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Officials seek publics help in string of fires
An unscheduled sugar cane fire that burned about a half acre off North Kihei Road on Monday afternoon marked the eighth such blaze to blacken cane fields since May 19, and Maui fire officials are asking residents to help identify the person or people responsible for setting the fires. So far, the cane fires have consumed about 42.5 acres, officials said. There have been no injuries, but Hawaiian ...
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Thousands of tea party activists rip IRS at rally
Thousands of tea party activists gathered Wednesday outside the Capitol in loud protest of the Internal Revenue Service, seeking to keep the beleaguered agency's scandal afloat nearly six weeks after the news first ...
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Fishermen complain police rained on their parade
Fisherman are frustrated that they were denied access to Mala Wharf on Saturday morning while the Na Kamehameha Commemorative Pa'u Parade proceeded down nearby Front Street in Lahaina. Longtime fisherman Wilson Keahi said that he and others were stopped by police from getting to the wharf - even though there was no parade or traffic on the street in front of them. "They just won't ...
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MECO announces its plan for refunds
Maui Electric Co. announced its plan Tuesday to refund $7.8 million, plus interest, to its customers on Maui, Molokai and Lanai. The refund will be in the form of a credit on customers' bills, the utility said. The reduced amount on future bills stems from a May 31 ruling by the Public Utilities Commission on MECO's 2012 rate case, awarding it an annual rate increase of 1.29 percent, ...
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Civil Defense testing emergency sirens near Sacred Falls
State Civil Defense will be testing their emergency siren system near Kahana Valley and Sacred Falls on Oahu's northern Windward Coast Wednesday morning until ...
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DOT alters H-1 repair schedule delays still possible
The Department of Transportation has revised its H-1 roadwork repair schedule this week after a traffic mess Tuesday, but conditions could still be ...
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Hawaiian Airlines to open Taipei to Honolulu flights
TAIPEI -- Hawaiian Airlines will start offering non-stop services from Taipei to Honolulu from July to cash in on increased passenger numbers since the U.S. began extending visa-free treatment to Taiwanese nationals, the company said ...
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Plane drops during salvage operation
A Piper Cherokee aircraft that made an emergency landing Sunday in brush near the shoreline in Waiehu briefly took flight again around 6 p.m. Tuesday when a helicopter attempted to haul it away, witnesses said. With trade winds blowing at an estimated 20 to 25 mph, the damaged aircraft appeared to be too unwieldy for the helicopter crew, which cut a line and dumped it into the ocean 20 or 30 ...
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Changes planned for mall project in Kihei
The Texas-based landowner of a controversial 700,000-square-foot retail shopping complex in Kihei has taken over development of the project and plans to change its concept to a "mixed-use" development with business, commercial and residential uses, a representative for the project said Tuesday. The proposed development of the Maui Outlets and Piilani Promenade shopping centers in Kihei ...
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No tapering Federal Reserve to continue stimulus
The Federal Reserve gave no indication Wednesday that it plans to scale back its purchases of bonds and other assets, as it continues its efforts to boost the U.S. ...
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Hundreds promote learn model for community-service based learning
"In design thinking you learn a new way of solving problems. One of the big differences is that sometimes we're problem solvers not problem finders," said Maureen Carrol, founder of Lime Designs, which teaches Design ...
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Honolulu mayor to ride bike talk transportation
HONOLULU (AP) - Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell is going for a bike ride. Caldwell plans to ride a bicycle through the Moiliili, downtown and Kakaako neighborhoods on Wednesday. City, state and federal officials will join him along with bicycling advocates. The group will ride along King and Beretania streets as well as Richards and Halekauwila streets. They'll stop at the site of the ...
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Drones proving to be a benefit for Hawaiis agriculture industry
ING farming. U-A-Vs - also known as Drones - are coming to a farm near you. But as KITV4's Lara Yamada explains ....it's providing the kind of food safety local farmers needto survive. Less than a few feet wide, launching from the grounds of Kualoa Ranchthey are the minature flying machines...using high-tech cameras to reaveal everything from weed density, to disease, ...
