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Hawaii Ecotourism Association honors its best
Local News Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 12:05amThree 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
Local News Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 8:42pmBy 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
Local News Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 12:07amBy 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.
Founder and leader of...
Big Island Democrats name Tarnas to lead party
Local News Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 12:07amBy 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
Local News Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 12:07amBy 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
Local News Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 12:06amBy 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...
‘We’re Dragons; we breathe fire, not air’
Local News Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 12:06amEditor’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
Local News Comments Updated: May 18, 2013 12:06amBy 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
Local News Comments Updated: May 18, 2013 12:06amHonoring 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
Local News Comments Updated: May 18, 2013 12:06amBy 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”...
