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Nakashima, Ha to speak to North Hilo Community Council
Big Island Video News
LAUPAHOEHOE, Hawaii: The next North Hilo Community Council meeting will be on Thursday May 24, 2012 at 6:30pm in the Laupahoehoe Library Humanities Room. Organizers say House Representative Mark Nakashima will give a post-legislative session update.

A look inside the new UFC Gym
KHON2
Partnered with Hilo native and former UFC welterweight/lightweight champion BJ Penn the massive 37000 square foot gym takes working out to a whole new level. "People automatically think we are a fighting gym and we are not.
BJ Penn's Hawaii UFC gym opening MondayBizjournals.com (blog)

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Police are searching for Hilo woman wanted on bench warrant
Hawaii 24/7 (press release)
Big Island police are searching for a 29-year-old Hilo woman who is wanted on a bench warrant for failure to appear in court. Jaclyn Kama is described as 5-foot-6, 149 pounds with with brown eyes and brown hair. Police ask that anyone with information ...

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VIDEO: Hawaii Island food self-sufficiency study explained
Big Island Video News
HILO, Hawaii: Hawaii County now has more greater understanding of how agriculture and eating habits on the Big Island relate to the quest for self-sufficiency. On Thursday, local media joined Mayor Billy Kenoi and other officials on the balcony of the ...

Celestial tapestry is born of uncertain parentage
Astronomy Magazine
By Gemini Observatory, Hilo, Hawaii — Published: May 18, 2012 Gemini Legacy image of the complex planetary nebula Sh2-71 as imaged by the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph on Gemini North on Mauna Kea in Hawaii. The long-assumed central star is the ...

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In the kitchen with King's Hawaiian
WTNH
Founded more than 60 years ago in Hilo, Hawaii, by Robert R. Taira, King's Hawaiian is a family-owned business that for three generations has been dedicated to making irresistible, original recipe Hawaiian foods with Aloha Spirit.

Koi fish released to renovated pond at Kalakaua park in Hilo
KPUA
By 67AM KPUA News Dozens of koi fish were returned to the renovated War Memorial Pond at Kalakaua Park in downtown Hilo yesterday afternoon. The koi event culminates a community-government partnership to restore the unique fish pond that was built to ...
County koi come home to War Memorial Pond at Kalakaua ParkHawaii 24/7 (press release)

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Indefinite Detention Gross Violation of Civil Rights
Hawaii Reporter
REPORT FROM THE BOB MARX FOR CONGRESS CAMPAIGN – Bob Marx, Hilo lawyer and candidate for Hawaiʻi's Second Congressional District, spoke out on Monday against provisions of the National Defence Authorization Act (NDAA). The NDAA allows the President to ...
Marx: Indefinite detention violates civil rightsHawaii 24/7 (press release)

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VIDEO: Geothermal relocation bill amendments given first OK
Big Island Video News
HILO, Hawaii: It was a full day of Hawaii County Council Committee meetings in Hilo on Wednesday. The highlight of the many measures discussed was Bill 256, dealing with the geothermal royalties paid to the county by the Puna Geothermal Venture.

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UH Hilo School of Nursing's new DNP program to benefit nurses statewide
Hawaii News Now
The University of Hawai`i at Hilo School of Nursing (UHH SoN) will soon begin its first cohort of Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) students August 2012. The program will offer two entry tracks: Post Baccalaureate and Post Masters for advanced nursing ...

Marx: Indefinite detention violates civil rights
Hawaii 24/7 (press release)
Bob Marx, Hilo lawyer and candidate for Hawaii's Second Congressional District, spoke out on Monday against provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The NDAA allows the President to indefinitely detain individuals suspected of ...

Professional Baseball Returns to Hilo
Big Island Now
by Josh Pacheco The name might be a play on an old Hawaii Winter League Baseball franchise, but the Hawaii Stars hope to create a new beginning for professional baseball in Hilo. Rumored for nearly a year, the official announcement came Wednesday that ...

Meeting in Hilo Monday 5/21 to review new driver license rules
KPUA
The meeting will be held on Monday, May 21, from 5 – 6 pm at the Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 Pauahi Street, in Hilo. Federal and State mandates now prohibit the issuance of a driver license or permit to any person who is not legally authorized ...

Kawananakoa Gym returns to use
Examiner.com
Keaukaha, Hilo, Moku Hawai`i - Keiki of Keaukaha can return to the Kawananakoa Gym playground as of yesterday. The county Department of Parks and Recreation has reopened the playground following completion of safety repairs to its rubberized surface.

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Three UH Hilo students awarded IFSA Global scholarship
PressZoom (press release)
The final IFSA Global Scholarships have been presented to three University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo students who will spend an entire academic year studying overseas beginning with the Fall 2012 semester. (PressZoom) - The final IFSA Global Scholarships have ...

The Associated Press
Stepmom faces extradition in HI in kids' abduction
The Associated Press
HILO, Hawaii (AP) — The stepmom of three children who were taken by their father to the Bahamas on a sailboat against custody orders is being held without bail in Hawaii and will be extradited to Montana. Hawaii County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney ...

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VIDEO: Geothermal related resolutions on tap at Hawaii Council
Big Island Video News
HILO, Hawaii: Council Chair Dominic Yagong and the rest of the Hawaii County councilmembers are preparing to dive into the bureaucracy of geothermal related regulation in the next few weeks, starting today with Bill 256. As Yagong explained in his ...

Denton Record Chronicle
VIDEO: Stamp Out Hunger food drive in Hilo
Big Island Video News
HILO, Hawaii: Letter carriers with the US Postal Service spent Saturday with volunteers for the 20th annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive. This video by Baron Sekiya, Hawaii247.com, captures the busy sorting of foodstuffs that carriers collected along ...
Letter carriers take charge to help those in needHawaii 24/7 (press release)

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Puna woman arrested in heroin bust
KITV Honolulu
Cathrine R. Kessaris, 58, of Orchidland was held at the Hilo police cellblock while detectives continued the investigation. A 52-year-old Keaau woman was released without charges. On Friday, Kessaris was charged with promoting a dangerous drug, ...

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Hilo student among Legacy tobacco activists
Hawaii 24/7 (press release)
A hip-hop dancer from Hawaii, a minister in Louisiana, and a Masters of Public Health student at the University of Missouri are just some of the members of the Legacy 2012-2013 Youth Activism Fellowship (YAF). YAF promotes and invests in youth ...