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| Mayoral candidate Kimo Alameda sign waving during his "ohana Fun Day in Nāʻālehu in December of 2023. After midnight, Monday morning, he led incumbent Mitch Roth in the race. Photo from Friends of Kimo Alameda |
MAYORAL CANDIDATE KIMO ALAMEDA LED INCUMBENT MITCH ROTH in the 11:40 p.m. printout for the General Election Tuesday night.
Earlier in the day, Gov. Josh Green described the candidates as "Two really good human beings." Green noted that Alameda has been "a terrific health care provider" and ran the Bay Clinic where Green worked for when he first came to Hawai'i Island as a young physician. Green said that Mayor Mitch Roth "has been a friend of mine going way back to when I lived on Big Island. There is lot to offer from both of those candidates but Mitch was my guy because I've been working with him as Governor. And as Lt. Governor, I also worked with him when we were going through Covid."
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| Mayor Mitch Roth helping with food distribution during the COVID pandemic. Photo by Julia Neal |
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A 4.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE RATTLED PĀHALA at 1:42 a.m. on Tuesday. It was located mauka of Hwy 11 between Punalu'u and Pāhala and was felt all the way to O'ahu.
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| Kalaiki Road, already under repair from the recent hurricane, suffered flood damage again on Monday. Photo by Phil Becker/ Aikane Plantation Coffee |
THE STORM THAT FADED INTO LIGHTER RAINS ON TUESDAY left some damage along Kalaiki Road between Pāhala and Nāʻālehu. Highway 11 was closed over Monday night, reopening around 5 a.m. on Tuesday. Some people were trapped overnight and sought housing in Nāʻālehu and Pāhala. Both communities were prepared with county and Red Cross shelters opened.
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| More damage from this week's flooding storm on Kalaiki Road betweenNāʻālehu and Pāhala. Photo by Phil Becker/Aikane Plantation Coffee |
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