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  • Effort To Name Street For Fallen Officer Rejected Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 9:23PMThe proposal to rename a Lexington street in honor of a fallen police officer has been denied. The city's addressing committee turned down the request to rename Hilo Street, "Durman Drive."  Hilo street runs in front of central sector roll call, a place officer Bryan Durman checked in before each shift.  Durman was killed April 29th in a hit and run, while responding to a noise ...
  • Kiholo quake spending aftershocks Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 6:59PMHILO -- It's been almost four years since the Kiholo Bay earthquake wreaked millions of dollars in damages on the Big Island.
  • Deputy shortage at W. Hawaii courts Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 6:58PMOngoing staff shortages in the state Department of Public Safety's deputy sheriff ranks are leaving some West Hawaii courthouses with no armed law enforcement officers.
  • After being denied Fallen, Lexington police officer may soon have street named in his honor Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 6:05PMA committee that denied a change in street name for officer Bryan Durman may soon reconsider the decision at the request of Lexington Mayor Jim Newberry.
  • Street section may be renamed for fallen officer Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 10:57AMAn effort to rename part of a Lexington street in memory of police officer Bryan J. Durman has gotten the mayor's backing.
  • Mayor Supports Renaming Street Durman Drive Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 10:53AMLexington Mayor Jim Newberry said Friday he supports changing the name of Hilo Street to Durman Drive in honor of Lexington Police Officer Bryan J. Durman, who died in the line of duty April 29.  The street is located close to Central Sector Roll Call.  Durman was assigned to Central Sector. “I support renaming the street, and I will work with Council and administrative agencies ...
  • Getting a scoop on the plastic ocean Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 10:16AMInside a UC Irvine lab are bags and bags of plastic bits sorted from samples of beach sand, 15 from Crystal Cove State Park. "You get lots of straws, here is a road reflector, ChapStick," said Nick DaSilva, a sophomore at UC Santa Barbara, from...
  • Opinion: What I learned on my summer vacation Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 8:47AMIt seems that every time I pack a bag of gear I learn something new. Here are this summer's discoveries.
  • Police and Fire Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 6:49AMRobbers attack Internet game center • Man dies after crashing motorcycle
  • Honolulu's White wins girls Junior All-Star tourney at Penn State Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 6:45AMHonolulu's Alexandra White won the girls title at the Junior All-Star at Penn State, which ended yesterday in State College, Pa.
  • For the week of July 30, 2010 Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 12:30AMLillian Frances Walsh, 55, born on Aug. 29, 1954 in Big Spring, Texas to Arnulifo M. and Toribia P. Flores, passed away on July 21, 2010. Lillian was a resident of Beaumont for the past 40 years. She was a preschool teacher for Re-Nu Hope Foundation for 10 years.
  • Nilisukiwa njama kunimaliza kisisasa-Sitta Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 12:11AMWAZIRI wa Maendeleo ya Jamii, Jinsia na Watoto, Bi. Margaret Sitta amevunja ukimya na kuweka wazi kwamba kukamatwa kwake na Taasisi ya Kuzuia na Kupambana na Rushwa (TAKUKURU), ni njama na mpango maalumu uliondaliwa na maadui wake ili kummaliza kisiasa.
  • Nchunga aanza kutekeleza ahadi zake Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 11:57PMMWENYEKITI wa Klabu ya Yanga, Llyod Nchunga ametoa msaada wa mifuko 10 ya saruji kwa tawi la Yanga la Kurasini kwa ajili ya ukarabati wa tawi hilo.
  • 'Simba sitaki nataka kwa Phiri' Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 11:57PMLICHA ya kufikia makubaliano na Kocha Mserbia, Milovan Cirkovic kuinoa timu ya Simba kwa miaka miwili, Uongozi wa klabu hiyo, bado unasuasua kuvunja mkabata na kocha wao aliyetimka Patrick Phiri ambaye wamemtaka aandike barua ya kuacha kazi.
  • Navy plans to add to biennial multinational exercises - RIMPAC Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 2:14PMHILO -- As the biennial Rim of the Pacific exercise wraps up this weekend, the U.S. Navy is already preparing for expanded exercises in the future.
  • DOT seeks $4B for highway modernization in Hawaii Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 2:13PMA top state Department of Transportation official asked residents Wednesday to support the agency's proposed six-year, $4 billion highways modernization plan, aimed to target backlogged road projects.
