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A Kona man is in police custody in connection with a car break-in at a Kona beach. At 3:45 p.m. Wednesday (January 7), Kona patrol officers responded to a report that a bystander was following a silver sedan after witnessing the driver break into a parked car at Kua Bay and remove items from within. […]

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Officers from the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE), along with staff from the DLNR Division of State Parks, closed the Kua Bay section of Kekaha Kai (Kona Coast) State Park today after an unidentified object was found in the water.

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A Kona man died Tuesday (November 25) in Kona waters. He has been identified as 52-year-old James Michael Call of Kailua-Kona. At 4:59 p.m. Tuesday, police responded to a report of a possible drowning. The unresponsive victim was found floating in waters 100 yards offshore at Kua Bay. When officers and Fire Department personnel arrived, […]

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A 54-year-old man died Wednesday (April 16) in waters off Kua Bay in Kona. He has been identified as Robert Gregory Osborne of Hōlualoa. At 1:25 p.m. on April 16, Kona Patrol officers responded to a report that an unresponsive man had been pulled from the water at Kua Bay. Officers obtained information that the […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Emergency crews responded to an apparent drowning Friday afternoon at Kua Bay. Police and fire/rescue personnel reported responding to the 2:12 p.m. call and transported a woman to Kona Community Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 3:24 p.m. Police identified the woman as Carol Vandermyden, 44, of Captain Cook. An autopsy has […]

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Hawaii County Fire Department’s Chopper Two fights two brushfires at Makalawena near Kua Bay.

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