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HawaiÊ»i Island police are renewing their request for the public’s help in locating a 42-year-old man who is wanted on a no-bail warrant for revocation of parole and for two unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle investigations and resisting an order to stop. Dale Arruda is described as 5-foot-7 approximately 200 pounds, with brown eyes […]

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Fire Chief Darren Rosario announced that fireworks permits will be issued beginning Sunday, June 29, 2014 at some locations for the upcoming 4th of July celebration. Three public fireworks displayed announced.

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The HawaiÊ»i Police Department will make an “active shooter” presentation at an evening meeting in Puna next month. The meeting will take place 5-6:30 p.m. on Monday, July 7, at the KeaÊ»au Community Center, located at 16-192 Pili Mua Street (off Old Volcano Highway). The presentation is designed to help individuals increase their survivability should […]

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Karin Stanton | Hawaii 24/7 Editor The Kona Business and Professional Women organization has awarded five scholarships to high school graduates and two grants to women who want to further their education The BPW State Scholarship of $1,500 was awarded to Samantha Texeira, who graduated from Kealakehe High School. She attends University of Hawaii at […]

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The HawaiÊ»i Police Department will make an “active shooter” presentation at an evening meeting in Waimea next week. The meeting will take place 5-6:30 p.m. on Wednesday (July 2) at the Waimea Community Center located at 65-1260 Kawaihae Road. The presentation is designed to help individuals increase their survivability should they encounter an active shooter […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The University of Hawaii at Hilo announces the appointment of its new Financial Aid Manager/Financial Aid Director, effective July 21, 2014. Sherrie Padilla joins UH Hilo from Antelope Valley College in Lancaster, Calif. where she served as director of financial aid for more than a decade. She brings 25 years of experience in […]

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Two men have been arrested and charged with numerous offenses following a break-in at a Kailua-Kona resort. At 2 a.m. Saturday (June 21) Kona Patrol officers responded to a report of a burglary at a resort off AliÊ»i Drive near Walua Road. A 33-year-old California man reported that he returned to the resort and discovered […]

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MEDIA RELEASE There is a buzz of excitement in the air at the University of Hawaii at Hilo’s College Hall where an elite handful of students are engaging in challenging mathematical and computational activities. The Pacific Undergraduate Research Experience in Mathematics (PURE Math) is a research experience for undergraduates (REU) program funded by a National […]

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During the week of June 16, 2014, through June 22, 2014, HawaiÊ»i Island police arrested 32 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Five of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. Two were under the age of 21. So far this year, there have been 600 DUI arrests compared with 609 during […]

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Average retail gasoline prices in Hawaii have fallen 2.3 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $4.33/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 355 gas outlets in Hawaii. This compares with the national average that has increased 2.6 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.68/g, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.

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The U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center has issued a regional tsunami advisory and/or warning for other parts of the Pacific located closer to the earthquake. Based on all available data… there is no tsunami threat to Hawaii. Tsunami advisories for Alaska have been cancelled.

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No destructive widespread tsunami threat exists based on historical earthquake and tsunami data. 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 of this possibility and take appropriate action.

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A Puna man and woman were charged with several crimes in connection with large quantities of marijuana recovered from their home in the Hawaiian Paradise Park subdivision Friday. At 11:55 a.m. Friday (June 20) Vice Section officers served a search warrant at a home on the 15-1900 block of 31st Avenue. They recovered 674 marijuana […]

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Editor’s Note: Ciarra-Lynn Parinas is entering her senior year at Kamehameha Schools Hawaii. She shares a personal essay she wrote for a Brigham Young University contest. Parinas was awarded third place and earned $30. The pen is mightier than the sword. At one point in time, I wouldn’t have understood this. I would have looked […]

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