, Volcano Village, Big Island; 808-967-8222. TUESDAYS AT KANAHA, weekly beach cleanup and plant maintenance, coordinated by Community Pride at Kanaha Beach Park, Maui, 8-10 a.m. Tuesdays at the park; Valerie Vines Magee, 808-264-1454. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Kilauea sends flow over road but stalls  Oct 27, 2009
    Hawaii County Civil Defense, which runs the viewing area from 5 to 10 p.m., opened up a new path for visitors to get a closer look at the lava in the vicinity of the area locals refer to as "Dungeons," according to Big Island Video News ... Hawaii County Civil Defense, which runs the viewing area from 5 to 10 p.m., opened up a new path for visitors to get a closer look at the lava in the vicinity of the area locals refer to as "Dungeons," according to Big Island Video News. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)

    New-look Stryker team trains to help finish mission in Iraq  Oct 27, 2009
    "I see this as a tremendous honor," said Frost, 43, last week as he observed a platoon from Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry, practice entering a faux Iraqi town and clearing several of its structures on this vast training range on the Big Island ... The Pohakuloa Training Area on the Big Island is the largest maneuver training area in the Pacific ... Henry Schluete, left, and another platoon member from 1st Battalion's Charlie Company practice clearing a building at Pohakuloa... (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)

    Hilo gets new family health center  Oct 27, 2009
    A new medical clinic and training center for health professionals opened in Hilo on the Big Island Saturday ... The 4,350-square-foot center at 45 Mohouli St. will allow specialists to train in an interdisciplinary environment and help recruit health-care providers to the rural Big Island, which has struggled with access to health care, university and Hilo Medical Center officials said in a prepared statement. (Pacific Business News, HI)

    First bigeye tuna farm approved off Big Island  Oct 26, 2009
    Hawaii regulators have approved a Honolulu startup company's plan to build the nation's first tuna farm in waters off the Big Island ... Hawaii regulators have approved a Honolulu startup company's plan to build the nation's first tuna farm in waters off the Big Island ... A company is looking to build an open-ocean farm in underwater cages off the Big Island. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)

    Maui faithful celebrate Damien relic  Oct 26, 2009
    Damien was working on the Big Island when he traveled to Maui for the 1873 dedication of a new sanctuary for St. Anthony Church in Wailuku. He already had seen the devastating effects of the Hawaiian government's policy of separating families affected by Hansen's disease during his mission work on the Big Island, and while on Maui, Damien volunteered with three other priests to accept a rotating assignment to Kalawao. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Lessons learned  Oct 26, 2009
    The worst-case scenario for Hawaii is a local earthquake off the Big Island generating a tsunami that hits the Kona coast within five minutes and could hit Maui and Honolulu within 15 to 30 minutes, said Gerard Fryer, a tsunami expert with the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, who recently returned from American Samoa ... The worst-case scenario for Hawaii is a local earthquake off the Big Island generating a tsunami that hits the Kona coast within five minutes and could hit Maui and Honolulu... (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)

    Drawn to the spirit world  Oct 26, 2009
    Although he started telling ghost stories only in 1999, as an apprentice of the late Glen Grant, Kapanui has been touched by the supernatural since his childhood, which was spent on the Leeward Coast, Kalihi Valley and the Big Island. His hanai parents often told ghost stories usually when they thought Kapanui wasn't within earshot and they discussed how to bless troubled people and places. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Damien relic honored on Big Isle  Oct 25, 2009
    Throughout the past week, the relic toured all the parishes of the Big Island. Today, it will leave the Big Island for Maui, and spend the next week traveling to parishes across the state ... On Thursday, the Royal Order of Kamehameha I, bearing two red and two yellow feather kahili, accompanied the relic into the Big Island hall, where it was placed on a table and decked with maile and orchid lei. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    OIA White tourney final set  Oct 25, 2009
    Ka Makani (8-0, 6-0) beat the host Warriors (5-4, 5-2) last night to remain unbeaten in the Big Island Interscholastic Federation. KONAWAENA 62, KAU 6. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Magnitude 4.8 quake shakes up Big Island  Oct 24, 2009
    8 quake shakes up Big Island - Breaking - Starbulletin ... 8 quake shakes up Big Island ... 8 magnitude earthquake shook up the Big Island last night but there were no reports of damage. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)

