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State, county leaders formalize joint sustainability commitment
(Photo courtesy of The Governor’s Office) MEDIA RELEASE Gov. Neil Abercrombie, Hawaii’s four county mayors, and Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) leadership jointly launched the Aloha+ Challenge: A...
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Ground broken for $27.9M southern segment of Mamalahoa bypass
Kahu Brian Boshard leads Mayor Billy Kenoi and a slate of dignitaries in the ceremonial groundbreaking. (Hawaii 24/7 photo by Karin Stanton) Karin Stanton | Hawaii 24/7 Editor Work is expected to...
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Construction begins on $22.3M Pahoa District Park
(Photo courtesy of County of Hawaii) MEDIA RELEASE The biggest single investment in recreational opportunity in Hawaii County history is coming to Lower Puna, following Thursday’s groundbreaking...
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Mayor Kenoi thankful for Iselle disaster declaration
MEDIA RELEASE Mayor Billy Kenoi statement on President Obama’s Hawaii Disaster Declaration: “We want to thank President Obama, Governor Abercrombie, and all those who worked on this request for...
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Mayor Kenoi set to become an Ironman?
Mayor Billy Kenoi Karin Stanton | Hawaii 24/7 Editor As much of Kona knuckles down in the last hours before Saturday’s world triathlon championship, there may have been a competitor’s name that...
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Chain of Craters Road to be rebuilt as a two-lane roadway
Visitors to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park walk along the closed section of Chain of Craters Road leading to the lava flow which cut-off access to Kaimu. Hawaii 24/7 File Photo MEDIA RELEASE U.S....
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Iron Mayor
Mayor Billy Kenoi finishes the world championship triathlon. (Hawaii 24/7 photo by Karin Stanton) (Video courtesy of Big Island Video News) Karin Stanton | Hawaii 24/7 Editor That’s Mr. Iron Mayor to...
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Men walking in high heels (Oct. 25)
MEDIA RELEASE YWCA of Hawaii Island hosts the sixth annual “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 25. In East Hawaii, the one-mile march begins at the YWCA Ululani Street campus. In West...
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Rep. Gabbard addresses lava flow response on Capitol Hill
MEDIA RELEASE Washington, DC – Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) Wednesday (Nov 19) honored Hawai‘i County leaders Mayor Billy Kenoi and Civil Defense Director Darryl Oliveira for their tireless...
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Hawaiian Airlines files application to begin Tokyo-Kona service
MEDIA RELEASE Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. has filed an application with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to begin daily, non-stop service this summer between Tokyo International Airport at...
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Laaloa mauka-makai connector opens (Jan. 27)
MEDIA RELEASE A blessing and dedication ceremony is held Tuesday, Jan. 27 for Kona’s Laaloa Avenue extension project, which creates another critically needed maukamakai connector road to improve...
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Laaloa connector dedicate to ease Kona traffic
MEDIA RELEASE A blessing and dedication ceremony was held today for Kona’s Laaloa Avenue extension project, which creates another critically needed mauka-makai connector road to improve traffic...
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Groundbreaking for park in Alii Kai subdivision
Mayor Billy Kenoi, Chairman Dru Kanuha, Councilwoman Karen Eoff, Councilwoman Maile David and others ready to break ground Wednesday for the Alii Kai park project. (Image courtesy of Hawaii County...
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‘Fight the Bite’
Dr. Sarah Park, state epidemiologist and chief of Disease Outbreak Control Division, talks about dengue fever at the Monday, Nov. 9 community meeting in Captain Cook. Note that the total number of...
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Fed Cup 2016: Donation to renovate Old A tennis courts
(From left) Mayor Billy Kenoi, Gov. David Ige, Kona Councilman Dru Kanuha, USTA president Katrina Adams and USTA Hawaii Pacific Section executive director Ron Romano. (Hawaii 24/7 photo by Karin...
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Mayor declares dengue emergency; governor declines
Hawaii 24/7 Staff Mayor Billy Kenoi declared a state of emergency due to the dengue fever outbreak, which began in summer 2015 and has at least 250 confirmed cases across the Big Island. However,...
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Kenoi indicted for felony theft over pCard purchases
Hawaii 24/7 Staff A Big Island grand jury on Wednesday indicted Hawaii County Mayor William P. Kenoi for two counts of felony theft, two additional counts of misdemeanor theft, three counts of...
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Kenoi pleads not guilty to theft charges
Mayor Billy Kenoi at his arraignment Wednesday, March 30, 2016 in Hilo. He was accompanied by his attorneys Todd Eddins (left) and Richard Sing. (Photo special to Hawaii 24/7 by Darryl Lee) Karin...
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Not guilty: Mayor exonerated of pCard theft allegations
Mayor Billy Kenoi nods to jurors after receiving a not guilty verdict from the jury completing his trial Tuesday (Nov 1) in Hilo’s Circuit Court. Photo by Hollyn Johnson/ Hawaii Tribune-Herald Hawaii...
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Peaman events cleared of BLNR fines as former mayor Kenoi provides legal...
MEDIA RELEASE Peaman event at Kailua Pier in Kona. HONOLULU — The Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) at its regularly scheduled meeting today reviewed a proposed administrative enforcement...
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