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BRAD BALLESTEROS/Tribune-Herald After pitching Kamehameha to the BIIF Division II title, freshman Mykala Tokunaga was named the league’s Player of the Year.

Young and in charge

By KEVIN JAKAHITribune-Herald sports writerMykala Tokunaga was a pitching-and-hitting dual threat for Kamehameha, which handed the ball to the freshman right-hander to win big games, and stuck her in the cleanup spot...

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Pacific Island cultures honored

Honoring Pacific island culturesPuukohala National Historic Site holds annual festivalBy CHELSEA JENSENStephens MediaCultural demonstrations, hands-on crafts, games, music and an array of displays drew scores of Big...

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Ham radio Field Day

Picture this: A hurricane smashes into Hawaii, knocking out the usual forms of communication. Satellite coverage is disrupted, cell towers are down and the old familiar telephone poles have toppled like dominoes...

<p>Courtesy photo</p><p>Hospice of Hilo volunteers are honored at the annual Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon.</p>

Hospice of Hilo thanks volunteers

During National Volunteer Week, April 21-27, Hospice of Hilo honored its core of dedicated volunteers who provide support, companionship and dignity to members of the community facing serious and life-limiting illness...

<p>The Hilo PONY League baseball champions in the Bronco Division (ages 11-12) finished their season with a 14-0 record. On the team are, left to right, first row: Bryce Furuli, Jaime Ebersole, Maui Ahuna, Stone Miyao, Casey Yamauchi, Logan Respicio, Jacob Egawa; second row: Bula Ahuna, Micah Bello, Eric Riviera, Rekky Prudencio, Dustin Asuncion, head coach Lenn Miyao; third row: coach Mason Bello, coach Bully Ahuna, coach Duke Waiki.</p>

Broncos make unbeaten ride to title

The Hilo PONY League baseball champions in the Bronco Division (ages 11-12) finisher their season with a 14-0 record.On the team are, left to right, first row: Bryce Furuli, Jaime Ebersole, Maui Ahuna, Stone Miyao,...

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Dance and art go hand in hand at Waimea event

Dance and art have always gone hand in hand, but this weekend at the Gates Theatre on the upper campus of Hawaii Preparatory Academy, Prince Dance Institute will take the concept a step further. Prince Dance Institute...

<p>Stephens Media</p><p>Aunty Elizabeth Maluihi Lee, founder and president of Ka Ulu Lauhala o Kona, works with Cal Haena of Kona on a hat (papale) during the lauhala conference on Wednesday at the King Kamehameha Kona Beach Hotel.</p>

Lauhala weavers unite on Big Island

By CAROLYN LUCAS-ZENKStephens MediaAunty Elizabeth Maluihi Lee has spent a lifetime weaving lauhala and sharing this vibrant art with anyone interested. Day after day, as she has for most of her 84 years, Lee expertly...

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Lots of kokua for Life Care Center of Hilo

Life Care Center of Hilo extends a warm “mahalo” to the Ohana Lehua Bonsai Club. This group comes every year on the Saturday before Mother’s Day. They take the time to bring beautiful bonsai plants and put together a...

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Building dreams

Courtesy photoThe Hilo High School Blue & Gold Club — an athletic honor society — paired up with Habitat for Humanity to paint a home in Hawaiian Beaches on Sunday, April 28. Here, the volunteers pose for a photo on...

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Elections Division faces audit

By NANCY COOK LAUERStephens MediaWhat started as an attempt by Hilo Councilman Dennis Onishi to find out how much overtime was paid during the 2012 election has blossomed into an audit by an outside firm comparing...

Local News

Police commission defers decision on eviction complaint

Local News Comments Updated: May 18, 2013 12:06am

By CHELSEA JENSEN

Stephens Media

The Hawaii County Police Commission on Friday delayed again a decision on a woman’s complaint that officers physically and mentally injured her when she was arrested during the Oct. 25 eviction of Abel Lui and others from Kawa Bay in Ka‘u.

The...

Pacific Island cultures honored

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Miss Kona Coffee inspires Kahakai Elementary students

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Feds concerned about risky activity at Kilauea

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$10.7 million verdict against Naniloa hotel owner

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Local Sports

BRAD BALLESTEROS/Tribune-Herald After pitching Kamehameha to the BIIF Division II title, freshman Mykala Tokunaga was named the league’s Player of the Year.

Young and in charge

Local Sports Comments Updated: May 18, 2013 12:44pm

By KEVIN JAKAHI

Tribune-Herald sports writer

Mykala Tokunaga was a pitching-and-hitting dual threat for Kamehameha, which handed the ball to the freshman right-hander to win big games, and stuck her in the cleanup spot in the batting order to power the offense.

Despite a burden...

Tuition drop could help enrich UHH

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Hawaii shuts out Minnesota in regional opener

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Big Island briefs

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Senior’s complete game lifts Hawaii

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Community

Ham radio Field Day

Community Comments Updated: May 18, 2013 12:06am

Picture this: A hurricane smashes into Hawaii, knocking out the usual forms of communication. Satellite coverage is disrupted, cell towers are down and the old familiar telephone poles have toppled like dominoes throughout the state. Emergency responders are overwhelmed, neighborhoods are...

