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- Hawaii health centers get $3 million for efficient energy
- HONOLULU (AP) — Gov. Linda Lingle has released over $3 million to improve energy efficiency at state health centers and other Department of Health facilities. The money includes $1.1 million for air conditioning improvements at Diamond Head…
- KPUA.net
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- 10 hours ago
- West Hawaii Child Welfare Services hit hard by layoffs
- Once again, the children of Hawaii are being short-changed. But this time it is potentially endangering them in their own homes. As a result of state employee layoffs, the number of social workers in the West Hawaii Child Welfare Services…
- Honolulu Advertiser
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- 11/20/2009
- Hawaii is losing its famous beaches
- KAILUA, Hawaii — Jenn Boneza remembers when the white sandy beach near the boat ramp in her hometown was wide enough for people to build sand castles. "It really used to be a beautiful beach," said the 35-year-old mother of two. "And now…
- USA Today
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- 11/17/2009
- Mayor seeks fine for bulky trash left out early
- Property owners will be fined $500 a day for bulky trash left in front of their homes ahead of the scheduled pickup day, under a bill introduced ... Jane Sugimura, president of the Hawaii Council of Associations of Apartment Owners, said…
- Honolulu Advertiser
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- 2 hours ago
- Hawaii’s Beaches Face Grim Future
- All across the islands of Hawaii, residents have stood by and watched helplessly for years as the majestic archipelago’s sandy white beaches have steadily retreated — a phenomenon that geologists warn will likely worsen in the coming…
- Redorbit.com
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- 11/16/2009
- Let's count the blessings of gardening in Hawaii
- The holidays and the birth of a new year give us the opportunity to count our Hawaiian blessings. Where else in the U.S. but in the makai areas of Hawaii can a person harvest pineapples, citrus, mangoes, papayas, bananas and avocados…
- Hawaii Tribune-Herald
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- 1 day ago
- Lawsuit Tackles Tax Break For Hawaiian Homelands
- Attorneys who have challenged Hawaiian programs before have now seized on county property tax rates. In Honolulu for example, people who own homes in homelands subdivisions pay $100 a year in property taxes. Most Hawaiian families on…
- MSNBC
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- 4 hours ago
MSNBC- Biz Buzz: Fry's had his fill of grass skirts
- West Des Moines businessman Joe Cerne failed to get a rise out of University of Wisconsin Athletic Director Barry Alvarez on Saturday by mentioning Mason City, where Alvarez had won an Iowa high school football championship in 1978. The two…
- Des Moines Register
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- 4 hours ago
- Senior housing act observed
- LA VERGNE — Fifty years ago, Mary Dyer was a homemaker raising three sons with her husband. The year was 1959 and Alaska and Hawaii officially became U.S. states. Barbie dolls and pantyhose had just been introduced and “Father Knows Best”…
- Daily News Journal
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- 5 hours ago
- Hawaii marine monument to welcome teachers 11:48
- For Citibank credit card holders, there is one way to escape the bank's rate hikes currently under way: Meet a monthly spending requirement. Those who meet the spending minimum _ in some cases $750 a month _ will be... Former CEO of…
- Town Hall
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- 11/20/2009