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Hawaiian Airlines celebrates 40th anniversary of service to American Samoa
Hawaiian Airlines inaugurated flights to Pago Pago International Airport on Oct. 24, 1984, with DC-8 aircraft, starting its long relationship with the U.S. territory.
‘Resilience, strength and unity’
Special gathering and flag-raising ceremony Thursday at Hawaiʻi County Building in Hilo honors rich cultural heritage and contributions Filipino Americans have made on the Big Island while marking October as Filipino American History Month.
Hawai‘i Police Department honors fallen officers during National Police Week
Public encouraged to attend activities and show support for law enforcement and salute those who paid the ultimate price serving and protecting their community.
Veterans Day is special to 84-year-old whose 3 husbands, father and brother all served
Barbara Perry has been married three times and all three of her husbands were veterans. Those tours of marriage taught her many of the same lessons her husbands and other veterans learned during their time in service.
132 years after dying in the line of duty, Kohala captain honored during Police Week
Capt. T. N. Simeona, the pound master for the Kohala area on the Big Island near the end of the 19th century, was killed in the line of duty on Sept. 30, 1890. His story was told and his name added to the police memorial wall at the Hilo Police Station on Monday during the Hawai‘i Police Department’s National Police Week ceremony.
Hawaiʻi County welcomes 5 new ambulances to fleet
Five new ambulances were welcomed to the County’s fleet during a ceremony Thursday morning at the County Building in Hilo. The ambulances will go into service immediately to replace older vehicles around the island and are equipped with additional safety features. They cost about $250,000 each.
32nd State Legislature session opens with celebration of Hawaiian culture, optimism
For nearly three years, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the Hawaiʻi State House and Senate to operate solemnly online, but Wednesday the public was back and the mood was festive.
7 graduate as part of Hawaiʻi Police Department’s 96th recruit class
The newly graduated officers will now undergo four months of on-the-job field training with veteran police officers before being qualified to work alone.
New Hawaiʻi County Council sworn in Monday
The new Council was inaugurated and sworn in during the Hawai‘i County Inaugural Ceremony on Monday afternoon at the Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium in Hilo.
New Hawai’i County Council to be sworn in Monday
The Hawai‘i County Inaugural Ceremony is at noon Monday at the Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium in Hilo.
‘I Don’t Want to Place Another Name on That Wall’: Ceremony Pays Tribute to Fallen Police Officers
“Today, we remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice.”
Queen’s North Hawai‘i Community Hospital Names Employee of the Quarter
Queen’s North Hawai‘i Community Hospital in Waimea has named imaging services assistant Kylee Stone as its employee of the quarter.
