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• Permitted to sell
  6 Sep 2008 at 12:13pm
  Despite an increase statewide of illegal roadside food vendors and associated complaints, the Department of Health reports no increase in West Hawaii complaints, though vendor numbers here are growing.
  
   
• County to seek $8M bond for transitional housing
  6 Sep 2008 at 12:13pm
  HILO -- After failing to secure state and federal funding for a Kona planned transitional housing project, Hawaii County administration wants the County Council to approve bonding $8 million for it.
  
   
• Solid waste has new goal: zero waste
  6 Sep 2008 at 12:13pm
  Asking farmers how much compost they could use, and how they could receive it, is one way to move toward a goal of zero waste, proponents of the concept say.
  
   
• Matson lowers fuel surcharge
  6 Sep 2008 at 12:13pm
  Just days after a shipping industry rival raised its fuel surcharge, Matson Navigation Co. announced Friday a nearly 5 percent decrease in the fee it imposes to cover energy costs.
  
   
• Wood Valley water to stay on; issue going to court
  6 Sep 2008 at 12:13pm
  The head of the Wood Valley Water and Farm Cooperative said the organization will use legal avenues to compel a handful of members to pay their utility bills or shut off water service to their farms.
  
   
• In Brief - Big Island
  6 Sep 2008 at 12:16pm
  West Hawaii voter election sites West Hawaii voters registered to vote in the upcoming primary election may vote Monday through Thursday at the following sites:
  
   
• Lava lake seen in Halemaumau
  6 Sep 2008 at 12:13pm
  A sloshing lava lake about 330 feet below the vent rim of Halemaumau Crater was recently discovered by Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientist, who were in a helicopter that was hovering over the area.
  
   
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• Protecting our keiki against the measles
  6 Sep 2008 at 12:12pm
  If you've been following the news lately, you may have heard that measles, a disease that health officials declared an end to about a decade ago in the U.S. has re-emerged since the beginning of this year. Between January 1 through July 31 of th...