Hulihe‘e event to celebrate Hawaiian king

Community Comments Updated: May 18, 2013 12:06am

Hospice of Hilo thanks volunteers

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Cuba film at North Kohala Library May 20

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KDEN to hold auditions for Disney’s ‘Beauty’

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State

Hawaii schools scale back extended learning time

State Comments Updated: May 18, 2013 12:06am

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER

Associated Press

HONOLULU — Hawaii’s Department of Education is scaling back a move to provide extra learning time for struggling schools.

Last year’s approval of extended learning time for low-performing schools on Oahu’s Waianae coast and in the Kau...

States to get initial money from Japanese gift

State Comments Updated: May 18, 2013 12:06am

State roundup for May 18

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Endangered hawks shot on Big Island

State Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 12:06am

Missile defense system tested over Pacific Ocean

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Features

Angelina Jolie says she had double mastectomy

Features Comments Updated: May 15, 2013 12:06am

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer.

The Oscar-winning actress and partner to Brad Pitt made the announcement in the form of an...

I meant what I said and said what I meant …

Features Comments Updated: May 15, 2013 12:06am

The difference between cilantro, coriander

Features Comments Updated: May 15, 2013 12:06am

Women have more options for breast cancer surgery

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Angelina Jolie’s double mastectomy: Q&A

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Entertainment / People

Mayall, Simmonds bring ‘The British Blues Explosion’ to Big Island

Entertainment/People Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 12:06am

By JOHN BURNETT

Tribune-Herald staff writer

Two living legends of British blues, John Mayall and Kim Simmonds, will take the stage Saturday night at the Honokaa People’s Theater as part of a four-night, four-island tour billed as “The British Blues Explosion.”

The 79-year-old...

Scranton shared close bond with NBC hit show

Entertainment/People Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 12:06am

Fashionistas bring flair to prince’s polo game

Entertainment/People Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 12:07am

Fans will be beaming

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‘Glee’s’ Jane Lynch & dog help animals at shelters

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Commentary

Ways to appreciate teachers

Their Views Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 12:07am

“The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.”

— Mark Van Doren, poet, professor

Teaching often winds up in that large container of things loosely identified by society as “thankless jobs.”

Oddly enough, it’s a designation often applied to tasks that constitute the...

Your Views for May 17

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Cartoon for May 17

Their Views Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 12:06am

President is asleep at the wheel

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Who is really helping whom?

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Nation

Treasury officials told of IRS probe in June 2012

Nation Comments Updated: May 18, 2013 12:06am

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Senior Treasury officials were made aware in June 2012 that investigators were looking into complaints from tea party groups that they were being harassed by the Internal Revenue Service, a Treasury inspector general said Friday,...

Congress gets mixed advice on regulating drones

Nation Comments Updated: May 18, 2013 12:06am

Benghazi probe co-chair subpoenaed by House panel

Nation Comments Updated: May 18, 2013 12:06am

Nation roundup for May 19

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Odds and ends for May 19

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Pro / College Sports

Bradley takes 3-shot lead at Nelson

Pro/College Comments Updated: May 18, 2013 12:06am

Associated Press

IRVING, Texas — Keegan Bradley again bogeyed Nos. 1 and 18 in the second round of the Byron Nelson Championship.

Unlike the first round, Bradley didn’t set a course record. But he still finished with a three-stroke lead.

Bradley started and ended his round...

Rockies end 10-game skid vs. Giants

Pro/College Comments Updated: May 18, 2013 12:06am

Former U.S. Open champion, broadcaster Venturi dies at 82

Pro/College Comments Updated: May 18, 2013 12:06am

Former U.S. Open champion, broadcaster Venturi dies at 82

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Seahawks DE Bruce Irvin suspended 4 games

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World

U.S. slams Russian anti-ship missiles going to Syria

World Comments Updated: May 18, 2013 12:06am

By BRADLEY KLAPPER

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration denounced Russia on Friday for providing Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime with anti-ship missiles, saying the weapons would only worsen a war that Washington and Moscow have been promising to work...

Woman describes Berlusconi’s ‘bunga bunga’ parties

World Comments Updated: May 18, 2013 12:06am

Canada abuzz over purported crack video of mayor

World Comments Updated: May 18, 2013 12:06am

Cambodian factory collapse kills two

World Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 12:06am

Syrian gov’t troops retake prison from rebel fighters

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Tribune-Herald News Flash

UH-Hilo team wins national award

Tribune-Herald News Flash Comments Updated: May 15, 2013 2:31pm

Pedestrian killed in Volcano

Tribune-Herald News Flash Comments Updated: May 11, 2013 11:44am

No tsunami threat from quake

Tribune-Herald News Flash Comments Updated: May 11, 2013 11:43am

Police ID hiker who died

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Obituaries

Obituaries for May 17

Obituaries Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 12:07am

Mitsuko Yamane Takemoto, 97, of Kailua Kona, died May 14 at home. Born in Paia, Maui, she was a retired private housekeeper and chef, and member of Jo Do Mission of Hawaii. Private services on Oahu. No koden. No flowers. Survived by daughter, Miyoko Takahashi of Kailua Kona; son, Yoshio Takemoto...

Obituaries for May 16

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Obituaries for May 15

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Obituaries for May 14

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Obituaries for May 13

Obituaries Comments Updated: May 13, 2013 10:55am
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