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Kohanaiki park closer to reality
Local News Comments Updated: Jun 16, 2013 12:06amBy NANCY COOK LAUER
Stephens Media
The County Council’s planned acceptance Tuesday of the Kohanaiki coastal park is a landmark event for Kohala Councilwoman Karen Eoff.
“I pretty...
Permit sought to repair fish pond
Local News Comments Updated: Jun 16, 2013 12:06amBy CHELSEA JENSEN
Stephens Media
Waikoloa Development Co. is seeking a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit to rebuild the Kuualii fish pond rock wall as well as dredge sand from the...
Guilty verdict in classified Cambodia documents case
State Comments Updated: Jun 16, 2013 12:06amBy AUDREY McAVOY
Associated Press
HONOLULU — A military jury on Friday convicted a Hawaii-based Army officer of unauthorized possession of classified documents and giving a document...
Council eyes raises for staff
Local News Comments Updated: Jun 16, 2013 12:06amBy TOM CALLIS
Tribune-Herald staff writer
Hawaii County Council members will consider giving their staff a 4 percent raise Tuesday.
The pay raise would apply to 31 employees in...
Waimea residents work to stop coqui’s spread
Local News Comments Updated: Jun 16, 2013 12:06amBy CHELSEA JENSEN
Stephens Media
They searched high, they searched low and they searched in nearly every nook and cranny for the quarter-sized coqui frog Tuesday evening in Waimea....
Bear with head stuck in jar is rescued in Pa.
Nation Comments Updated: Jun 16, 2013 12:06amJAMISON CITY, Pa. (AP) — Four central Pennsylvania residents said they used only a rope and a flashlight during a wild chase to rescue a young bear whose head had been stuck in a plastic jar for...
Obituaries for June 16
Obituaries Comments Updated: Jun 16, 2013 12:06amMarsha Leimomi Camara, 69, of Kaunakakai, Molokai, died June 10 at Hilo Medical Center. Born in Honolulu, she worked at Castle Memorial Hospital cafeteria on Oahu and was a housekeeper and nanny,...
Husband pleads guilty in Hawaii-Calif. meth ring
State Comments Updated: Jun 16, 2013 12:06amHONOLULU (AP) — The husband of a former Delta Air Lines employee who admitted using her security credentials to smuggle drug money has also pleaded guilty to his role in a meth trafficking ring...
Firefighters advance containment on Colo. wildfire
Nation Comments Updated: Jun 16, 2013 12:06amBy P. SOLOMON BANDA
Associated Press
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A Colorado sheriff said firefighters “are getting the upper hand” on the most destructive wildfire in state history...
Fire injures man, damages Kaanapali home
State Comments Updated: Jun 16, 2013 12:06amWAILUKU, Maui (AP) — Maui Fire Department officials say a man was seriously injured in a home fire in Kaanapali.
The man’s name and age was not immediately released.
Fire crews...