    St. Damien relic concludes tour of churches on Big Island  Oct 24, 2009
    Damien, born Joseph de Veuster in Belgium, was ordained in Honolulu and served the Big Island for nine years before going to Kalaupapa, Molokai, to serve the colony of patients with Hansen's disease, also known as leprosy ... Throughout the past week, the relic toured all the parishes of the Big Island. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Northwest plane misses MSP by 100 miles  Oct 24, 2009
    Flight 1002 flew 26 miles past the Big Island on Feb. 13, 2008, before the flight crew resumed radio contact, turned around and landed at Hilo. An investigation by the NTSB found that the pilots fell asleep because of fatigue induced by stressful work loads and the captain s sleep apnea. (Pacific Business News, HI)

    Suits filed over Furlough Fridays  Oct 23, 2009
    The plaintiffs in the class-action suit filed by Seitz are Oahu residents Melvin and Cheryl Kellet, acting on behalf of children age 12 and 6; Kauai resident Patricia Coon, on behalf of children age 16, 15, 14 and 6; Oahu resident Crystal Schaffner, on behalf of children age 5 and 3; Big Island resident Sue Garry, on behalf of children age 17 and 15; and another Oahu plaintiff who was not named, acting on behalf of a 10-year-old child ... The plaintiffs in the class-action suit filed by Seitz... (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)

    Hawaii hotel occupancy drops to 70%  Oct 23, 2009
    Big Island occupancy was up slightly at 61 percent, while room rates were down 3. 7 percent to $160. (Pacific Business News, HI)

    Lawsuits aim to block Hawaii's school furlough days  Oct 23, 2009
    The attorneys for nine families of special education students on Oahu, Maui and the Big Island who want their children in school and around their classmates for the "furlough Fridays" hope to get a hearing today before Judge David Ezra in U.S. District Court seeking a temporary injunction. A hearing has been set for this afternoon before Ezra on a request for a temporary restraining order in a separate lawsuit filed by attorney Eric A. Seitz on behalf of regular, special education and charter... (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Big Island contractor builds success with new ideas  Oct 22, 2009
    Their Big Island-based construction company, , had been enjoying a steady stream of jobs throughout the almost 10 years they have been in business, and the onset of the recession kicked their entrepreneurial strategizing into overdrive ... They quickly became the Big Island s go-to subcontractor, handling both commercial and residential projects that needed stucco work, metal framing and insulation and, of course, drywall. (Pacific Business News, HI)

    More of this story  Oct 22, 2009
    coconutblondee wrote on Oct 21, 2009 9:54 AM:" oh come on now. no matter where you go in the world, you are always vulnerable to break ins like these. it does look bad on kauai when locals do this but if you went to oahu.. maui.. big island... california.. new york.. same thing. Never leave your things unattended and keep all bags out of sight if leaving them in the car. should've known better if you had heard about Kipu's reputation prior to going! ". hulali wrote on Oct 21, 2009 9:55 AM:" I am... (Lihue Garden Island, HA)

    Search continues for missing Big Island woman  Oct 22, 2009
    Wednesday, October 21, 2009. Breaking News/Updates. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Hawaii jobless rate rises to 7.2 percent  Oct 22, 2009
    1 percent and the Big Island rose to 10 ... 1 percent and the Big Island rose to 10. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)

    Helping hospitalized kids  Oct 21, 2009
    "There's a lot of frustration, definitely, because it's like an up and down battle," said Kaikua's mom, Randell Neizman, 31, a mental health technician from Mountain View on the Big Island. Neizman joins countless other parents throughout the country coping with hospitalized children. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Last-minute Hawaii cruise, from $499  Oct 21, 2009
    The recently-refurbished Pride of America embarks from Honolulu and heads to Kahului, on the island of Maui where it will remain for two days before continuing on to Hilo, on the Big Island. Here, passengers can tour the dramatic Volcanoes National Park, or visit the botanical gardens before continuing on the Kailua. (MSNBC -- Travel)

    Shark attacks Hawaii surfer  Oct 21, 2009
    A tiger shark is suspected of breaking off the nose of a surfboard in an Aug. 6 incident off Kawa, Kau, on the Big Island. On March 16, an open-ocean swimmer was bitten by a cookie-cutter shark 10 miles northwest of Upolu Point on the Big Island. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Makapuu crash kills 2  Oct 20, 2009
    Tony Chun, the brothers' uncle, said their mother is devastated and never got to see her son Ikaikakane after he arrived from the Big Island Saturday night ... Tony Chun, the brothers' uncle, said their mother is devastated and never got to see her son Ikaikakane after he arrived from the Big Island Saturday night. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)

