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Friday, January 27, 2012

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The floor of the boys showers at Hilo High SchoolÕs gym is moldy and rusty. -- HOLLYN JOHNSON / Tribune-Herald

New Hilo High gym stalls

Jan 27, 2012 1:20am

By PETER SUR

Tribune-Herald staff writer

Some day, a new gym on the Hilo High School campus will give students, athletes and their fans the chance to enjoy games at home.

A clean, sturdy, well-lit, modern facility remains the goal, but it's a goal that keeps receding...

Community

Religion briefs -- luncheon, writers, evangelist

Jan 27, 2012 1:20am

Women's luncheon at Anna's Ranch

Women on the Big Island are invited to a luncheon at historic Anna's Ranch in Waimea from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15. Guest speaker Trina Pockett of California will speak about "Hope in the Hard Times."

The event will be sponsored by...

Local Sports

2009 Waiakea graduate Brady Smith is a junior libero on the New Jersey Institute of Technology volleyball team. -- LARRY LEVANTI/NJIT

They call him Capt. Smith

Jan 27, 2012 1:10am

By KEVIN JAKAHI

Tribune-Herald sports writer

As captain on the New Jersey Institute of Technology men's volleyball team, Brady Smith steers straight, putting in good work as a libero and consummate student-athlete.

The 2009 Waiakea graduate started as a freshman for...

Pro / College Sports

Dahlberg -- Wise man once said, 'Pick Pats'

Jan 27, 2012 1:20am

LAS VEGAS — Ask Lem Banker about the New York Giants and he tells the story of how he won a bet against them in the 1958 NFL championship game, when Alan Ameche bowled into the end zone from a yard out in overtime to win it for the Baltimore Colts.

The game, at Yankee Stadium, was a...

Jan. 27 TV/radio

Jan 27, 2012 1:20am

Commentary

Quotes for Jan. 27

Jan 27, 2012 1:20am

"Perhaps his truest moment, his living testimony to all that he stood for, came in the last months of his life. Faced with obstacles and challenges that would have left a lesser man bitter, he showed his truest spirit and his truest self."

— Jay Paterno, son of the late Joe Paterno,...

State

In this 2010 file photo, workers remove marine debris from the neck of an endangered Hawaiian monk seal at Kure Atoll in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. -- Associated Press

Seals rebounding, feds say

Jan 27, 2012 1:20am

By AUDREY McAVOY

Associated Press

HONOLULU — Federal data show cutting Hawaiian monk seals free from fishing nets, moving vulnerable pups away from preying sharks and other efforts to rescue the animals are significantly helping the endangered species.

One-fifth of the...

Nation

A beached pilot whale is seen  in this January 2005 file photo taken near Oregon Inlet on North Carolina's Outer Banks. Environmental groups sued the National Marine Fisheries Service on Thursday, saying it was wrong to approve the NavyÕs plan for expanded use of sonar in training exercises off the Pacific Coast because of the negative impacts on whales. -- Associated Press

Groups sue over Navy sonar use

Jan 27, 2012 1:20am

By GENE JOHNSON

Associated Press

SEATTLE — Conservationists and Native American tribes are suing over the Navy's expanded use of sonar in training exercises off the Washington, Oregon and California coasts, saying the noise can harass and kill whales and other marine life....

Romney, Gingrich clash

Jan 27, 2012 1:20am
Obituaries

Obits for Jan. 27

Jan 27, 2012 1:20am

Samantha O. Brossard Channels, 36, of Hilo died Jan. 15 at Hilo Medical Center. Born in Blythe, Calif., she was a homemaker, founder of gotsunblock.com, an advocacy website for skin cancer prevention and awareness, and a member of the Melanoma Research Foundation. Memorial services will be...

Obits for Jan. 26

Jan 26, 2012 1:20am

In Memoriam

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