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Kua O Ka La Public Charter School graduated nine students during commencement exercises in Puna Friday morning.

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UPDATED FROM POLICE (5/12/09) Police traffic investigators have identified a 27-year-old man who died Saturday (May 9) from injuries he sustained in a motorcycle crash on Route 137 (Kalapana/Kapoho Road), .1 mile south of Pohoiki Road. The victim was identified as Joshua Glenn Vanhook of a Keaau address. UPDATED FROM POLICE (5/11/09) A 27-year-old Keaau [...]

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View Larger Map MEDIA RELEASE The Hawai’i Police Department Criminal Investigation Section is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying two suspects in an assault and robbery incident that occurred at Ahalanui Beach Park parking lot in Pohiki, Puna, at around midnight on Saturday, December 13, 2008. The victim reported being punched by one suspect causing [...]

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Fire/Rescue crews treat victims of a two vehicle accident on Highway 137 in Puna Thursday afternoon.

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MEDIA RELEASE The Hawai’i Police Department is requesting the public’s help in identifying suspects of a robbery at Pohoiki Beach Park around 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon (April 28). The victim was operating a moped and was in the parking lot when he was assaulted. The suspects were operating a black four-door sedan, possibly a [...]

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The 2009 Hawaii Island championship race was held at Pohoiki in Lower Puna Saturday, March 28. The course race ran from the recently expanded Isaac Hale Beach park to Kehena Beach. With fresh trade winds and favorable currents, conditions were described as “epic” and the best ever at for a race a this venue. Times [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE The new Pohoiki concrete boat launch ramp, accessible ramp and loading dock for use by Hawaii boaters opened Friday, according to the Department of Land and Natural Resources. “As part of the Lingle-Aiona Administration’s ongoing efforts to upgrade our small boat harbors statewide, we have replaced the old Pohoiki boat ramp and loading dock [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Firefighters responded at 8:29 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 27 to a fire at Old Pohoiki Coffee Mill in Pahoa after a generator exploded. Two engine units extinguished the blaze, which engulfed a 12 foot-by-20 foot wooden generator shed and workshop. A medic unit also responded, but no injuries were reported. The fire was out by 9:15 [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE The public is invited to the opening and blessing of the new Pohoiki bypass road near Isaac Hale Beach Park in Puna at noon, Monday, Dec. 29. The three-quarters of a mile long county bypass road will allow motorists to avoid the portion of coastal Highway 137 near Isaac Hale Beach Park where [...]

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