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Farmers Market plots future

Updated: May 19, 2013 8:42pm

By HUNTER BISHOP

Tribune-Herald Staff Writer

Ambitious plans to build a three-story commercial building on the site of the Hilo Farmers Market were shelved when the Great Recession put...

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<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

Updated: May 17, 2013 12:07am

By CAROLYN LUCAS-ZENK

Stephens Media

Aunty Elizabeth Maluihi Lee has spent a lifetime weaving lauhala and sharing this vibrant art with anyone interested. Day after day, as she has for...

Dance and art go hand in hand at Waimea event

Updated: May 17, 2013 12:06am

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....

Army areas opening for bow hunting

Updated: May 17, 2013 12:07am

The Army is opening several training areas in Pohakuloa Training Area for bow hunting on Saturday and Sunday from 5 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Training Areas 1-4 and 9-15 will be open for archery...

Elections Division faces audit

Updated: May 16, 2013 12:06am

By NANCY COOK LAUER

Stephens Media

What 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...

<p>JOHN BURNETT/Tribune-Herald</p><p>Robert Diego sits at the defense table during his attempted murder trial Wednesday in Hilo Circuit Court.</p>

Hammer attack victim testifies

Updated: May 16, 2013 12:06am

By JOHN BURNETT

Tribune-Herald staff writer

A coin dealer who survived a brutal hammer attack almost two years ago said he’d have gone “on top of Mauna Kea” to buy the rare Hawaiian...

<p>HUNTER BISHOP/Tribune-Herald</p><p>Dario Schwoerer, second from left, and his wife, Sabine, are traveling around the world with their children, Salina, 7, Andri, 6, Noe, 3, and Alegra, 1.</p>

Adventurous family to take on Mauna Kea

Updated: May 16, 2013 12:06am

By HUNTER BISHOP

Tribune-Herald staff writer

A record-shattering family of world-class adventurers has stopped in Hilo to make their way up to summit of Mauna Kea on Saturday.

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Waimea school plans expansion

Updated: May 16, 2013 12:06am

By ERIN MILLER

Stephens Media

Waimea Middle School now has about half the funding it needs to build a nine-classroom science and technology building.

School officials have been...

HPA students take part in mock Mars mission

Updated: May 16, 2013 12:06am

By CAROLYN LUCAS-ZENK

Stephens Media

In an exciting role of reversal, researchers working on a NASA-funded mission are getting pointers from top Hawaii Preparatory Academy science...

UHH team wins Microsoft’s 2013 U.S. Imagine Cup Finals

Updated: May 16, 2013 12:06am

Students at the University of Hawaii at Hilo on Monday won the National Team Award at Microsoft’s 2013 U.S. Imagine Cup Finals Demo Day in Silicon Valley. The top 10 U.S. teams pitched their ideas...

Merrie Monarch festival to be rebroadcast

Updated: May 16, 2013 12:06am

Due to a high demand, Luana Kawelu, president of the Merrie Monarch Festival, and KFVE will present two-night special broadcast featuring the festival’s Ho‘ike performances. The programs will air...