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HART unveils train model asks public for input
Scaling back and saving millionstonight rail planners are offering a first look at what the new train stations could look like. They're smaller than first envsioned-- a direct result of public involvement. And as KITV4's Andrew Pereira explains, rail planners say speak now as station design kicks into high gear. The cars in the 3-D model are not exactly modern, but the West Loch ...
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Arson suspected in sugar cane field fires
HONOLULU (AP) - Maui County fire officials say arson is suspected in eight fires that have scorched sugar cane fields. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports investigators have found no obvious ignition points. The first fire was May 19 along Holomua Road near Makawao Union Church and the last occurred Tuesday along North Kihei Road near a parking triangle. Firefighters say the fires have ...
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AMA declares obesity as a disease
LA Times reports the group voted to approve that decision Tuesday. The declaration recognizes obesity as a medical condition that requires treatment and prevention. ...
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Partners to restore historic Kings Trail
KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) - The National Park Service with the help of state and local partners will spend the summer restoring a historic Hawaii path. West Hawaii Today reports work will begin in about two weeks on Kiholo-Puako Trail, known as the "King's Trail." The western Hawaii Island trail is part of the 175-mile Ala Kahakai, or "trail by the sea." The trail ...
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Physicians group labels obesity a disease
The American Medical Association adopts a new policy on obesity The change diagnoses nearly one-third of Americas with a medical condition AMA decision could increase funding for future research, doctor ...
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Feds again leave empty-handed in Hoffa hunt
The search in a field near Detroit for ex-Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa ended Wednesday, and as with so many past attempts to find him, authorities walked away empty-handed, the FBI ...
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Our values won Obama says in Berlin
U.S. President Barack Obama followed in the footsteps of past U.S. leaders with a speech Wednesday at Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate that a senior administration official said would ask Russia to join the United States in slashing its supply of strategic nuclear ...
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Was TWA Flight 800 crash accidental
Skeptics who have long theorized that TWA Flight 800 was brought down by sinister forces will get a fresh surge of energy when a new documentary attempts to disprove that the 1996 crash was ...
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Plan to replace wooden power poles draws fire
dayTonight a closer look at what is shaping up to a battle of David and some true Goliaths on Oahu, This is no tall tale. It's about tall power poles that could go up in YOUR neighborhood one day. KITV4's Catherine Cruz has an exclusive look at this neck-craning battle. Colin Davis remembers vividly the day things changed for him last year. - Colin Davis 21:05 21:10 "We left ...
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Kailua residents see spike in home burglaries
Some people are worried Kailua is becoming CRIME-lua, and the latest victim is University of Hawaii's basketball coach Gib Arnold. His house was just burglarizedand KITV4's Brenton Awa is live with tonight's top story.. BrentonSome worry on the windward side! Yunji -- They do worryAnd for pretty good reason. We went door to door today and spoke with over a half a dozen ...
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3 women fall 60 ft. into ravine on Maui while driving
HANA, MAUI (HawaiiNewsNow) - Three women in a vehicle traveling to Wailuku on Hana Highway went off the side of the road and ended up 60 ft. below in a ravine Tuesday night. The accident occurred at mile marker 21.5 on the Paia side of Puaa Kaa State Park. Personnel from the Hana fire station and a rescue company from Kahului responded to the scene. The Hana fire crew arrived and met with ...
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Chinatown bakery owner alarmed by gunman caught on camera
CHINATOWN (HawaiiNewsNow) - A Chinatown bakery owner is alarmed by what his surveillance cameras captured. The encounter involved one of his workers, but he is concerned about the entire community. The owner of Otto Cake said he has dealt with threats from drug dealers and even assaults in the last year and a half. He installed several surveillance cameras a few months ago. His bakery is at the ...
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Hawaii may become space-gazing capital of world
A giant telescope, the biggest in the world, capable of a range of advanced processes such as viewing a planet outside the solar system with more accuracy than any other telescope currently in existence, may be built in Hawaii within the next decade or so.
The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) is the name by which a major development in the mountains of Hawaii is known. The name is a reference to the diameter of the actual telescope which will have a 98 foot, or 20 meter diameter segmented mirror or Ritchey-Chrétien telescope, which will enable it to provide images three times sharper and ten times wider in scope than any other facility currently in existence in the world. Read more
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