Hawaii County News Archives

Fewer showers and an overall drier weather pattern returned to the islands early Thursday morning. via TheHawaiiChannel

“This trip is an opportunity for me to help influence national policy”

Heavy rain drenched the Garden Isle last night, forcing the temporary closure of the Kapaa bypass road and a northbound lane on Kuhio Highway near the Kauai Community Correctional Center because of flooding. via Honolulu Star-Bulletin

The number of older workers in Hawaii's labor force has increased, according to a report from the U.S. Census Bureau released Monday. via Pacific Business News (Honolulu)

“People are flooding their neighbors, and they are getting away with it. We are going to pay the bill one way or another.”

Hawaii County has met a deadline to save Big Island residents' federal flood insurance coverage, but at least one County Council member is not satisfied. via Insurance Journal West

By the end of the month, 90 percent of Kona officers should be carrying the Tasers. via KPUA-AM Hilo

Filed under: Neighbor Islands - Doug @ 6:30 pm From the synchronized whoops and moans emerging from various neighboring households, it appears I may be the only person on Oahu not following the Hawaii-Idaho ... via Poinography!

Hawaii Police Department Office of the Chief Deputy Chief Harry Kubojiri Phone: 961-2244 November 21, 2007 Taser electronic control device ...informational meetings about the device are scheduled for the public ... via Hawaii Police

Hawaii Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Lieutenant Robert Wagner Phone: 326-4646, Ext. via Hawaii Police

Filed under: Neighbor Islands - Doug @ 8:18 pm I've never met her, and everything I read about her seems to place her squarely in the "citizen legislator" mold , but I continue to wonder about Hawaii County ... via Poinography!

Hawaii Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit Sergeant Christopher D. Gali Phone: 961-2332 November 14, 2007 Report No. via Hawaii Police

“We have always been very close with our ties to Japan and it appears it is growing every year”

Hawaii's Kona coffee industry is looking to attract more Japanese consumers by offering special tours. via MSN Money

Hawaii County police are looking for witnesses to an assault in Kealakekua on Halloween. via KPUA-AM Hilo

Hawaii Police Department Vice Section, Area I Lieutenant Samuel Jelsma Phone: 961-2253 November 6, 2007 Report No. via Hawaii Police

Just after noon Monday, Hawaii County Fire Fighters responded to reports of a possible drowning near Kona. via KHNL-TV Honolulu

“We were lucky the winds were blowing the way they were and the communities were helpful. The bottom line is we are doing really good”

Fire officials were able to get the upper hand in three blazes that scorched more than 2,100 acres of brush land along the Kohala Coast. via Seattle Post-Intelligencer