  • Princess Cruises Details 2011-2012 Hawaii, Tahiti and the South Pacific Cruise Season Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 12:43PMPassengers Can Explore the Islands of Aloha, French Polynesia, Samoa and Other Idyllic Pacific Islands
  • Visitors to Hawaii up for seventh straight month Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 11:08AMHawaii recorded its seventh consecutive increase in visitors in June, welcoming 625,522 last month, a 13.6 percent jump over June 2009, the Hawaii Tourism Authority reported Wednesday.
  • PHI Pharmacy: After 14 years, still a pharmacy you can trust Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 9:07AMFor 14 years, PHI Pharmacy has provided prescription medications, over-the-counter drugs, counseling and health care information to patients here in the CNMI.
  • Hawaii leads by 4 at Girls Junior America's Cup Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 6:44AMHawaii takes a four-shot lead into today's final round of the Girls Junior America's Cup, in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
  • Big Island courthouses may close due to security shortage Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 6:35AMThe Judiciary may shut down three of its part-time satellite courthouses on the Big Island temporarily because of a lack of sheriffs to provide security.
  • Mpambe CCM avunjwa mbavu Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 12:26AMWAKATI vituko vya wagombea ndani ya Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) vikipamba moto, juzi usiku wapambe wa mmoja wa wagombea katika jimbo la Urambo Magharibi, Bw. Ally Maswanya waliambulia kipigo kutoka kwa wananchi baada ya kuvamia kundi la mgombea mwingine wakilituhumu kuhusika na vitendo vya rushwa.
  • 'Ngorongoro Heroes hakuna kulala' Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 12:11AMTIMU ya taifa ya vijana wenye umri chini ya miaka 20 'Ngorongoro Heroes', inaingia kambini leo katika hoteli ya Traveritine, Dar es Salaam kujiandaa na mchezo wa marudiano wa kutafuta tiketi ya kucheza fainali za Afrika dhidi ya Ivory Coast itakayochezwa nchini Libya.
  • Maui's Incarceration Conundrum Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 11:47PMThe state’s prisons and jails are packed to or beyond capacity. Maui Community Correctional Center (MCCC), constructed 30 years ago to house 209, now holds approximately 356 persons. We continue to ship convicted persons to the Mainlan.
  • Trio To Be Inducted - Peterson, Lovelace And Hipwell Will Be Honored For Careers Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 4:48PMTribune-Herald The University of Hawaii at Hilo will induct three individuals into the Vulcan Athletic Hall of Fame in early September. The ceremony will end a five-year hiatus of the program and re-starts it with "three remarkable individuals earning long overdue honors," according to Hall of Fame coordinator Glen Kagamida.
  • Who pulled the plug? Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 3:12PMDespite vowing to "do the right thing," Oceanic Time Warner Cable executives wouldn't commit to compensating customers who lost Internet, telephone and cable television service Tuesday.
  • Vets, poor may have to pay up Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 3:12PMHawaii County is looking to scoop up an additional $270,000 in property taxes by targeting 6,000 disabled veterans and poor property owners who don't currently pay the minimum $100 tax.
  • Big Island is bleeding jobs Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 3:12PMHawaii County is receiving $115 million in federal economic stimulus dollars, but you wouldn't know it by the 1,150 jobs that various industries shed on the Big Island so far this year.
  • Police investigate hit and run Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 3:12PMBig Island police are asking for the public's help in providing information about a hit-and-run accident Tuesday in Hilo.
  • 'Long Overdue Honors' - Peterson, Lovelace, Hipwell Make Vulcan Hall Of Fame Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 2:29PMStephens Media The University of Hawaii at Hilo will induct Sharon Peterson, Mark Lovelace and Melanie Hipwell into its Vulcan Hall of Fame at a noon luncheon Sept. 4 at the UH-Hilo campus center.
  • Investigation continues on Banyan Drive assault Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 12:53PMBig Island police are investigating an assault last month in Hilo. On June 20, shortly before 4 a.m., police received a report of an injured man near a drinking establishment on Banyan Drive.
  • Pocatello chip sealing projects announced Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 11:43AMThe City of Pocatello Street Department will begin chip sealing streets Monday, August 9, 2010 and continue through Tuesday August 17, 2010. Parking is restricted in each area beginning at 6:30 a.m. to allow residents time to move vehicles. Crews will work from 7:00 a.m. each day until 5:00 p.m. or until the work is complete. The schedule is below.
  • Greenwell hopes to overturn 'Sunshine Law' Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 2:58PMHILO -- Hawaii's "Sunshine Law" is hampering the County Council and should be overturned, says North Kona Councilman Kelly Greenwell.
