Archive | April, 2015

Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating the theft last month of numerous high-priced items owned by the County of Hawaiʻi from the West Hawaiʻi Veterans Cemetery. Sometime between 2 p.m. March 12 and 8:30 a.m. March 13, numerous items, including heavy equipment, were removed from the Veterans Cemetery located on Queen Kaʻahumanu Highway between the 88- and 89-mile markers across from the entrance to Kua Bay. The value of the items was estimated at $24,785.

Thieves hit West Hawaii Veterans Cemetery

Posted on April 24, 2015. Tags: , , ,

HawaiÊ»i Island police are investigating the theft last month of numerous high-priced items owned by the County of HawaiÊ»i from the West HawaiÊ»i Veterans Cemetery. Sometime between 2 p.m. March 12 and 8:30 a.m. March 13, numerous items, including heavy equipment, were removed from the Veterans Cemetery located on Queen KaÊ»ahumanu Highway between the 88- […]

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The Mauna Loa Solar Observatory with Mauna Kea in the background. Photo courtesy of MLSO

Volcano Watch: Mauna Loa Observatory — The Keeling Curve recognized as landmark science

Posted on April 23, 2015. Tags: , , , ,

Continuous CO2 monitoring began on Mauna Loa in 1958, when Charles David Keeling installed state-of-the-art instrumentation high on the remote north flank of the volcano and began carefully measuring the amount of CO2 in the air.

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This satellite image was captured on Monday, April 20, 2015 by the Landsat 8 satellite. Although this is a false-color image, the color map has been chosen to mimic what the human eye would expect to see. Bright red pixels depict areas of very high temperatures and show active lava. White areas are clouds. The lava flow field is partly obscured by clouds, but the image shows much of the activity on the June 27th flow. There have been three areas of breakouts active on the June 27th flow recently. The breakout on the north flank of Puʻu ʻŌʻō is obscured by clouds, but the breakout north of Kahaualeʻa is visible through patchy clouds in this image. This breakout has been active recently at the forest boundary, triggering small brush fires. The farthest breakout is about 6 km (4 miles) northeast of Puʻu ʻŌʻō, and consists of scattered activity at the forest boundary.

Volcano Watch: Kilauea activity update for April 23, 2015

Posted on April 23, 2015. Tags: , , , , , , ,

KÄ«lauea’s summit began to inflate on Tuesday, April 21, and was still inflating as of Thursday. The lava level in the summit lava lake rose in concert to it’s highest level since 2008.

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Aloha Exchange board member Joey Estrella presents an 'Officer of the Month' award to Brian Souki.

Officers Souki and Namohala are East Hawaii’s Officers of the Month

Posted on April 23, 2015. Tags: , ,

The Aloha Exchange Club of East Hawaiʻi recognized Officer Brian Souki as the East Hawaiʻi “Officer of the Month” for March and Edwin Namohala as “Officer of the Month” for April. The awards were presented during a luncheon ceremony at the Hilo Yacht Club on Thursday (April 23).

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Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a robbery Wednesday night (April 22) at the Kurtistown ballpark. Sometime between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. Wednesday, a 53-year-old Mountain View man was approached by two men, who asked him for a cigarette. They then reportedly punched the victim in the face multiple times, hit him over the head with an empty bottle, dragged him into the men’s restroom, and continued the assault. They left with the victim’s black bag containing cash and other items and got into a car that had two women and three children inside.

Police are investigating a robbery at the Kurtistown ballpark

Posted on April 23, 2015. Tags: , ,

HawaiÊ»i Island police are investigating a robbery Wednesday night (April 22) at the Kurtistown ballpark. Sometime between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. Wednesday, a 53-year-old Mountain View man was approached by two men, who asked him for a cigarette. They then reportedly punched the victim in the face multiple times, hit him over the head […]

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Railee Keoni Santos

Police have located a correctional facility escapee

Posted on April 23, 2015. Tags: , ,

Hawaiʻi Island police have located 20-year-old Railee Keoni Santos of Mountain View, who reportedly escaped from the Hale Nani correctional facility on February 16. A Puna Patrol officer located him in Mountain View at 4:45 p.m. Thursday (April 30) and arrested him on suspicion of escape.

