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Big isle drought persists
Local News Comments Updated: May 22, 2012 12:05amBy Carolyn Lucas-Zenk
Stephens Media
Drought lingered on the Big Island through another dry winter and is returning this summer to more deeply ravaged, already water-stressed places....
New license law topic of meeting
Local News Comments Updated: May 22, 2012 12:05amHawaii County held the first of a series of meetings Monday in Hilo to explain the nuances in the state’s new Legal Presence Law.
Since going into effect March 5, any Hawaii resident...
UHH names vice chancellor
Local News Comments Updated: May 22, 2012 12:05amUniversity of Hawaii at Hilo Chancellor Donald Straney announced Monday that Dr. Marcia Sakai has been named vice chancellor for administrative affairs. Sakai will assume her permanent duties on...
Bioenergy firm signs agreement to sell power
Local News Comments Updated: May 22, 2012 12:05amBy PETER SUR
Tribune-Herald staff writer
Hu Honua Bioenergy took another big step toward the start of operations with the announcement Monday that it has signed a power purchase...
Next stop, college
Local News Comments Updated: May 22, 2012 12:05amBy COLIN M. STEWART
Tribune-Herald Staff Writer
Hawaii high school graduates are increasingly choosing to attend college.
A total of 53 percent of the state’s class of 2011...
Protection sought for manta rays
Local News Comments Updated: May 21, 2012 12:05amBy CHELSEA JENSEN
Stephens Media
West Hawaii’s pristine coastal waters are home to an estimated 200 manta rays threatened more by entanglement in fishing line and gear than hunting...
A trail to isle treasure
Local News Comments Updated: May 21, 2012 7:03amBy PETER SUR
Tribune-Herald staff writer
KAHUKU, Ka‘u — Would you know what to do if a treasure dropped in your lap? What about if this treasure were, say, a tract of land almost as...
Paradise — for a price
Local News Comments Updated: May 20, 2012 12:05amBy CHELSEA JENSEN
Stephens Media
Hapuna Beach State Recreation Area will be the next Hawaii state park to assess fees that officials say will generate revenue to offset the park’s...
Evacuation drill planned for Puna geothermal plant
Local News Comments Updated: May 20, 2012 12:05amBy TOM CALLIS
Tribune-Herald staff writer
Hawaii County is planning its first evacuation drill for a disaster at Puna’s nearly two-decades old geothermal power plant.
Planning...
Medical center cuts infection rate
Local News Comments Updated: May 20, 2012 12:05amBy COLIN M. STEWART
Tribune-Herald Staff Writer
Hilo Medical Center has joined hospitals across the state and the nation in greatly reducing over the last few years some of the...
