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Police name island’s most wanted
Local News Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 12:05amHawaii Island police are asking the public’s help locating three men, two of whom are wanted on warrants and one who has yet to be identified.
Rexford Milo, 47, is wanted for allegedly...
DOT wants Saddle Road support letters
Local News Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 12:05amState Department of Transportation officials are asking the public to write letters to the Federal Highways Administration in support of funding for the last section of the Saddle Road extension...
Surf’s Up!
Local News Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 12:05amA series of south swells will continue to fuel high surf on Big Isle shores through 6 a.m. Saturday.
The National Weather Service in Honolulu forecast waves ranging in height from 6 to 10...
Briefs
State Wire Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 8:58amEndangered io found shot in Kona
HONOLULU — Two endangered Hawaiian hawks were found wounded on the Big Island after apparently being shot with a pellet gun, and federal wildlife officials...
Thieves take $284 in cans, bottles
Local News Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 12:05amPolice are investigating the theft of $284 worth of cans and bottles from the Salvation Army in Kailua-Kona.
The Salvation Army’s Gary Todd said the organization noticed the theft Sunday...
Obama says US won’t act alone against Syria
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 12:06amWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama Thursday ruled out unilateral U.S. military action in Syria even if there is proof that Syrian forces used lethal chemical weapons in the nation’s civil war....
World briefly 5/17
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 12:06amObama picks White House budget official to run IRS
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama picked a senior White House budget official to become the acting head of the Internal Revenue Service...
Connielen Ballocanag
Local Features Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 8:08pmConnielen Ballocanag
Connielen Bernisto Ballocanag, 46, of Honolulu and the Philippines died April 9, 2013, in the Philippines. Born July 6, 1966, in Candon, Ilocos Sur, Philippines, she was...
Woodrow Hoke
Local Features Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 8:08pmWoodrow Hoke
Woodrow Christopher Hoke, 95, of Hilo died March 26, 2013, at Hale Anuenue Restorative Care Center. Born Feb. 27, 1918, in Honolulu, he was a retired bartender in San Francisco...
Akira Tanaka
Local Features Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 8:08pmAkira Tanaka
Akira Tanaka, 86, of Hilo died May 9, 2013, at Hale Anuenue Restorative Care Center. Born April 6, 1927, in Wailea, he was a retired supervisor for Hilo Medical Center Radiology...
