Hawaii News

Archive for November, 2009

The Intermediate Court of Appeals is scrutinizing a Hawaii law passed in 2003 that declares that new, naturally formed beach land above the high-water mark should belong to the public — not adjoining private property owners.

In response to mounting criticism about how the short supply of swine flu vaccine is being distributed in Hawai’i, the state will change the way it doles out the vaccine.

Nearly 100 acres of agricultural land next to the Turtle Bay Resort on O’ahu’s North Shore are headed for a sealed-bid sale, four years after a Florida-based investment firm bought the oceanfront property for $2 million with plans to subdivide it for potential residential use.

U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka will be holding 15 information briefings from December 1 to December 8 to explain changes in the way federal workers in Hawaii will be paid.

Honolulu police said officers opened fire on a car that as accelerating toward them on Saturday, marking the third officer-involved shooting in a month.

A North Shore surf instructor on Saturday rescued a family visiting from the Mainland who had been swept out to sea while bodyboarding at Hanalei Bay.

Longtime Hana community leader, Realtor and former Maui News community correspondent Carl Lindquist and his wife, Rae, have been reported missing after the wreckage of their car was found in a Hana streambed, police said Saturday evening.

Hundreds of children and children-at-heart lined the streets of downtown Hilo Saturday evening to catch their first glimpse of Santa Claus.

On a Sunday in October, three Waimea men gather at 7 a.m. on private grazing land in South Kohala to hunt goats. For them it is partly foraging and partly tradition.

Ulupalakua Ranch owner Pardee Erdman has donated more than 11,000 acres to the Maui Coastal Land Trust.

When Debbie Hecht suggested to the Hawaii County Charter Commission that it should add an amendment making the Two Percent for Public Lands law a part of the County Charter, she got less than she bargained for.

The National Weather Service has issued a high surf advisory for North, West and East facing shores of the Big Island. The advisory is in effect until 6 a.m. Tuesday with surf forecast to be 7-10 feet through tonight. The Mauna Kea access road has re-opened with about a half-inch of snow above the 13,000 foot level.

The Office of Mauna Kea Management will be hosting three island-wide open houses on the Public Access Plan for UH Management Areas on Mauna Kea (Public Access Plan) and the Decommissioning Plan for the Mauna Kea Observatories (Decommissioning Plan).

Guards Kevin Bruce (senior, Phillips Ranch, CA) and Dayna Jandoc (sophomore, Honolulu, HI) are the recipients of the Masaya & Miyoko Miyao Scholarships at the University of Hawaii at Hilo for the spring 2010 semester as announced by the UHH Office of Intercollegiate Athleitcs.

University of Hawai‘i at Hilo senior forward Justin Smith (Los Angeles, CA/Reseda) has been named the Pacific West Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week.

The honor was announced by the PacWest Media Office in Phoenix, AZ, on Monday, Nov. 30, for games contested Nov. 23-29.

A flash flood warning is in effect for the Big Island due to heavy rain until 2 a.m. The National Weather Service may extend this if flooding persists. A winter weather advisory is also in effect for the summits of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea which may see snow up to two inches deep above 8,000 feet as a cold upper level through moves across the Big Island.

A communications technology professional group with more than 2,000 attendees is meeting in Waikiki this week.

Hawaii stocks were mixed Monday, meanwhile Wall Street ended up, led by financial shares. (CPF) (HE) (MLP) (ALEX) (BOH)

A wealth-management team that left Merrill Lynch in September has started a new firm.

Although more shoppers hunted for bargains on Black Friday, they spent less this year than last, according to data released by the National Retail Foundation.