Daily headlines

THURSDAY, AUGUST 7

Smooth sailing for Kona CDP click here

Watanabe gets apology, no fine click here

Percentage of Hawaiians shrinks click here

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6

BOE's Watanabe late filing report click here

Big Isle home sales, prices fall click here

TUESDAY, AUGUST 5

Police: Isle reaping drug bust benefits click here

MONDAY, AUGUST 4

Candidates react to early poll numbers click here

Takamine top non-mayoral race spender click here

SUNDAY, AUGUST 3

SO2 travels faster than alert system click here

SATURDAY, AUGUST 2

Parched isles draw federal attention click here

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Lava pics click here
Eruption update click here
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park click here 

Campaign events
Candidate forum for District 5 County Council candidates, 6-8 p.m., Aug. 19 at the Pahoa Neighborhood Facility. Sponsored by the non-profit Malama O Puna, the  forum wll focus on environmental issues facing Puna.

"Coffee Hour Weekend" with District 5 Council candidate Wayne Joseph: Hawaiian Shores, 10 a.m., Aug. 16, hosted by Del Pranke, 965-8169; and Hawaiian Paradise Park, 11 a.m., Aug. 17, hosted by Bryn and Danny Berg, 966-6009. Joseph also will have a booth at the Makuu Farmers Market this Sunday, Aug. 10, to discuss his candidacy and answer questions.

Open discussion with District 5 Council candidate Gary Safarik and tour of a five-acre palm farm and botanical garden, 2-5 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 10, hosted by Karolyn Lundqvist of Leilani Estates, 965-0083. Safarik also will have a table at the Makuu Farmer's Market, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 17, to discuss his candidacy and answer questions.

Talk Story with Gary Safarik, 5-7p.m., Friday, Aug. 22, at Pahoa Neighborhood Center. Light refreshments.

All candidates having campaign events in Puna are invited to submit information about them for publication in this column.

The 'best-connected journalist' in Puna.
-- Hawaii Island Journal 

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I was a reporter for close to 17 years at the Hawaii Tribune-Herald until October 2005, when I joined the growing ranks of union leaders now formerly employed by the newspaper. (For more about what's happening at the Tribune-Herald, check out the Hawaii Newspaper Guild web site.) Since then I've been the Hilo unit representative for the Guild, a freelance writer, photographer, and blogger.  Puna has been my family's home since 1993.

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