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Updated tsunami evacuation maps for Maui County released
WAILUKU, MAUI (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Maui County Civil Defense Agency today announced that Maui County's tsunami evacuation maps have recently been updated based on newly-released scientific data, and urged all Maui County residents to review the new evacuation maps. The updated maps include expanded evacuation areas in Kahului, Kihei and Lahaina, as well as maps for Kahakuloa ...
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Natl group praises Hawaii cellphone driving law
HONOLULU (AP) -- A national nonprofit is cheering Hawaii's new law that prohibits people from holding cellphones and other portable electronics while ...
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Aloha Beer bid disrupts Hawaii Nui bankruptcy case
HONOLULU (AP) -- An unexpected bid for a bankrupt Big Island brewery has postponed a court auction and set up a possible bidding war for the ...
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Three condo towers in first phase of Howard Hughes Corp.’s Ward master plan
David Striph, senior vice president of Hawaii for Dallas-based Howard Hughes Corp., outlines plans for the first phase of the Ward Village master plan in Honolulu's Kakaako ...
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Fatal shooting in Puna investigated
PUNA, Hawaii (AP) - A man is under arrest in connection with a fatal shooting at a Puna home. Big Island police were called Monday afternoon after the victim was found at the Maui Street home. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser says a man was seen leaving in a dark-colored truck. Acting on a tip, police arrested a 43-year-old man on suspicion of second-degree murder. He is being held while police ...
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29 Drivers Arrested For For D-U-I
During the week of May 13, 2013, through May 19, 2013, police arrested 29 motorists for drunk driving. Ten of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. Four were under the age of 21.So far this year, there have been 515 DUI arrests compared with 550 during the same period last year, a decrease of 6.4 percent.There have been 519 major accidents so far this year compared with 589 during the ...
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Auction Postponed For Hilo Microbrewery
A court auction was postponed yesterday as a result of a last minute effort to buy Hawaii Nui Brewing, LLC, a bankrupt Hilo microbrewery. The action has set up a possible bidding war between a former Hawai'i Nui partner and a beer producer in Honolulu.Aloha Beer Co., led by James H.Q. Lee, has expressed an interest in the microbrewery, with an offer to buy the company..A bid by Aloha Beer ...
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Police Investigate A Puna Murder
Police are investigating a shooting that occurred in the Puna District and left one person dead. Monday afternoon (May 20) at about 2:19 p.m., police responded to a call of a shooting victim found in a home on Maui Street in the Nanawale Estates subdivision.Police and Hawaii Fire Department medics responded to the location. Upon their arrival, the body of a male victim was found within the ...
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Microsoft touts Xbox One as all-in-1 entertainment
Microsoft Corp.'s Don Mattrick unveils the next-generation Xbox entertainment and gaming console system, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at an event in Redmond, Wash.I t's been eight years since the launch of the Xbox 360. The original Xbox debuted in 2001, and its high-definition successor premiered in 2005. (AP Photo/Ted S. ...
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South swell is truly epic
Together, Brian Benitez and Bobby Fernandez have more than 70 years of experience surfing the waves of Oahu's South Shore, and both say the swell that began last Thursday evening is the most consistently large surf they've seen in a decade or ...
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OK Gov Still in rescue recovery after deadly tornado
Rescuers worked all night at Plaza Towers Elementary, where they hope survivors can still be found alive after a deadly tornado destroyed the school. (Source: ...
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Rescuers search board by board for survivors
Amid downed power lines, hissing gas pipes and immense devastation, rescuers searched "board by board" Tuesday for survivors and victims of a massive tornado that pulverized a vast swath of the Oklahoma City ...
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Oceanic Time Warner Cable to move Ala Moana customer center to Ward
The Oceanic Time Warner Cable customer care center inside the Sears store at Ala Moana Center will close June 1 and reopen at Ward Gateway Center. Oceanic Time Warner Cable will move its customer care center that's located in the Sears store at Ala Moana Center to the Ward Gateway Center. KITV reports the Oceanic center at Sears will close on June 1 and reopen on the second floor of the ...
