The State of Hawaii plans to charge non-resident visitors a $5 per car fee to enter Akaka Falls, Hapuna Beach and Kekaha Kai State Park in Kona. What is your take on this plan?
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Russ Roberts
Russ Roberts is the news and public affairs director for KPVS, KBIG, KAPA, and ESPN Radio. Russ has worked in Hawaii radio since 1967, beginning with a stint at KPOI-FM in Honolulu and several years at the UH-Manoa radio station, KTUH-FM. Following active duty with the U.S. Air Force, Russ joined the Big Island radio scene at KHLO-AM in 1976. Russ has served as the Pacific Radio Group’s Big Island news director since 1995. Russ is a licensed amateur radio operator and enjoys talking with fellow Radio enthusiasts around the world. Russ’s better half is Janice, a recently retired school Librarian. Russ and Janice call Laupahoehoe their home.
Hawaii Island News, 30 July 2010
The controversy over the "Private Moments" adult store in Keaau has been resolved. According to the "Hawaii Tribune-Herald", an out of court settlement wil result in the sotre moving from the Keaau Plaza to a site in Hilo. Ford and Leslie Pascual, the co-owners of the video rental and adult store, have long defended their [...]
Hawaii Island News, 29 July 2010
The Chairman of the Hawaii County Council has received nearly $7,000 in taxpayers' money to spend on a race he is guaranteed to win. Despite being the only candidate in his race, J. Yoshimoto is qualified to get $6,905 under the pilot campaign funding program financed by taxpayers. Barbara Wong, the executive director of the [...]
Hawaii Island News, 28 July 2010
(AP). Internet, phone, and cable television service is back on for hundreds of thousands of people in Hawaii despite a break in an undersea cable that'll likely take weeks to fix. Some 400,000 customers of Oceanic Time Warner Cable lost service yesterday when the break occurred in the undersea fiber-optic cable in the Molokai Channel. [...]
Hawaii Island News, 27 July 2010
North Hawaii Councilman Kelly Greenwell tells the "Hawaii Tribune-Herald" that Hawaii's "Sunshine Law" is hampering the County Council and should be overturned. Greenwell says the law "is a very restrictive piece of legislation" which prevents debate, swift action, and even the ability to obtain grant money. Greenwell wants the council to hire a private attorney [...]
Hawaii Island News, 26 July 2010
The state Department of Transportation is holding its second round of statewide public informational meetings to discuss and solicit comments on the fiscally constrained Draft Statewide Transportation Improvement Program for Fiscal Years 2011-2014. Survey results from the first round of pubolic meetings will be shared, along with details on future steps. The first public meeting [...]
Hawaii Island News, 25 July 2010
(AP). Official say lava flowing from Kilauea Volcano is less than 100 feet from a home in Kalapana. The U.S. Gological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory says the lava has been moving along Highway 127, but that the eastern progress of the flow has slowed down. (AP). Democratic gubernatorial candidated Mufi Hannemann has opened a campaign [...]
Hawaii Island News, 24 July 2010
A Kalapana home threatened by lava is still standing as molten rock continues to flow slowly along Highway 137. Hawaii County Civil Defense Administrator Quince Mento tells the "Hawaii Tribune-Herald" that the house remains intact as lava pools around Highway 137, just south of the evacuated home. Volcanologists are also tracking a clutster of advancing [...]
Hawaii Island News, 23 July 2010
Fire crews remain on the scene of a 90-acre brush fire on the makai side of the Kohala Mountain Road. According to a fire department press release, the brush fire started at the roadway near powerline poles and moved quickly because of gusty winds and extremely dry conditions. Fire crews kept the fire away from [...]
Hawaii Island News, 22 July 2010
Hawaii County Civil Defense officials reopened Highway 19 at the Kaawalii Gulch near Honokaa at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday after a hazardous-materials team determined it was safe to reenter the area following the crash of a fuel truck around 6:15 a.m. Wednesday. The truck, owned by C & F Trucking, was fully loaded and carrying naptha [...]
Hawaii Island News, 21 July 2010
(AP). Big Island police say officers will ticket vehicles parked illegally near the lava viewing area in Kalapana. With a recent shift of the lava flow from Kilauea volcano, the end of Route 130 has become a popular area to view volcanic activity. Vehicular congestion on the road near the viewing area has let to [...]
