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Elections Division faces audit
Local News Comments Updated: May 16, 2013 12:06amBy 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...
Hammer attack victim testifies
Local News Comments Updated: May 16, 2013 12:06amBy 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...
Adventurous family to take on Mauna Kea
Local News Comments Updated: May 16, 2013 12:06amBy 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
Local News Comments Updated: May 16, 2013 12:06amBy 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
Local News Comments Updated: May 16, 2013 12:06amBy 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
Local News Comments Updated: May 16, 2013 12:06amStudents 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
Local News Comments Updated: May 16, 2013 12:06amDue 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...
Kona road closure announced
Local News Comments Updated: May 16, 2013 12:06amA traffic signal to replace a four-way stop will be installed at the Ane Keohokalole Highway and Kealakehe Parkway intersection in Kona.
Construction starts May 20 and is scheduled for...
Search continues for missing swimmer
Local News Comments Updated: May 16, 2013 12:06amRescuers continued their search Wednesday for a Honokaa man who went missing while swimming in Waipio Valley earlier this week.
Kevin Devlin, also known as Shawn Devlin, was last seen Monday...
GMO critics fight for ban
Local News Comments Updated: May 15, 2013 12:05amBy TOM CALLIS
Tribune-Herald staff writer
Genetic engineering opponents turned out in force Tuesday before the Hawaii County Council to support a bill that could determine the future...
