Posted on October 29, 2014. Tags: police, puna, PunaLavaFlow
MEDIA RELEASE The Puna police station in PÄhoa remains open and police have no plans to close it. A misleading news report wrongly implied that the PÄhoa station was no longer occupied. If and when lava blocks access to the Puna station to residents of lower Puna, police will set up a secondary location somewhere […]
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Posted on October 29, 2014. Tags: dui, halloween, police
HawaiÊ»i County police will increase DUI checkpoints and roving patrols this weekend in conjunction with Halloween. The effort is part of a national and statewide campaign called “Drive sober or get pulled over.â€
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Posted on October 29, 2014. Tags: fatality, police
A 36-year-old man has died from injuries he sustained when he fell from a moving vehicle on October 10. He has been identified as Leo Koichy of Waikoloa. At 8:43 a.m. on October 10, police responded to Lalamilo Farm Road in Waimea. Koichy had been riding in the back of a flatbed truck that was […]
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Posted on October 29, 2014. Tags: kona, police, robbery
A 55-year-old Kona man was arrested shortly after a robbery at a Kailua-Kona pharmacy on Saturday (October 25). At 8:35 a.m. Saturday, Kona patrol officers responded to a pharmacy at the corner of Kuakini Highway and Walua Road. They learned that a man had entered the pharmacy and threatened to blow it up unless he […]
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Posted on October 28, 2014. Tags: hccd, hvo, kilauea, pahoa, puna, PunaLavaFlow, puu oo
As of 6:30 a.m. Tuesday (Oct 28) the lava flow has advanced 90 yards and is within 510 yards from Pahoa Village Road.
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Posted on October 27, 2014. Tags: buses, hele-on, puna
Starting Oct. 27, the bus stops fronting the PÄhoa 7-Eleven, and at PÄhoa School will not be serviced by Hele-On. New stops have been established along Highway 130 and Highway 132 due to the PÄhoa Village Road closure because of the pending lava flows.
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Posted on October 27, 2014. Tags: doe, keaau, keonepoko, kilauea june 27th lava flow, lava, puna, PunaLavaFlow, volcano
Mary Correa, complex superintendent for Ka‘u, Kea‘au, Pahoa, has announced that beginning Wednesday, October 29, there will be no school for students at Keonepoko Elementary School. This is to allow DOE faculty, staff, administrators, facilities’ teams enough time to complete administrative work in preparation of the new facility to receive students.
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Posted on October 27, 2014. Tags: dui stats, police
During the week of October 20, 2014, through October 26, 2014, HawaiÊ»i Island police arrested 17 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Four of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. Two were under the age of 21. So far this year, there have been 944 DUI arrests compared with 1,063 during […]
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Posted on October 27, 2014. Tags: hccd, hvo, kilauea, pahoa, puna, PunaLavaFlow, puu oo
As of 6 p.m. Monday (Oct 27) the lava flow has advanced and is within 70 yards of the nearest residential property. Pahoa Village Road between Apa‘a Street and Post Office Road is closed as the lava flow approaches.
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Posted on October 27, 2014. Tags: fatality, kau, ocean view, police
MEDIA RELEASE A 41-year-old Ocean View man died from a single vehicle crash Saturday morning (October 25) in Ocean View. He was identified as Michael J. Anderson. Responding to an 8:08 a.m. call Saturday, police determined that Anderson was standing in the bed of a Toyota pickup truck traveling west on Walaka Drive when the […]
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Posted on October 27, 2014. Tags: game bird hunting
The State of Hawaii, Department of Land and Natural Resources announces the opening of the 2014-2015 Game Bird Hunting Season on Saturday, November 1, 2014. The fall game bird hunting season will run through Monday, January 19, 2015, with legal hunting days on Saturday, Sunday, and State Holidays.
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Posted on October 27, 2014. Tags: lane closures, roadwork
MEDIA RELEASE PLEASE NOTE: Lane closure schedules may change at any time without further notice. All projects are weather permitting. — MAMALAHOA HIGHWAY (ROUTE 11) — 1) VICINITY OF VOLCANO TO KAPAPALA RANCH Alternating single lane closures on Mamalahoa Highway (Route 11) in both directions between Milepost Markers 46 and 39 in the vicinity of […]
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Posted on October 27, 2014. Tags: fuel, gasbuddy
Average retail gasoline prices in Hawaii have fallen 0.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $4.06/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 355 gas outlets in Hawaii. This compares with the national average that has fallen 3.7 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.05/g, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.
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Posted on October 26, 2014. Tags: dlnr, docare, fire department, lost, volcano
Fire/rescue crews answered an 11:34 a.m. alarm Sunday (Oct 26) for two lost hikers on the Captain’s Drive/Ala Kapena Drive trail in the Volcano area. Ground crews and Chopper One were dispatched for the search.
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