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No county fair this year

By JOHN BURNETT Hawaii Tribune-Herald For the fifth straight year, there will be no Hawaii County Fair in Hilo or Kona in 2025. Kelton Chang, president of the Hawaii County Fair Foundation, said he’s hoping the family-friendly event will return in 2026, but it won’t happen without help. The fair, a September staple for seven decades, last occurred in 2019. “COVID killed us,” Chang told the Tribune-Herald last week. Another impediment is the cost of shipping E.K. Fernandez Shows’…Read more

Geothermal measures advance in Legislature

By MICHAEL BRESTOVANSKY Hawaii Tribune-Herald State proposals to pursue geothermal development on the Big Islandare still going strong. Two bills in the Legislature, House Bill 1307 and Senate Bill 1269, would allocate funds to two different state agencies – the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and the Department of Business, Economic Development andTourism, respectively – to investigate options for geothermal production. Both measures have successfully crossed over to the opposite…Read more

Double-homicide suspect will be extradited to Ohio

By JOHN BURNETT Hawaii Tribune-Herald A 32-year-old Oklahoma man will be extradited from the Big Island to Ohio to face two counts of aggravated murder for the shooting death of a married couple who were reportedly his business partners. Hilo Circuit Judge Henry Nakamoto’sorder gives Belmont County, Ohio, authorities 30 days to take custody of Andrew Isaac Griffin and return him to face charges he killed Thomas Strussion, 51, and Angela Strussion, 49. Their bodies were found, along with…Read more


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