Blimp name contest (Hawaii rental) takes off

Blimp name contest takes off
Akron Beacon Journal - People competing to name Goodyear's newest blimp certainly got into the spirit of things. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.'s national Name the Blimp online contest began at noon Tuesday. By 5 p.m., the contest Web site had received 3,877 unique names. The

HAA to resume service with one plane
Maui News - WAILUKU Hawaii Air Ambulance announced Friday it would resume flying patients aboard one of its aircraft, while Department of Health officials reported receiving three new applications from companies hoping to provide medical airlift services in

Billabong XXL Awards Ceremony LIVE Webcast Friday
Surfers Village - Surfersvillage Global Surf News , 11 April, 2006 : - - NEWPORT BEACH, CA -- The sixth annual Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards presented by Monster Energy are only days away and as the top names in the surfing world are arriving in Southern

Officials In Hawaii Prepare For Possible Flu Pandemic
NewsNet 5 - HONOLULU -- A tourist from a country in the throes of a pandemic influenza outbreak boards a plane for a Hawaii vacation. On the way, the passenger develops a high fever, a sore throat, and starts vomiting. Health officials in the islands hope they

Hilo, Hawaii 96720
KPUA.net - (KPUA) HAWAII COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE REPORT THAT A FIRE BROKE OUT AT WAIAKEA HIGH SCHOOL EARLY THIS MORNING, CAUSING THE CLOSURE OF ONE OF THE BIG ISLANDS LARGEST HIGH SCHOOLS. HAWAII COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED TO WAIAKEA HIGH SCHOOL WHERE THEY

Stengel spanked by ethics panel
Rocky Mountain News - Former House Minority Leader Joe Stengel "discredited the reputation" of the legislature with his "excessive" billing for work in the off session, including while vacationing in Hawaii, an ethics committee has determined. The Littleton Republican

EPA says it didn't approve Ala Wai sewage spill
KPUA.net - HONOLULU (AP) _ The federal government didn't give the city of Honolulu permission to dump millions of gallons of raw sewage into the Ala Wai canal last month. Alexis Strauss is the Environmental Protection Agency's water division director for the

Nephew held for trial in beating of elderly Torrance uncle
Daily Breeze - A Torrance woman cried on the witness stand Tuesday after seeing hospital photos of her 74-year-old husband, allegedly beaten so severely by their nephew, a U.S. Coast Guard petty officer, that she didn't recognize his face. "From his shirt that he