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Keiki Compete
Local News Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 1:46pmSouth swells fueled set after set of waves for youngsters to ride Saturday during the annual Keiki Surf for the Earth event at Kohanaiki.
Now in its 18th year, the surf competition drew...
Kona Area Property Crime Report | May 11 to 16
Local News Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 12:05amEditor’s note: This log of property crimes reported in the Kona District is a regular feature of West Hawaii Today and is compiled using Hawaii Police Department records. The department considers...
Jazz musician ‘Ollie’ Mitchell dies on Big Island
Local News Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 12:05amHILO — Ollie Mitchell, trumpeter, bandleader and a legendary studio musician, died May 11 at his Puako home. He was 86.
Founder and leader of the Olliephonic Horns, the Big Island’s “little...
Powerball jackpot numbers drawn
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 7:44amDES MOINES, Iowa — Lottery officials say the winning numbers in a near-historic Powerball jackpot have been drawn.
They are: 10, 13, 14, 22, 52 and Powerball 11.
Officials say the...
AP News in Brief
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 7:45amIRS targeted tea party but ignored most influential political groups
WASHINGTON — There’s an irony in the Internal Revenue Service’s crackdown on conservative groups.
The nation’s tax...
Victims: Marines failed to safeguard water supply
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 7:46amCAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — A simple test could have alerted officials that the drinking water at Camp Lejeune was contaminated, long before authorities determined that as many as a million Marines and...
FBI searches apartment in ricin letter case
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 7:43amSPOKANE, Wash. — Authorities in hazardous materials suits searched a downtown Spokane apartment Saturday, investigating the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin...
Police call fatal NYC shooting a hate crime
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 7:47amNEW YORK — A gunman used homophobic slurs before firing a fatal shot point-blank into a man’s face on a Manhattan street alive with a weekend midnight crowd, a killing New York’s police...
In Brief | Nation and World
Nation & World Sports Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 12:05amChargers, defensive end Freeney agree to two-year deal
SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Chargers agreed Saturday to a two-year deal with aging star pass rusher Dwight Freeney that could be worth $...
Search for missing swimmer off Waipio Valley ends
Local News Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 12:05amThe search for a 62-year-old Honokaa man last seen before reportedly going for a swim at Waipio Valley has been called off.
Kevin Devlin, also known as Shawn Devlin, was last seen between 6:...
