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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...

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<p>HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald</p><p>A 21-gun salute is given in honor of Hawaii County’s fallen police officers during the Hawaii Police Department Police Week Ceremony at the Hilo police station Monday morning.</p>

Honoring the men in blue

Updated: May 14, 2013 10:35am

Photos by HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald

Opponents file last-minute notice against TMT

Updated: May 14, 2013 12:05am

By COLIN M. STEWART

Tribune-Herald staff writer

Opponents of the proposed Thirty Meter Telescope to be built atop Mauna Kea filed a last-minute notice of appeal Monday afternoon with...

Bill would help local pharmacies

Updated: May 14, 2013 12:05am

By ANITA HOFSCHNEIDER

Associated Press

HONOLULU — A bill sitting on Gov. Neil Abercrombie’s desk could increase competition for Hawaii pharmacies and make it easier for some residents...

Former highways chief sues county

Updated: May 14, 2013 12:05am

By JOHN BURNETT

Tribune-Herald staff writer

The former chief of the county’s Highways Division chief is suing the county and Public Works Director Warren Lee, alleging defamation of...

Police ID pedestrian killed

Updated: May 14, 2013 12:05am

Police have identified a pedestrian killed Friday night when struck by a water truck near the 20-mile marker of Volcano Highway (Highway 11) in Glenwood as 45-year-old Robert S. Silva of Mountain...

Housing complex handed over to private school

Updated: May 14, 2013 12:05am

By ERIN MILLER

Stephens Media

Hawaii County previously turned down an opportunity to take over a Kailua-Kona affordable housing complex that is now likely to be transferred from a...

<p>Hawaii Forest & Trail</p><p>Hawaii Forest & Trail president and co-founder Rob Pacheco, left, explains some of Hawaii Island’s geology during a guided Kohala Waterfalls Hike.</p>

Award-winning outdoor company expands

Updated: May 13, 2013 12:05am

By CHELSEA JENSEN

Stephens Media

Rob and Cindy Pacheco founded Hawaii Forest & Trail back in May 1993 with a vision to share Hawaii’s natural history while educating about the...

Coming soon to Palace Theater: New leaders

Updated: May 13, 2013 12:05am

By HUNTER BISHOP

Tribune-Herald staff writer

The end of an era is fast approaching for Hilo’s historic Palace Theater.

By the close of May, a new executive director is expected...

Two convicted of trafficking

Updated: May 13, 2013 10:55am

A Keaau man and a Maui man were convicted Friday in federal court in a meth trafficking case.

A jury found 45-year-old Reynaldo Agudo of Keaau and 58-year-old Jeffrey Javier of Kahului, Maui...

Citizens sought by isle police

Updated: May 13, 2013 10:55am

As of Friday, the following individuals are wanted by the Hawaii Police Department because of outstanding warrants:

Raiani S. Nena, Unknown, Hilo

Angelina M. Nero, 23, Canby, Ore.

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