Kailua Kona NewsLocal news for Kailua Kona, HI continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Man dies in motorcycle crash near Pahala- July 8, 2008 A 41-year-old Kailua-Kona man died Sunday from injuries he sustained in a motorcycle crash on Hawaii Belt Road , .3 miles north of the 49-mile marker, north of Pahala in the Ka'u District.http://www.topix.net/city/kailua-kona-hi/2008/07/man-dies-in-motorcycle-crash-near-pahala?... West Hawaii community college gets new home in '10- July 7, 2008 Developers of Palamanui, a 725-acre subdivision north of Kailua-Kona, announced last week they are trying to complete a 20,000-square-foot building to house the University of Hawaii-West Hawaii Center by fall ...http://www.topix.net/city/kailua-kona-hi/2008/07/west-hawaii-community-college-gets-new-ho... NTSB releases early report on tour plane- July 5, 2008 The National Transportation Safety Board yesterday issued a preliminary report on the crash of an Island Hoppers Cessna tour airplane that disappeared in a dense Big Island rainforest on June 17 with the pilot ...http://www.topix.net/city/kailua-kona-hi/2008/07/ntsb-releases-early-report-on-tour-plane?... High gold prices and rising rent hit jeweler- July 3, 2008 Skyrocketing gold prices and rising rents coupled with a slower economy have prompted Royal Hawaiian Heritage Jewelry to cut costs by closing two stores on Oahu at the end of this month.http://www.topix.net/city/kailua-kona-hi/2008/07/high-gold-prices-and-rising-rent-hit-jewe... State hospitals in fiscal crisis- July 1, 2008 The Hawai'i Health Systems Corp., the state's network of public hospitals, is suffering financially, and administrators have told state lawmakers they may soon have to lay off workers or reduce healthcare ...http://www.topix.net/city/kailua-kona-hi/2008/07/state-hospitals-in-fiscal-crisis?fromrss=... |