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Hilo, Hawaii is located in Hawaii County. Zip codes in Hilo, HI include 96720, and 96721. The median home price in Hilo is $268,500 which is roughly $185/per square foot. More Hilo information.

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1 min ago | West Hawaii Today

Council accepts park at Kohanaiki

A parade of county dignitaries and former leaders came to the West Hawaii Civic Center on Tuesday to witness the final chapter of a 35-year saga.

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7 hrs ago | Hawai`i State Judiciary

Group photograph of Hilo Self-Help Center Volunteers

Thirty-nine attorneys who volunteer at the Third Circuit's Self-Help Center in the Hilo courthouse were recognized for their service at a Hawaii County Bar Association luncheon held June 14 at the Hilo Yacht Club.

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12 hrs ago | Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Bus fare, vehicle fee increases advance

The votes came in the face of opposition from about a dozen people, several who said raising money from the poor is especially distasteful at the same meeting where the council was to vote on 4 percent raises for council staff.

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16 hrs ago | Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Shark bites Kona snorkeler

As the man attempted to swim back to shore, the shark bit him on his right thigh and calf causing non-life-threatening injuries.

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20 hrs ago | West Hawaii Today

Decision could lead to lost jobs in Pepeekeo

Dozens of construction workers could lose their jobs on a bioenergy plant project in Pepeekeo following a decision in a labor dispute.

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Tue Jun 18, 2013

KPUA-AM Hilo

Police seek info in Friday traffic fatality

Police believe speed and alcohol were factors in Friday evenings fatal accident in Keaukaha.

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KPUA-AM Hilo

UH Hilo Imagine Cup team meets with first responders

Members of the University of Hawai`i at Hilos Team Poliahu gave first responders a demonstration of their application that won them the 2013 U.S. Microsoft Imagine Cup Championship Monday at County Civil Defense headquarters.

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Mon Jun 17, 2013

KPUA-AM Hilo

Hilo woman charged in crime spree

A 24-year old Hilo woman has been charged with eight property crimes, including three counts of burglary following last Wednesdays arrest on an outstanding bench warrant.

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Business Journal

New retail, office center being developed in Hilo

Hilo dentist Craig Fujioka is developing a $1.2 million, two-story retail center and office building at the corner of East Kawili and Hinano streets that is due to be completed by this fall.

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Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Man identified in fatal crash

Police have identified a 23-year-old man who was killed late Friday night when his car crossed the center line on Kalanianaole Avenue in Keaukaha and struck a utility pole and a rock wall as 23-year-old Joseph Nieves Jr. of Hilo.

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Sun Jun 16, 2013

The Honolulu Advertiser

Fire destroys home in Hilo

Hawaii County firefighters, responding to the 8:45 p.m. alarm, found the sing-story wooden home fully engulfed in flames, with the fire spreading to nearby trees and brush.

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The Honolulu Advertiser

Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Devan Makua Andaya May 4, 2013 Devan Makua Andaya, 26, of Waianae, a Hale Naau Pono employee, died in Honolulu.

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Sat Jun 15, 2013

West Hawaii Today

HOPE Services expanding reach with halfway house, CEO Menino says

HOPE Services Hawaii will expand its services to the Big Island with the addition of a clean and sober house for Department of Public Safety felony inmates making the transition back into the community.

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Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Late astronomy prof is honored

In memory of the late Richard Crowe, professor of astronomy and physics at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, the Rotary Club of Hilo Bay held a breakfast tribute in late May at the Hilo Yacht Club.

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Fri Jun 14, 2013

Hawaii Tribune-Herald

FSM Consulate reps to visit Hilo Saturday

A delegation from the Federated States of Micronesia Consulate General of Hawaii Office in Honolulu will visit Hilo Saturday to meet with FSM citizens at 4 p.m. in University of Hawaii at Hilo UCB-127.

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Hawaii Tribune-Herald

EHCC to host first Hilo Open Studios Tour

The East Hawaii Cultural Council will sponsor the first-ever Hilo Open Studios Tour in November, and planning is under way.

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West Hawaii Today

Hilo woman facing burglary, theft charges

Big Island police have charged a 24-year-old Hilo woman with eight property crimes stemming from reported burglaries during the first week of May. Through further investigation, police said officers determined that she was also responsible for or involved in break-ins of three homes in Panaewa Farm Lots, Upper Waiakea and Laupahoehoe, according to ... (more)

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Shutterbug

Multi Exposure

Our Picture This! assignment was multiple exposures, combining two or more images either in camera or later in software.

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Hawaii Tribune-Herald

County contract raises eyebrows

The project, new air-conditioning systems for Department of Environmental Management and Information Technology offices at the Puainako shopping center in Hilo, went to the sole bidder, Hawaii Sheetmetal & Mechanical Inc., whose owner, Brian Ninomoto, contributed $500 to Mayor Billy Kenoi's campaign.

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Thu Jun 13, 2013

West Hawaii Today

Police seeking man indicted in Kolekole Beach Park robbery

Tyler Taylor is wanted in connection with a grand jury indictment related to a Feb. 6 robbery at Kolekole Beach Park, according to the Hawaii Police Department.

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