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The Hawaii State Senate’s Ad Hoc Committee will conduct an informational briefing on Maui this week to gather information relating to the potential impacts of reductions within the state Department of Agriculture on Maui. In a press release issued today, the committee states that the discussion arises from Governor Linda Lingle’s announced intention to layoff […]

Governor Linda Lingle has appointed Anita Seyer Wong as the deputy to the chair of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL). Wong has been with DHHL since 2007 handling complex assignments related to restructuring of development financing, legal coordination of housing contracts, as well as overseeing project managers for the department’s Land Development Division. […]

The fee for parking at Kahului Airport will increase from $7 to $9 per day under a new rate plan set to go into effect on Monday, August 17, 2009. The fee increase is even greater at Honolulu International Airport where daily rates will increase from $10 to $13.  Rates at other neighbor island airports […]

Tropical Storm Lana continues moving west on a track that will remain south of the Hawaiian islands. At 11:00 a.m. HST, the center of Tropical Storm Lana was located about 375 miles southeast of Hilo, Hawaii and about 555 miles south-southeast of Honolulu, Hawaii near latitude 14.5 north, and longitude 153.4 west. Lana is moving […]

Aloha Air Cargo is offering a new delivery alternative for businesses that now face increased rates for barge shipping. The new Aloha FlexShip service is described by company officials as a convenient and cost-effective solution for transporting less time-sensitive, non-perishable items. Aloha FlexShip delivers goods in three to five days, providing service out of Honolulu […]

The State Department of Transportation celebrates the completion of a new photovoltaic energy system at Lanai Airport.  The PV system is the final of seven DOT facilities across the state that have recently been completed as part of the DOT’s Photovoltaic Energy Systems Project. A dedication ceremony will be held Thursday morning, April 30th at […]

(By Wendy OSHER © 2009) About 40 residents showed up at the Paukukalo Community Center last night for the second in a series of statewide hearings hosted by the House Committee on Hawaiian Affairs. Committee Chair and Representative Mele Carroll of Maui explained progress on a bill that would give $200 million in past due […]

BIG ISLAND POLICE BRIEFS: BODY OF WOMAN FOUND FLOATING IDENTIFIED Hawaii Police Department Detectives have identified a woman found floating near the Hilo breakwater on December 28, 2008. She has been positively identified as 56-year-old Debra Giamario of  Hilo. On Thursday, January 8, an acquaintance of Giamario’s initiated a missing person report stating that the woman had […]

Residents in the Hilo-area are being advised not to eat honey gathered from feral hives during the next three weeks, due to the use of an insecticide that will be used to eradicate the varroa mites (Varroa destructor) on honey bees.  The mites weaken adult bees and cause emerging bees to be deformed. Hawai`i Department […]