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The state is beefing up the system on Hawaii Island from its current 84 locations to 112, Magno told the council. Most sirens are currently near the coast, where hurricanes and tsunamis pose the greatest threat. Sirens will be installed at East Carvalho Park, Panaewa Park, Ahualani Park, Keokea Park, Kamehameha Park, Kahaluu Beach Park, Palipoko Road, Hookena Beach Park, Whittington Beach Park, Hawaiian Ocean View, Waiohinu, Hawaiian Ocean View […]

December 1, 2017 Siren Sounding: At 11:45 AM on Friday, December 1, 2017, Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (HIEMA), formerly known as Hawaii State Civil Defense Agency, will incorporate and sound an “ATTACK Warning Signal” siren into the December test of the Emergency Alert Siren System.

By Cameron Miculka West Hawaii Today cmiculka@westhawaiitoday.com KAILUA-KONA — The U.S. Department of Transportation in January will end a subsidy for air service at the Waimea-Kohala Airport following unsuccessful efforts to negotiate sharing the subsidy’s cost. The order, issued on Tuesday, ends a subsidy to Mokulele Airlines for air service to the airport, effective Jan. 16. The order doesn’t restrict that airline or any other carrier from offering unsubsidized service after […]