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IRS official contradicts claims about reviews
Nation Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 12:05amBy STEPHEN OHLEMACHER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Internal Revenue Service officials in Washington scrutinized the very first application from a tea party group seeking tax-exempt...
Nation roundup for June 18
Nation Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 12:05amMilitary plans would put women in most combat jobs
WASHINGTON (AP) — Women may be able to start training as Army Rangers by mid-2015 and as Navy SEALs a year later under plans set to be...
Missing Pahoa girl sought
Local News Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 12:05amPolice are searching for a 15-year-old Pahoa girl who was reported missing. Kaiini Nihoa was last seen at Spencer Beach Park in South Kohala at 11:30 p.m. Saturday.
She’s described as...
Waimanu Valley brush fire probed
Local News Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 12:05amFire officials are investigating the cause of a Sunday brush fire on Waipio Valley Trail in Waimanu Valley.
Twelve units responded to the 8:44 a.m. alarm with the first unit arriving on...
State roundup for June 18
State Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 12:05amTesoro announces $75M sale of Hawaii refinery
HONOLULU (AP) — Tesoro Corp. said Monday it has agreed to sell its refining operations in Hawaii to Par Petroleum Corp. for $75 million plus the...
GMO meeting on Monday
Local News Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 12:05amA bill before the Hawaii County Council to restrict the use of genetically modified crops will be the subject of a meeting next week held by GMO Free Hawaii Island.
The meeting, from 7-9 p.m...
Odds and ends for June 18
Nation Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 12:05amFederal agents search land linked to Hoffa case
OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Federal agents revived the hunt for the remains of Jimmy Hoffa on Monday, bringing excavation equipment to a...
HI Pride Festival seeks vendors for July 6 event
Community Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 12:06amCoordinators of the Hawaii Island Pride Festival are looking for food and craft vendors for the event on Saturday, July 6, at the Mo‘oheau Park Bandstand in downtown Hilo.
A charge of $50...
Bowled over by beauty
Community Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 12:06amPhotos by HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald
Hospice hosting bereavement camp
Community Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 12:06amRegistration has begun for Hospice of Hilo’s Ohana Bereavement Camp, formally called Camp Maluhia, taking place July 20 at United Hawaii College in Hilo.
The overnight camp is an opportunity...
