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Bill would exempt some farm structures from building code
Local News Comments Updated: Feb 21, 2012 10:30pmBY ERIN MILLER | WEST HAWAII TODAY
The House Water, Land and Ocean Resources Committee ran out of time Tuesday morning before its members could vote on a bill exempting farm buildings...
Sunshine Law exemption on hold
Local News Comments Updated: Feb 21, 2012 10:30pmBY ERIN MILLER | WEST HAWAII TODAY
The House Judiciary Committee chairman deferred a bill proposing to exempt Hawaii's four county councils from the state's Sunshine Laws.
Rep....
U.S. officials apologize after troops burn Qurans
Nation & World News Comments Updated: Feb 21, 2012 10:30pmBY ALI SAFI | MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS
KABUL, Afghanistan — The commander of U.S.-led international forces in Afghanistan apologized Tuesday after reports that American troops at Bagram Air...
Hawaii Prep students taking stage next week
Local Features Comments Updated: Feb 21, 2012 10:30pmSPECIAL TO WEST HAWAII TODAY
Hawaii Preparatory Academy's Ka Makani Players present Patricia Joudry's "Teach Me How to Cry" at 7 p.m. March 1 through 3 at the school's Gates Performing...
Mariners move Suzuki out of leadoff spot
News Comments Updated: Feb 21, 2012 10:10pmTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PEORIA, Ariz. — The lineup change Seattle Mariners manager Eric Wedge hinted at during the offseason is going to become permanent.
It won't be...
2-22 obituaries
Obituaries Comments Updated: Feb 21, 2012 10:40pmEditor's note: Obituaries are published free of charge as a public service. The content is subject to editing to ensure parity treatment and style continuity.
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3 candidates seek vacant 2nd council district seat
Local News Comments Updated: Feb 21, 2012 10:30pmBY PETER SUR | STEPHENS MEDIA
HILO — A former County Council chairman and his former clerk are headed for an Election Day showdown to represent the vacant 2nd council district.
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Arc of Kona at 50 years
Local News Comments Updated: Feb 21, 2012 10:30pmBY CAROLYN LUCAS-ZENK | WEST HAWAII TODAY
West Hawaii children with disabilities were excluded from school, institutionalized or traveled to Hilo for support services in the early 1960s....
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Local News Comments Updated: Feb 21, 2012 10:30pmTwo charged with robbing man in Pahoa
Two Puna residents are facing robbery charges stemming from a Monday afternoon incident in Pahoa.
A 32-year-old Pahoa man reported to police...
In absence of demand, oil prices rise points to speculation
Nation & World News Comments Updated: Feb 21, 2012 10:30pmBY KEVIN G. HALL | MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS
WASHINGTON — U.S. demand for oil and refined products — including gasoline — is down sharply from last year, so much that the United States has...
