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Hector bears down
PARKS CLOSE AS COUNTY HUNKERS DOWN FOR CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE
Families of deceased wait for answers
KIN SAYS JOY MILLS-FERREN, BRADLEY WOODFERREN
COUPLE FOUND DEAD FRIDAY
Blazes scorch island
LARGE BRUSH FIRE BREAKS OUT NEAR VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK
BY TIFFANY DEMASTERS
Kanuha,
Kapela top
campaign
funds
LEGISLATIVE
CANDIDATES DRAIN
ACCOUNTS AS
ELECTION NEARS
BY NANCY COOK LAUER
WEST HAWAII TODAY
ncook-lauer@westhawaiitoday.com
HILO — New money
flowed into state House
and Senate candidates’
campaign coffers last
month, but for most candidates
racing toward
Saturday’s election, it was
flowing out just as fast.
Contribution and
expenditure reports
through July 27 were
due Aug. 1 to the state
Campaign Spending
Commission. Reports of
any last-minute contributions
of $500 or more
from a single individual
are due Wednesday.
Kona County
Councilman Dru Kanuha
has pulled ahead in contributions
over his former
council colleague,
SEE FUNDS PAGE 5A
Joy Mills-Ferren
and Brad Wood-
Ferren. COURTESY
ANNIE FERREN
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BACK TO
NORMAL?
Students excited
to return to
Volcano school
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CATCHING
WAVES
Big Island HSA
hosts first event
of new season
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HILO — The National Weather
Service on Monday posted a tropical
storm watch for the Big Island as
Hurricane Hector continued its trek
toward Hawaii.
As of 5 p.m., the Category 4 hurricane
was 735 miles east-southeast
of Hilo, with maximum sustained
winds of 155 mph with higher
gusts. The storm was moving to the
west-northwest at 16 mph.
Melissa Dye, a forecaster for
the National Weather Service in
Honolulu, said there is a “40 to 50
percent chance of tropical stormforce
winds, and that’s between 39
and 73 miles an hour.”
“If we did get into any of those
tropical-storm force winds, it
would likely be late (today) into
Wednesday,” Dye said. “South Point
is the main area we’re looking at,
but it could be the southern third of
the Big Island.”
As of Monday evening, Hector
was forecast to pass south of South
Point at about 2 p.m. Wednesday.
Dye said that strong winds “could
could allow vog to be transported to
other areas of the island as well as to
the smaller islands as Hector passes
to the south.”
High surf of “anywhere from 15 to
20 feet” also is expected, Dye said.
BY JOHN BURNETT
HAWAII TRIBUNE-HERALD
In this satellite image provided by the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the
eye of Hurricane Hector can be seen as the
SEE HECTOR PAGE 5A storm moves toward Hawaii on Tuesday. NOAA/VIA AP
KAILUA-KONA — As
fire crews gain control
over a massive brush in
Waikoloa, another blaze is
tearing through the areas
of Ka‘u and into Hawaii
Volcanoes National Park,
damaging koa forest.
The Ka‘u fire, named
the Mauna Loa brush fire,
is estimated to be about
700 acres and is currently
not contained, officials
reported Monday afternoon.
According to a press
release from the National
Park Service, the fire was
sparked during repairs
to a bulldozer Sunday
morning.
NPS officials state the
fire began on Keauhou
Ranch and crossed Mauna
Loa Road into Hawaii
Volcanoes National Park.
WEST HAWAII TODAY
tdemasters@westhawaiitoday.com
The National
Park Service
battles
the Mauna
Loa brush
fire that is
destroying
koa forest.
The fire
was ignited
Sunday
morning
during the
alleged repair
to a bulldozer.
NATIONAL
PARK SERVICE/
SEE FIRE PAGE 5A COURTESY PHOTO
KAILUA-KONA — Families of the
deceased couple found inside an Alii
Drive apartment Friday say the agony
of not knowing what happened to
their loved ones is compounding their
sorrow.
While police haven’t identified the
deceased, the families on Monday
unidentified the couple as Joy
Mills-Ferren and Brad Wood-Ferren.
They were found dead Friday morning
by a neighbor who performed a
welfare check.
“The tears don’t stop,” said Linda Y.
Leilani Mills, mother of Mills-Ferren,
on Monday outside her late daughter’s
Alii Lani apartment. “She was the
most dedicated, loyal and loving heart.
She had so much to live for and the
TOM HASSLINGER
WEST HAWAII TODAY
thasslinger@westhawaiitoday.com
Joy Mills-
Ferren of Ka
Pa Hula Na
Wai Iwi Ola
danced in the
Makuahine
Kahiko Soloist
Division at
the Iolani
Luahine Hula
Festival and
Educational
Challenge in
January. LAURA
RUMINSKI/WEST
HAWAII TODAY
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