Gary Varvel cartoon
(Media release) — Hawaii County Council Members, having run roughshod over the Sunshine Law in the last year, earned the Big Island PressClub’s 13th annual Lava Tube award in recognition of the year’s most notable offenses against the public’s “right to know.”
The County Council disregarded [...]
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Stephanie Salazar in her electric car
After spending the last seven years as KHBC radio news director, Stephanie Salazar bid aloha to radio audiences today. She was heard mornings on Visionary’s KTBH-FM (The Beach) as well as on KIPA 1060AM. She was also the voice heard in the background on [...]
Image courtesy of Mardi Gras Outlet
(Media release) — Green-and-White Day will be celebrated in Pāhoa on Saturday, March 20, with a parade to honor the Pāhoa High School boys basketball team, winners of the state Division II championship on March 6 in Honolulu.
The Hawai‘i County Band [...]
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(Media release) — Homebuilders can expect a little relief with their building permit applications under a new procedure that took effect March 1, 2010. The building division of the County Department of Public Works no longer requires pre-engineered wooden roof truss drawings or roof [...]
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(Media release) — The County of Hawai‘i will be continuing its Coqui Frog Community Loan Sprayer program after previously announcing it would end with a public auction of the County’s coqui frog spraying equipment.
The loan sprayer program had been slated to end [...]
In January, we posted the cert petition in Sharp v. United States, No. 09-820 (cert. petition filed Jan. 7, 2010) (Supreme Court docket entry here). In that case, the property owners are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review the Ninth Circuit's decision in United States v. Milner, [...]
State v. Stenger (HSC March 4, 2010)
Background. Stenger applied for financial aid, medical coverage, and food stamps with the Dept. of Human Services. Stenger reported her income and financial situation to DHS and was told that she must report changes in her finances and her living situation within ten [...]
The movie “Avatar” fits the pattern of the “White Messiah” syndrome. Both of those are clearly relevant to an understanding of the politics of the Hawaiian independence movement and also the Akaka bill. A webpage contains an analysis of those conceptual interconnections plus five published articles moving from a general [...]
LOOK WHO'S WEARING AN UNKAU INOA SHIRT! WILL YOU BE NEXT?
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Those eagerly awaiting the opportunity to hear Julio Iglesias perform Tuesday March 16th at the Castle Theater at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center will have to wait a bit longer. Due to “unforeseen travel complications” Julio Iglesias expresses his “sincerest apologizes for [...]
Starting another week after a weekend with the visiting peacock and his harem, along with yesterday’s visiting seal.
USA Today reported last week that Hawaii isn’t the only state to propose delaying tax refunds in order to yield temporary budget savings. California delayed refunds last year, New York may [...]
The Friends of the Libraries, Kona sponsor a double dose of Irish music & history with The Kona Celtic Connection, a talented quartet who will share their love of Irish music at the Kealakekua Public LibraryKailua-Kona Public Library at 5:30PM to 6:30PM on Tuesday March [...]