    Parents weigh furlough options as 1st day approaches  Oct 20, 2009
    Kama'aina Kids: Available at more than 25 sites on O'ahu, the Big Island and Maui. Cost is $25 a day; a $5 late fee is added if registering less than a week before the furlough day. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    DAMIEN RELIC BACK IN HAWAII  Oct 19, 2009
    Akiona then took the relic to the Big Island, where it will begin a two-week tour of the state before returning to Honolulu on Nov. 1 for permanent housing at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace. "(The relic) is going to enhance people's devotion to Father Damien, but with that has to come an enhancement of their devotion to God," Silva said. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Services to fill those days off  Oct 19, 2009
    Contact: 262-4538, Cost: $25 a day Locations: Central Oahu -- Hickam, Iliahi, Mililani Tech Park, Mokulele, Salt Lake and Waimalu; Leeward Oahu -- Ewa at Child and Family Services, Iroquois Point, Kaleiopuu; Honolulu -- Hahaione, Hokulani, Kalihi Waena, Koko Head and Laniakea YWCA; Windward Oahu -- Ahuimanu, Enchanted Lake and Kaneohe Preschool; Big Island -- Hilo Union, Keonepoko, Waiakea, Kealakehe, Konawaena, Waikoloa; and Maui -- Kalama Park, Lahaina, and Wailuku ... Contact: 262-4538, Cost:... (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)

    Call grows to step up Hawaii reef protection  Oct 19, 2009
    "Marine protected areas also provide economic benefits largely related to tourism. A 2004 study by environmental economics consultants Pieter van Beukering and Herman Cesar estimated the asset value of six marine managed areas in Hawaii, placing Hanauma Bay's worth at $648 million, Molokini Shoal at $345 million, Kahaluu on the Big Island at $154 million and Waikk at $6 million.Most of the sites would have significantly higher value with better management, the consultants said.Another benefit... (Honolulu Advertiser)

    St. Damien relic arrives  Oct 19, 2009
    The relic -- a bone from Damien's heel -- will be celebrated on the Big Island today at the Immaculate Conception Church in Holualoa and St. Michael's Church in Kailua-Kona ... A padded canvas bag protected the box as it sat on the seat next to Sacred Hearts Father Lane Akiona yesterday on a flight from Honolulu to the Big Island ... The relic -- a bone from Damien's heel -- will be celebrated on the Big Island today at the Immaculate Conception Church in Holualoa and St. Michael's Church in... (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)

     Shaken by quakes, the Big Island bounces back  Oct 18, 2009
    Shaken by quakes, the Big Island bounces back. Article:Shaken by quakes, the Big Island bounces back:/g/a/2009/10/16/alohafriday101609 ... DTL Article:Shaken by quakes, the Big Island bounces back:/g/a/2009/10/16/alohafriday101609. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)

    Hundreds on Big Island gather to remember those lost to domestic violence  Oct 18, 2009
    Linked by a common tragedy, hundreds of people touched by domestic violence joined together on the Big Island in Hilo to remember their loved ones ... There were some new faces this year, because of the four most recent deaths on the Big Island that have been linked to domestic violence. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Rock-throwing incident leads to gunfire on Big Island  Oct 18, 2009
    Rocks thrown at spearfishermen off the Big Island's North Kohala coast apparently led to gunfire Oct. 9. Police were summoned to a possible shooting near Honomakau Road in Hawi shortly after 10 a.m. Oct. 9, said Lt. Glenn Uehana. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Clamor for state's No. 2 post bewilders  Oct 18, 2009
    Big Island Councilwoman Emily Naeole, already cited for giving the thumbs-down motion to witnesses with whom she disagreed, got another ethics violation for throwing a pen ... The Big Island Council posted a security guard outside its meetings to keep the peace between lawmakers and the public. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Saint Damien relic returns to Hawaii  Oct 18, 2009
    A portion of newly canonized Saint Damien's ankle, now considered a holy relic, arrived back in Honolulu this afternoon en route to the Big Island where it will begin a tour of the Neighbor Islands before being permanently housed at Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace ... Silva handed the reliquary containing the bone to Father Lane Akiona, who will transport it to the Big Island ... Bishop Larry Silva carries a relic of Saint Damien today at Honolulu International Airport before its departure for... (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Target zeroes in on Kailua location for 3rd Hawaii store  Oct 18, 2009
    The first two Hawaii Target stores opened on Oahu in Kapolei and Salt Lake in March, and were followed by a third store in Kailua, Kona, on the Big Island that opened in July. A fourth store is slated to open in 2011 in Hilo on land leased from the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. (Honolulu Advertiser)

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