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Hawaii County honors fire department fiscal staffer Keiko Furukawa with July Haweo award

5345998 · July 9, 2025
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The Hawaii County Council recognized Keiko Furukawa of the Fire Department’s fiscal section with the July 2025 Haweo award for sustained weekend work, paperwork streamlining and launching internal fiscal tools that supported payroll and other operations.

The Hawaii County Council presented the July 2025 Haweo award to Keiko Furukawa of the Hawaii Fire Department on July 9, 2025, recognizing her behind‑the‑scenes work that county officials said kept payroll and fiscal operations running during staff shortages.

Fire Chief Kazuo Todd described Furukawa as an “everyday hero” who “worked really, really hard for over 3…

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