Friday marked another important step forward for the future of astronomical discovery and economic opportunity on Hawaii Island.
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Donna Whitaker, executive director of the Hawaii Island Humane Society, says often a dog barks because it is bored.
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She began her trip in Hawaii and island-hopped her way to Fiji then Australia, taking surf lessons, diving the Great Barrier Reef and visiting eucalyptus rainforests along the way.
Connecticut, New Hampshire, Hawaii, Rhode Island and North Dakota performed the best.
Alaska was slightly cooler and wetter than normal, while nearly two-thirds of Hawaii's island chain faced moderate to exceptional drought conditions by December, NOAA said.
It required stops in San Francisco, Hawaii, Canton Island, Fiji and Sydney, and it cost each coach passenger something like a quarter of that year's U.S. median family income, each way.
Ellison has bought about 98% of Lana'I, the sixth-largest island in Hawaii -- and one that's more than 1, 000 times larger than the private island that Branson owns in the British Virgin Islands.
He could go raise pineapples on his estate on the big island in Hawaii.
The frog folderol began in 2004, when officials declared a state of emergency on Hawaii's Big Island because of the invaders.
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On the west coast of the island of Hawaii, a new international airport generated a 26% increase in tourist arrivals in 1997.
Guests were forced to check out of the Volcano House Hotel and Restaurant at the Volcanoes National Park on the Hawaii's Big Island.
To the average American, the Philippines is either an island near Hawaii or the guys in the Bible whose giant was slain by David.
Connecticut and several other small states, such as Rhode Island and Hawaii, claim billionaire residents, while many comparatively large states like Mississippi and Utah have none.
It's a three-day race covering 320 miles on the big island of Hawaii, including a 10-kilometer ocean swim, more than 260 miles by bike and a double marathon run.
He says he had a long conversation with Snabe from outside a hotel on the big island of Hawaii, standing near a dumpster surrounded by a swarm of bees.
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He and his wife have set up a nature preserve for coqui on Hawaii's Big Island and have posted a YouTube video as part of his campaign to sway Hawaiian hearts and minds toward coqui compassion.
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Many such destinations are worth visiting for other reasons too: as well as being pleasant places to go on holiday, Iceland, Hawaii and the Greek island of Santorini all demonstrate, for example, the influence of vulcanism on island formation.
Many other states, including New Jersey, Illinois, Delaware, Rhode Island and Hawaii, have legalized domestic partnerships and civil unions for such couples -- a step designed in most cases to provide the same rights of marriage under state law.
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At 42 years old, I competed in the Ultraman World Championships, a grueling three-day uber-endurance triathlon circumnavigating the Big Island of Hawaii that involves 6.2 miles of swimming, 260 miles of cycling and culminates with a 52.4-mile double marathon run.
The museum and several Native Hawaiian groups are struggling to figure out what should be done with 83 objects, including bones and rare carved artifacts taken from sacred burial caves in Kawaihae, on the Big Island of Hawaii in 1905.
Nine other states, including California, New Jersey, Illinois, Delaware, Rhode Island and Hawaii, have legalized domestic partnerships and civil unions for such couples -- a step designed in most cases to provide the same rights of marriage under state law.
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The tsunami that wrecked northern Japanese fishing villages and small cities also travelled across the Pacific and hit the Hawaiian islands, causing tens of millions of dollars worth of damage to boats, docks, beach homes and led to the closing of the famous Kona Village Resort, a picturesque minimalist string of high-end bungalows on the Kona coast of the Big Island of Hawaii.
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They have won their party's nomination in Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland and Rhode Island.
But unlike island chains like Hawaii, the Galapagos still maintains 95 percent of its native plants and animals.
But nowhere in the United States is the immediate need to tackle resource efficiency more evident than in the island state of Hawaii.
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KonaRed, a company located on the island paradise of Hawaii, is investigating juice made from the fruit of the coffee plant which contains three antioxidant compounds that might fight inflammation and boost immunity.
Thanks to its commitment to renewable energy, Hawaii is now also becoming something of a test bed for renewable energy technologies, from the study of various geothermal and algae-based biofuel technologies happening at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority on the Big Island to smart grid experiments the state is conducting along with representatives from Japan and China.
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Amazon took similar actions in Hawaii, North Carolina and Rhode Island after those states passed legislation similar to the New York law, which Amazon is challenging in court.
Five states -- Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, New Jersey and Rhode Island -- allow civil unions that provide rights similar to marriage.
Mississippi and Rhode Island came in just ahead of Hawaii, making them the second and third worst places to make a living.
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