According to bigislandnow.com, “A 70-year-old man visiting from Canada apparently drowned Wednesday afternoon while snorkeling at Kahalu`u Beach Park in Kona. Police officers responding to a 3:40 p.m. call were told that the man, identified as Ian Michael Gordon of Alberta, had become motionless about 40 feet from shore.” Read Article
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As covered by foodsafetynews.com, “An outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 has sickened at least nine people on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, reported state health officials this week…The three children were treated for hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a potentially fatal complication of E. coli infection that causes kidney failure.” Read Article
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As reported by staradvertiser.com, “The Coast Guard will search through the night for one of two men who were swept into waters off Kauai’s north shore Monday. According to the Kauai Fire Department, two visitors from San Francisco were walking along a rocky shoreline between Kalihiwai Bay and Kauapea Beach around 11:30 a.m. when high […]
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As reported by staradvertiser.com, “A 50-year-old visitor from Washington state who was pulled from waters off Kaaawa this morning has died. The man was identified as Joe Kinnikin of Everett, Wash.” Read Article
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As covered by newsonjapan.com, “They’re trying to locate a missing Japanese visitor – who was last seen in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on Wednesday…Hawaii county police first learned about the missing 51 year old this morning – when someone reported a suspicious car parked at the end of highway 130 – near the lava viewing […]
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The announcement of the decision to build the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Alert System, or Atlas, on Hawaii was made after the meteorite crash in Russia on Friday, and the close encounter with the 50m-diameter asteroid 2012 DA14 that swept to within 27,350km of Earth. Read Article
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staradvertiser.com reported a 76-year-old tourist from Oregon has died following a two-car collision in Kapaa this afternoon, Kauai County police report. The man was a passenger in a PT Cruiser that attempted to enter the north-bound lanes of Kuhio Highway from the shoulder near the Kaiakea fire station. A Ford truck, traveling north on the highway, […]
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