Hawaii News
CBS’ Hawaii Five-0 took the beloved police procedural drama set in the picturesque backyard of Hawaii, and updated the show’s brand appeal with a new generation of fast-paced, high-action, eye-seducing, crime-fighting quartet.
On Thursday, March 31, 2011 at 12-noon in the House Chamber, The State Legislature will honor representatives from CBS, the show’s producers, cast and crew on the global success of Season One.
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Green power will take seven traditional vaka, or canoes, on an epic expedition of re-discovery across 15,000 nautical miles of the Pacific Ocean.
Powered solely by the sun and the wind, the double-hulled, 22-meter vaka will leave their Pacific home countries over the next month and sail to Hawaii via French Polynesia in the wake of their ancestors.
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The Hawaii State Legislature will open its doors for April’s First Friday event with the 3rd Annual “Art at the Capitol,†an opportunity for the public to view over 460 works of art that are a part of the State’s Art in Public Places Collection (APP), meet legislators and talk with local visual artists.
The event will be held on Friday, April 1, 2011 from 5 to 7 p.m., with a short program on the third floor to start at 4:45 p.m.
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Halekulani and Nobu Waikiki present Chef Nobu Matsuhisa, Chef Wakiya and Chef Vikram Garg in a culinary benefit “For Japan: Culinary Artists for the Japan Relief Effort.â€
The event takes place Thursday, April 21, 2011 from 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. at the Hau Terrace.
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Hawaii Lt. Governor Brian Schatz today announced that AeroVironment has been selected to help lead the way to a cleaner
Read moreThe Hawaii Community Foundation announced today the first recipients of its new Island Innovation Fund, which was created to serve
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The Hawaii real estate market showed some signs of strength across the different islands, although foreclosures continued to exert increased influence on the housing sector.
In the first tracking period of the New Year, there were nearly two hundred single family properties purchased – an increase of more than eleven percent from the same period a year ago. Similarly, more than two hundred and fifty condo units changed hands during the first month of the year, representing an uptick of slightly less than ten percent from January 2010.
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In an update issued at 5:45 p.m. on Saturday, March 5, Hawaiian Electric is advising approximately 1,700 customers in Ewa
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Hawaii Energy, the State’s energy conservation and efficiency program, will offer a limited time $250 rebate for ENERGY STAR refrigerators purchased from local appliance retailers for residents of Hawaii and Maui counties beginning March 7, 2011.
The program runs only two weeks.
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Hawaii Sen. Daniel Akaka announced today that he is not going to run for re-election in 2012, after nearly 22 years in the U.S. senate. The decision will end a 35 year career in Washington, D.C.
As the Washington Post notes, the move makes him “the fifth Democratic or Democratic aligned incumbent to bow out already this election cycle.
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