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Voyage to the past
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A RARE, pristine collection that includes Hawaiian artifacts given to British navigator Capt. James Cook during his voyages to the Pacific more than 225 years ago will be displayed for the first time in a public museum at the Honolulu Academy of Arts this week.
The "Life in the Pacific of the 1700s: The Cook/Forster Collection of the Georg August University of Göttinge...
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Travel Agent
; George Applegate has the enviable job of spreading the word among travel agents and consumers about the rich diversity the Big Island offers. Applegate, who serves as executive director of the Big Island Visitors Bureau (BIVB), is responsible for promoting a destination that consistently receives
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The spice of life: one of the constants of the Big Island is the variety of ways it captures travelers' hearts. (Hawaii).
Travel Agent
; Beyond the abundance of natural beauty of the Big Island are the innovations both ancient and modern that have been wrought by Hawaiians and newer waves of immigrants. For the former, consider the centuries-old lava-rock wall that stands at Puuhonua o Honaunau, a coastal national park. Skilled
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Ten ways to save the Big Island. (Hawaii Island)
Hawaii Business
; Hawaii Business takes a look at suggested buoys for a floundering economy. It's hard to worry about the future when reveling in the pleasant--which is exactly what the Big Island, along with the rest of the state, did for much of the last decade. Contractors saw only major projects in an extended
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A Hawaii-born filmmaker is working to establish a motion picture production company on the Big Island
Honolulu Star - Bulletin
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Postcards from the Big Island; The two-lane highway that wraps around Hawaii - the island, not the state - is about 220 miles long. By Midwestern standards, it's a short journey. But that road embraces a continent's worth of geography: massive mountains, the world's most active volcano, wide open grasslands, sandy beaches and verdant rain forest.(TRAVEL)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
; The plane approached Hawaii - the Big Island - from the north. In the distance, the place looked massive and black, as if it had been forged in fire. Around it, the Pacific Ocean glittered like pounded silver. The plane descended, and the landmass became distinct: an endless field of broken black
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BIG ISLAND For One Family, a Lot to Lava
The Washington Post
; A slice of pineapple, a sliver of coconut, a rainbow, a smooth cup of Kona coffee -- that's all it takes to trigger dreams of Hawaii's Big Island. The Big Island is: the largest of Hawaii's more than 100 islands and reefs -- bigger than all of the other islands combined -- and the youngest. It's
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Storm headed south of Big Island
Honolulu Star - Bulletin
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Big Island economy bouncing back
Honolulu Star - Bulletin
; ... said. Payroll growth last year was 1.7 percent and this year it has reached an annualized rate of 2 percent, he said. That good news for the Big Island fits into a "somber" picture for the rest of the state, Laney says in his annual report on the Big Island ...
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Laney advises caution amid Big Island real estate boom
Honolulu Star - Bulletin
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OUR OPINION - State will need to assist Big Island quake victims
Honolulu Star - Bulletin
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