Russ Roberts is the news and public affairs director for KPVS, KBIG, KAPA, and ESPN Radio. Russ has worked in Hawaii radio since 1967, beginning with a stint at KPOI-FM in Honolulu and several years at the UH-Manoa radio station, KTUH-FM. Following active duty with the U.S. Air Force, Russ joined the Big Island radio scene at KHLO-AM in 1976. Russ has served as the Pacific Radio Group’s Big Island news director since 1995. Russ is a licensed amateur radio operator and enjoys talking with fellow Radio enthusiasts around the world. Russ’s better half is Janice, a recently retired school Librarian. Russ and Janice call Laupahoehoe their home.
Hawaii Island News, 02 September 2010
The Mauna Kea Management Board has given its unanimous approval of an application to build a Thirty Meter Telescope atop Mauna Kea. The favorable recommendation brings the telescope one step closer to the final review by the Board of Land and Natural Resources. Once the recommendation is approved by UH-Hilo Chancellor Donald Straney, it will [...]
Hawaii Island News, 01 September 2010
The Hawaii County Police Department opened the Saddle Road to all traffic at 7:30 this morning. There are no detours in effect. More than a week of intense effort and moderate weather conditions have to success by multi-agency fire fighting units, who have contained 80 percent of the Mauna Kea fire along Saddle Road. Burn [...]
Hawaii Island News, 31 August 2010
According to "West Hawaii Today", Hawaii County residents are subsidizing cell phones used in the re-election campaigns of five of the nine County Council members. Council members Emily Naeole-Beason, Guy Enriques, Donald Ikeda, J. Yoshimoto, and Dennis Onishi listed their county-subsidized cell phones as the contact numbers when they filed election papers. Taxpayers chip in [...]
Hawaii Island News, 30 August 2010
A wildfire that has been burning near the Pohakuloa Training Area for a week is now 70 percent contained. According to "Hawaii News Now", the fire has scorched nearly 1,400 acres in the PTA area. Last week, police arrested and charged the suspected arnsonist, 31-year old Christopher Pratt. The Mauna Kea Recreation Area is closed [...]
Hawaii Island News, Sunday p.m., 29 August 2010
According to "West Hawaii Today", police department firings are on the upswing. Following a year when no police officers were released, the Hawaii County Police Department fired one officer in 2009 and at least one more so far this year. An officer was fired in 2009 for failing to pass a mandatory drug test. In [...]
Hawaii Island News, 28 August 2010
Hawaii Pacific University economist Leroy Laney told those attending the 36th Annual First Hawaiian Bank Economic Outlook Fourm at the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel that the Big Island has it the economic bottom. Laney said an economic recovery is now underway or at least imminent for the Big Island economy. Laney told the "Hawaii Tribune-Herald" that residents [...]
Hawaii Island News, 27 August 2010
Hawaii Pacific University economics professor Leroy Laney told those attending the 36th Annual First Hawaiian Bank Economic Outlook Forum at the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel that the Big Island has hit the economic bottom. Laney said an economic recovery is now underway or at least imminent for the Big Island economy. Laney told the "Hawaii Tribune-Herald" [...]
Hawaii Island News, 26 August 2010
Firefighters continue to battle a brushfire near the Pohakuloa Training Area. Although the Saddle Road is open, Hawaii County Civil Defense reminds drivers that the speed limit through the detour road is 35 miles per hour. This is also a no stopping zone. There is limited visibility because of smoke in the area. Those with [...]
Hawaii Island News, 25 August 2010
Police and fire officials opened the Saddle Road this morning at 5:30. Traffic will be routed onto the old section of the road from mile post 29 to mile post 34. Meanwhile, fire crews continued to battle a brush fire that has consumed more than 1,300 acres of state land near the Pohakuloa Training Area. [...]
Hawaii Island News, 24 August 2010
(AP). The Army says a wildfire has burned 2,000 acres–or more than 3.1 square miles–at Pohakuloa Training Area on the Big Island. U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii says the fire on the slopes of Mauna Kea is about 55 percent contained. Three helicopters are batling the blaze while five bulldozers are cutting firebreaks. The Saddle Road [...]
