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Reapportionment Commission discusses new boundaries

Updated: Feb 21, 2012 10:30pm

BY NANCY COOK LAUER | WEST HAWAII TODAY

HILO — Big Islanders — whose colleagues sued to force a fourth Senate seat and a second round of public hearings on new legislative maps — formed a...

Sunshine Law exemption on hold

Updated: Feb 21, 2012 10:30pm

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Laura Shimabuku | Special To West Hawaii TodayArc of Kona employee Lorrin Koshi, left, is assisted by Malia Conner as they serve lunch in the kitchen of the Kealakekua facility Tuesday.

Arc of Kona at 50 years

Updated: Feb 21, 2012 10:30pm

BY 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....

local and state briefs 2-22

Updated: Feb 21, 2012 10:30pm

Two 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...

Special To West Hawaii TodayRoughly 660 acres, known as the Keopuka Lands, between the Captain Cook Monument and Hokulia, go up for sale today, via a closed bid auction.

Failed South Kona project land on the block

Updated: Feb 21, 2012 10:30pm

BY ERIN MILLER | WEST HAWAII TODAY

South Kona property that Hokulia developer Lyle Anderson tried to convert into a golf course before being rebuffed by the Sierra Club and others is up...

House bill wants counties exempt from Sunshine Law

Updated: Feb 20, 2012 10:50pm

BY ERIN MILLER | WEST HAWAII TODAY

Hawaii legislators will again take up the question of whether the state's four county councils should be exempt from the Sunshine Law.

House...

Only $3M for Isle capital improvements

Updated: Feb 20, 2012 10:50pm

BY NANCY COOK LAUER | WEST HAWAII TODAY

HILO — Developers' fair share contributions will account for only $3 million of a county capital improvement budget likely to be more than $125...

Local and State briefs 2-21

Updated: Feb 20, 2012 10:50pm

UH Hilo fire extinguished

The Hawaii Fire Department is investigating a fire discovered Sunday evening in an industrial gas dryer at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, which officials said...

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