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State orders cattle quarantine

Updated: May 23, 2013 12:05am

By ERIN MILLER

Stephens Media

Two years after tests first indicated the presence of a sexually transmitted disease in a handful of Hawaii Island cattle, state officials imposed a...

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Hawaii Ecotourism Association honors its best

Updated: May 20, 2013 12:05am

Three Hawaii tour guides and businesses and a Maui writer were recognized at the Hawaii Ecotourism Association’s annual awards luncheon for their commitment to sustainable travel practices and...

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...

Musician, bandleader Ollie Mitchell dies

Updated: May 19, 2013 12:07am

By JOHN BURNETT

Tribune-Herald staff writer

Ollie Mitchell, trumpeter, bandleader and a legendary studio musician, died May 11 at his Puako home. He was 86.

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<p>Gov. Neil Abercrombie, right, offers some pointers to incoming Hawaii County Democratic Party Chairman David Tarnas and his wife, Carolyn Stewart, at the party’s annual convention Saturday in Volcano.</p><p>NANCY COOK LAUER/Stephens Media </p>

Big Island Democrats name Tarnas to lead party

Updated: May 19, 2013 12:07am

By NANCY COOK LAUER

Stephens Media

VOLCANO — Former state Rep. David Tarnas on Saturday took the helm of the Hawaii County Democratic Party, replacing Steve Pavao, who is stepping down...

Hong: Yagong, Kawauchi claim too much attorney-client privilege

Updated: May 19, 2013 12:07am

By ERIN MILLER

Stephens Media

The attorney representing two county elections workers suing former county officials for defamation is asking a 3rd Circuit Court judge to require the...

Aloha spreads across cultures

Updated: May 19, 2013 12:06am

By JULIA O’MALLEY

Anchorage Daily News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — This time of year across the country, gyms and auditoriums fill with robed students, “Class of 2013” balloons and the strains...

<p>HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald</p><p>The Class of 2013 reacts to a speech by principal Glenn Gray during the Honokaa High School commencement ceremony Saturday morning in the Honokaa High School Gymnasium.</p>

‘We’re Dragons; we breathe fire, not air’

Updated: May 19, 2013 12:06am

Editor’s note: Each year, the Hawaii Tribune-Herald highlights the graduation ceremony at one Big Island school. This year, the newspaper chose Honokaa High & Intermediate School.

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Police commission defers decision on eviction complaint

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...

Pacific Island cultures honored

Updated: May 18, 2013 12:06am

Honoring Pacific island cultures

Puukohala National Historic Site holds annual festival

By CHELSEA JENSEN

Stephens Media

Cultural demonstrations, hands-on crafts, games,...

Miss Kona Coffee inspires Kahakai Elementary students

Updated: May 18, 2013 12:06am

By TAD SOMMERS

Stephens Media

Kealakehe High School senior Guinevere Davenport knows a thing or two about bullying. The self-professed “nerd in the class that’s always been bullied”...