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Kailua Kona, Hawaii is located in Hawaii County. Zip codes in Kailua Kona, HI include 96745, and 96740. The median home price in Kailua Kona is $450,000 which is roughly $264/per square foot.

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Local news for Kailua Kona, HI continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

3 hrs ago | West Hawaii Today

Man in stable condition following shark attack

Beachgoers leave Kekaha Kai State Park Tuesday afternoon following a reported shark attack.

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5 hrs ago | KRMG-AM Tulsa

West Hawaii men charged with sex crimes

West Hawaii Today reports a grand jury last week indicted Alfred Kamaka III of Kailua-Kona on 10 felony sexual assault counts and one count of misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a minor.

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Tue Jun 18, 2013

Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Kona man bitten by shark

A 29-year-old Kailua-Kona man was swimming about 100 feet off shore shortly before 1 p.m. when he spotted a shark in waters off Kekaha Kai State Park, also known as Kona Coast State Park.

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Mon Jun 17, 2013

The Honolulu Advertiser

Hawaii students picked to study Arabic overseas

Preston Davis, who just graduated from Campbell High School in Ewa Beach, and Cody Benbow, a 2013 graduate of Kealakehe High School in Kailua-Kona, were selected for yearlong National Security Language Initiative for Youth scholarships in the Arabic language.

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Sat Jun 15, 2013

The Honolulu Advertiser

Bang stick and blade seized at isle airports

The .44-caliber bang stick was found in the carry-on bag of a passenger at Kona Airport.

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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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Fri Jun 14, 2013

Business Journal

Hawaii man pleads guilty to Alaska Airlines hijack hoax

A Hawaii man has pleaded guilty in federal court in Honolulu to calling the FBI and saying there was a hijacker aboard an Alaska Airlines flight from Kailua-Kona to Seattle.

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Wed Jun 12, 2013

Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Kona officer of month honored

The Kona Crime Prevention Committee recognized Officer Dwayne Sluss as "Officer of the Month" for June in a luncheon ceremony Wednesday, June 5 at Huggo's restaurant in Kailua-Kona.

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Mon Jun 10, 2013

Business Journal

Mokulele Airlines expanding Hawaii interisland fleet

Mokulele Airlines is preparing to expand its interisland service this summer with the expected arrivals of two new Cessna Grand Caravan turboprop aircraft.

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West Hawaii Today

Stephen Troute

Stephen W. Troute, 67, of Kailua-Kona died June 2, 2013, at the Queen's Medical Center.

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Sat Jun 08, 2013

Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Citizens Arrested and Charged

Citizens Arrested and Charged

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Thu Jun 06, 2013

Business Journal

Hawaii-based Cellana will sell algae oil to Finland's Neste Oil

Cellana, a Hawaii-based developer of algae-based feedstocks for biofuels, animal feed and omega-3 nutritional oils has entered into an agreement into a multi-year off-take agreement with Neste Oil for commercial-scale amounts of Cellana's "ReNew Fuel" algae oil feedstocks for biofuel projects, the companies said Thursday.

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West Hawaii Today

Man killed in Kailua-Kona crash

A man is dead and a woman injured after a sedan collided with a utility truck performing maintenance work Wednesday evening on Queen Kaahumanu Highway in Kailua-Kona.

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The Honolulu Advertiser

Police open negligent homicide case in fatal Kona crash

A 45-year-old Kawaihae man died Wednesday from injuries he received when the car he was passenger in hit the rear of a boom truck on Queen Kaahumanu Highway in Kailua-Kona.

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West Hawaii Today

Man to plea in accident that killed 3-year-old son

A 38-year-old Kailua-Kona man who faced a manslaughter charge in connection with a Jan. 9 Kalaoa accident in which police say he ran over his 3-year-old son has reached a plea deal with prosecutors that reduces the felony offense to a misdemeanor.

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Tue Jun 04, 2013

West Hawaii Today

Merger creates new pre-K-12 Christian school

Two West Hawaii schools have merged to create Makua Lani Christian Academy. The decision was made at a recent meeting of the boards of directors for the 115-student pre-kindergarten through seventh-grade Kona Christian Academy and Makua Lani Christian School, a high school with an enrollment of 85. "The creation of Makua Lani Christian Academy ... (more)

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West Hawaii Today

Atchuo Palik

Atchuo Ueta Palik, 27, of Kailua-Kona died May 17, 2013, at Kona Community Hospital.

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Mon Jun 03, 2013

Business Journal

Kaiser using prefab walls to build Kona clinic

Kaiser Permanente is building its new Kona clinic with prefabricated walls that were designed in California, built in Cleveland and shipped to Kawaihae Harbor on Hawaii's Big Island.

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West Hawaii Today

Burton Bach

Burton Egon Bach, 89, of Kailua-Kona died May 24, 2013. Born April 11, 1924, in Germany, he was a former member of the Elks in California and owned and operated a bowling and trophy shop.

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Fri May 31, 2013

West Hawaii Today

Police investigating Kona sex assault

A woman who was walking west on Loloku Street in the old industrial area of Kailua-Kona at about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday reported an unknown man grabbed her from behind, punched her, dragged her off the north shoulder of the road and sexually assaulted her.

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