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Hawaii Electric Light Company (HELCO) has awarded the Hilo Medical Center (HMC) Foundation a $10,000 grant to support the hospital’s lobby upgrade project.

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Based on all available data a destructive pacific-wide tsunami is not expected and there is no tsunami threat to Hawaii. However – earthquakes of this size sometimes generate local tsunamis that can be destructive along coasts located within a hundred kilometers of the earthquake epicenter. Authorities in the region of the epicenter should be aware […]

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Hawaii Island police have located 31-year-old Sarah Morlock, who was reported missing. She turned herself in at the Pāhoa police substation at 2:22 p.m. Friday (June 25). She was unharmed.

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The Department of Public Works, Traffic Division has converted this intersection to a three-way stop at Middle Ke‘ei Road & Painted Church Road. This is being done to make the intersection safer because of the limited sight distance at this location in South Kona.

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Fire department crews found the remains of a missing opihi picker Joseph Pacheco Jr. Friday morning (June 25). The remains of Pacheco were found at a depth of 25 feet and 20 feet offshore fronting his last known location. The remains were found by rescue divers on their second dive of the day.

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Puuhonua o Honaunau celebrates the 49th annual Hawaiian Cultural Festival with the theme of ‘Na Hana Lima o na Kupuna,’ or ‘The Working Hands of our Elders.’ The event is 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, June 26 and Sunday, June 27. Park fees are waived for the weekend.

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Sixty-one-year-old Vera Matsuda-Brownlea, who was reported missing, returned home Friday morning. She got lost when she wandered off her usual path during an afternoon walk on Wednesday and became disoriented. She spent two nights outdoors before she found a fence that helped her find her way back to her Volcano neighborhood. Matsuda-Brownlea suffered minor scrapes […]

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Friday, June 25 9:30-11 a.m. — Walking Tour of Honokaa Town 11 a.m.-1 p.m. — Lunch and Talk Story at North Hawaii Education & Research Center (NHERC) 1:15-2:15 p.m. — Talk Story About School Gardens, Fresh Local Food for School Lunches & the Hawaii Island School Garden Network, involving more than 50 schools at Malaai […]

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(Activity updates are written by scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.)  Over the past week, activity on the east rift zone flow field remained focused on the construction of low lava shields high above the pali. Some lava flows shed from the shields advanced a short distance toward the south and southeast, […]

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(Volcano Watch is a weekly article written by scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.) On the Island of Hawaii, the only time people think of volcanoes and asphalt together is when an active lava flow crosses the road (cue “Why did the lava cross the road?” joke). But in California, people are […]

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Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority Join hosts its monthly NELHA Seafood and Produce Market 2-6 p.m. Friday, June 25. Cooking demos, abalone grilling, live lobster, live crab, live tilapia, live catfish, fresh grown sturgeon, fresh grown Kona Kea Shrimp and much more.

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Lt. Colonel served in Iraq before assuming leadership of Army’s Big Island training complex

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The Aloha Exchange Club of East Hawai’i recognized Officer Clarence Davies on Thursday (June 24) as “Officer of the Month” for June. Davies, a member of the Traffic Enforcement Unit, was honored for his outstanding DUI and traffic enforcement during the month of April.

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A 24-year-old man has been charged with six offenses in connection with a robbery late Wednesday (June 23) at a vacation rental home in Kailua-Kona. At 3 p.m. Friday (June 25) police charged Zackariah Weimer of Kailua-Kona with second-degree robbery, first-degree burglary, third-degree assault, third-degree theft, theft of a credit card and unauthorized entry into […]

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