  • ...Kuwasomea hitima marehemu Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 1:43AMUONGOZI wa Klabu ya Yanga, unatarajia kuwasomea hitima viongozi na wanachama wao waliopoteza waliofariki, itakayofanyika Uwanja wa Kaunda, uliopo makao makuu ya klabu hiyo, jijini Dar es Salaam.
  • Bastola iliyoibwa Mikocheni yakamatwa Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 1:43AMJESHI la Polisi Kanda Maalumu ya Dar es Salaam limekamata bastola moja aina ya Browning iliyokuwa imeibiwa Mikocheni 'B' wilaya ya Kinondoni.
  • Bomoabomoa yaja Ubungo Terminal Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 1:42AMBAADHI ya wafanyabiashara walio na vibanda ndani ya Kituo Kikuu cha mabasi yaendayo mikoani cha Ubungo wametakiwa kuhamisha biashara zao kupisha matengezo ya eneo la maegesho ya magari yanayoingia na kutoka kituoni hapo.
  • TAKUKURU yamnasa DC kwa rushwa Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 1:42AMTUHUMA za rushwa CCM hazina mwenyewe! Usemi huu umedhihirika baada ya Mkuu wa Wilaya ya Kasulu, mkoani Kigoma, Bi. Betty Machangu kubambwa kwenye chumba cha hoteli mkoani hapa akidaiwa kugawa fedha, vitenge na asali kwa wapiga kura.
  • Hatuna suluhu na watoa rushwa-Msekwa Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 1:41AMWAKATI vitendo vya rushwa vikiendelea kuwa kama sinena ya aina yake katika mchakato wa kuwatafuta wagombea ubunge ndani ya Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), Uongozi wa juu wa chama hicho imevunja ukimya na kutoa tamko kali dhidi ya watuhumiwa wa vitendo hivyo.
  • Dk Slaa afunika Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 1:41AMMSAFARA wa kumsindikiza mgombea urais wa Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA), Dkt. Willibrod Slaa ulisimamisha shughuli za wananchi wa mikoa ya Arusha na Manyara kwa eneo la takribani kilometa 20.
  • Big Island man connects with biological family after 63 years Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 12:50AMWe often joke that Hawaii is so small, chances are there's someone you're related to and don't even know...
  • Hilo Hawaiian Hotel purchased for $17 million Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 4:43PM(AP:HONOLULU) The Hilo Hawaiian Hotel on the Big Island has been purchased by a group of local investors for $17.3 million. The purchase was announced in a Friday news release by the hotel's general manager, Daryle Kitamori.
  • Gandall, girl power win out Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 3:19PMKEAUKAHA -- Kinney Gandall hit the water at Richardson Ocean Park with a simple plan: get a lead and never look back.
  • Marrack is always on the move Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 3:18PMBorn and raised in Hilo, Keith Marrack has bragging rights for owning an NCAA Division I championship volleyball ring.
  • Investors buy Hilo Hawaiian for $17M Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 3:11PMA consortium of in-state investors has purchased Hilo Hawaiian Hotel for $17.3 million.
  • 12th class inducted into Big Island Sports Hall Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 2:00PMStephens Media After a two-year hiatus, the Big Island Sports Hall of Fame will induct its 12th class of sports legends Aug. 22 at a formal photo unveiling at the Prince Kuhio Plaza, followed by a luncheon at Nani Mau Gardens.
  • Hilo teams eliminated at regionals Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 1:49PMDefending World Series champion Hilo dropped two games on Saturday and was eliminated from the West Regional of the 2010 RBI Girls Softball Championships.
  • Hilo teams eliminated at regionals Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 1:48PMThey couldn't squeeze into their respective championship games, but the Nobu Yamauchi senior and junior RBI teams ended their stays in California on a positive note.
  • Party crashers Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 1:48PMOn a sun-blissed day that eventually turned into kite-flying weather, everyone who came to the party had a good time, especially the guests from West Hawaii: Kai Opua, Keoua and Tui Tonga.
  • Sports Report Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 1:48PMPiopio Bears basketball registration The Piopio Bears Athletic Association will hold basketball registration for boys and girls ages 9 to 12 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 28, and Aug. 4 at Waiakea Uka Gym.
  • Mother still awaiting justice Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 1:42PMIt's been two and a half years since Dawn K. Gambsky's life ended and she was buried in a shallow grave in her own backyard.