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Dr. Francis Wong was the team doctor for multiple sports at Hilo High. [38] Wong served in the Army and Navy in World War II, and aboard an aircraft carrier during the Korean War; in Hilo, he served as the leader for many local sports organizations. He died in 1971, at the age of 52. [39]
The Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) is a state agency of Hawaiʻi, with its headquarters in Honolulu CDP, Honolulu County, on the island of Oʻahu. [1]The Hawai'i Department of Health is organized into three administrations: Health Resources, Behavioral Health, and Environmental Health.
Postal services in Hilo commenced in 1858. When the Hawaiian Islands became a territory of the United States in 1900, officials wanted to expand postal and court facilities for the second-largest city in the territory. [2] By 1913, the Hilo Board of Trade and the territory's governmental representative secured US$200,000 for a federal building. [3]
Under authority of the Attorney General; the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney is the legal agency responsible for prosecuting all violations of State and County laws, ordinances, rules, and/or regulations on behalf of the Big Island community as provided by Hawai‘i County Charter Article IX: Chapter 28; H.R.S. 28–1. [4]
The district spans 331 miles. The most populous community entirely within the district is Hilo. Major segments of the economy include tourism, ranching, and agriculture. Under the U.S. Constitution, a candidate for this district has to be a resident of Hawaii, but does not have to live in the district itself.
Hilo is located on the eastern, windward side of the island, enjoying abundance of rainfall, and therefore includes the island's most populated town, also called Hilo. [ 1 ] (3) North Hilo and (2) South Hilo Districts are located in the east coast of Hawaii County ( the Big Island ).
The Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA) is a member of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, an association of independent medical insurance providers. A nonprofit, mutual benefit association founded in 1938, HMSA covers more than half of the state’s population.
Pastor Wayne Cordeiro (born on October 20, 1952, in Fort Belvoir, Virginia) and his wife Anna moved from Oregon to Hilo, Hawaii in 1983 and started a church in the Waiakea Villas area. It moved to the Hilo Women's Club and then to the Hilo Boys' and Girls' Club. In 1990, the "Gathering Place" facility was built, and the church grew to 2000.