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Buzz over Point Panic presidential building growing
Community stakeholders hope if Hawaii beats out Chigago for a bid to build a presidential library once Obama leaves office, the structure will maintain a Hawaiian sense of ...
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High surf advisory in effect into Tuesday evening
The former head of the IRS said Tuesday that he was aware of some aspects of his agency's targeting of conservative groups in the spring of 2012, and took what he called the correct action of ensuring the situation would be independently reviewed. ...
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Big Island police investigate homicide
After finding the man's body, police began a search for the suspect. That search took them to Hawaiian Paradise Park, where just a short time later they had a man in ...
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Woman in OK tornado finds lost dog while talking about him
Residents in tornado-stricken Moore, OK, await news on missing love ones Tuesday, a day after a massive tornado devastated the city, killing at least 51. Rescuers worked all night, with particular ...
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Hawaiian flight to Australia returns to Honolulu because of system problem
A Hawaiian Airlines flight bound for Sydney, Australia, returned to Honolulu International Airport Monday afternoon because of a system problem. KHON reports the flight returned to Honolulu after a light in the cockpit came on about an hour into the flight indicating a problem with the system. KHON reports the 246 passengers on the flight were taken to dinner in Waikiki before leaving late ...
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Abercrombie defends Hawaii as a meeting place to pension fund conference
Gov. Neil Abercrombie delivered the opening address of the National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems conference at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort. A third of the members of the National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems who attended the group's annual meeting in New York last year are skipping this year's meeting in Hawaii because of ...
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Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris evacuated after suicide inside
Police evacuated Paris' Notre Dame cathedral on Tuesday after a well-known far-right former activist died by shooting himself in the mouth in front of its main altar, a police source said.The man, 78-year-old Dominique Venner, is a historian known in France for his far-right political essays. He carried a letter on his person but made no declaration before shooting himself dead in the ...
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JAL ANA set date for Dreamliner flights
Japan Airlines and All-Nippon Airway both say they plan to return Dreamliners to revenue service on June 2, signaling a possible end to expensive problems with the new plane's lithium ion batteries. ANA has the largest fleet of Dreamliners and JAL the second largest. JAL has been canceling some of its third daily flights to Honolulu in recent weeks to free up aircraft for other ...
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Death total dropped to 24 from OK tornado
Rescuers worked all night at Plaza Towers Elementary, where they hope survivors can still be found alive after a deadly tornado destroyed the school. (Source: ...
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Okla. tornado death toll revised down to at least 24
A massive, howling tornado pulverized a vast swath of the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, chewing up homes and businesses, and severely damaging a hospital and two elementary ...
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Tracking potential tornado threats in Hawaii
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii averages about one or two actual tornadoes each year. They normally don't last too long and they often hit unpopulated areas, but several have caused damage and even some injuries. Leilani Sheldon is saddened by the incredible images of destruction in Oklahoma. The former Hawaii resident, who now lives in Tulsa, is grateful that her home has been spared. ...
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Okla. Medical examiner expects more bodies
The vicious tornado that tore across central Oklahoma on Monday has killed at least 51 people -- with about 40 more bodies expected to arrive at the Oklahoma Medical Examiner's office, Amy Elliott of the coroner's office said. The official death toll will gradually rise as the bodies are ...
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Honolulu to finally have a family justice centre
The Justice Department of Honolulu has announced to Honolulu news media that most of the funding for a family justice centre has now been secured, and it hoped the centre will act as a comprehensive facility to meet all the needs of victims fleeing the physical and psychological effects of domestic violence.
The plans for a center aimed at family justice was announced by city prosecutor Peter Carlisle who said funds of $400,000 had been secured through federal grants for the planning of the center, the training of staff as well as rent and equipment. Read more
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