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Fire/rescue crews responded to a 3:23 p.m. alarm Wednesday (April 22) to the open ocean about 400 yards off Honolii Beach Park for a pair sailors in distress. Rescuers found two females, who are visitors to the Big Island, sitting on the hull of an overturned 14-foot sailboat. Using a Billy Pugh net Chopper One was able to airlift the visitors to shore for later transport to Hilo Medical Center to be checked-out.

Sailboat operators rescued by helicopter near Hilo Bay

Posted on April 22, 2015. Tags: , , ,

Fire/rescue crews responded to a 3:23 p.m. alarm Wednesday (April 22) to the open ocean about 400 yards off Honolii Beach Park for a pair sailors in distress. Rescuers found two females, who are visitors to the Big Island, sitting on the hull of an overturned 14-foot sailboat. Using a Billy Pugh net Chopper One […]

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The National Weather Service in Honolulu has issued a high surf advisory for east facing shores of the Big Island until 6 a.m. Thursday (April 23). Surf is forecast to be in the six to eight foot range along east facing shores of the Big Island. Coastal areas can expect strong breaking waves, shore breaks and strong longshore and rip currents making swimming difficult and dangerous.

High surf advisory issued for east facing shores of the Big Island

Posted on April 21, 2015. Tags: ,

The National Weather Service in Honolulu has issued a high surf advisory for east facing shores of the Big Island until 6 a.m. Thursday (April 23). Surf is forecast to be in the six to eight foot range along east facing shores of the Big Island. Coastal areas can expect strong breaking waves, shore breaks […]

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Fabian Heald

Police locate a Kailua-Kona man reported missing

Posted on April 21, 2015. Tags: , ,

HawaiÊ» Island police have located 60-year-old Fabian Heald of Kailua-Kona, who was reported missing. He was found unharmed Wednesday morning (April 22) in Kona.

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During the week of April 13, 2015, through April 19, 2015, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 18 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Six of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. One was under the age of 21. So far this year, there have been 289 DUI arrests compared with 404 during the same period last year, a decrease of 28.5 percent.

Police DUI stats for the week of April 13-19, 2015

Posted on April 20, 2015. Tags: ,

During the week of April 13, 2015, through April 19, 2015, HawaiÊ»i Island police arrested 18 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Six of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. One was under the age of 21. So far this year, there have been 289 DUI arrests compared with 404 during […]

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Average retail gasoline prices in Hawaii have fallen 2.0 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.07/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 355 gas outlets in Hawaii. This compares with the national average that has increased 6.6 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.45/g, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.

Average gas prices in Hawaii fall 2 cents per gallon the past week

Posted on April 20, 2015. Tags: ,

Average retail gasoline prices in Hawaii have fallen 2.0 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.07/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 355 gas outlets in Hawaii. This compares with the national average that has increased 6.6 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.45/g, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.

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Mega tower playground open at The Homes at Ulu Wini

Posted on April 20, 2015. Tags: , ,

MEDIA RELEASE HOPE Services Hawaii recently joined residents of Na Kahua Hale O Ulu Wini (The Homes at Ulu Wini) to inaugurate the new outdoor playground at the Ulu Wini housing complex in Kailua-Kona. The $180,000 state-of-the-art Miracle Mega Tower was made possible through a contribution from the Roberts Foundation and is a first not […]

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Free EBT equipment for authorized farmers, markets

Posted on April 20, 2015. Tags: , , ,

MEDIA RELEASE The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has made funds available that enable the State of Hawaii Department of Human Services (DHS) to provide eligible farmers markets and direct marketing farmers with free electronic benefit transfer (EBT) equipment to process Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Administered through the Farmers Market Coalition (FMC), the […]

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Statewide employment forecast to expand 2.9%

Posted on April 20, 2015. Tags: ,

MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations has announced the release of its Employment Forecasts for the Short-Term Future – 2016 publication, which forecasts that statewide employment will expand by 2.9 percent, or 19,760 jobs, from the first quarter of 2014 to the first quarter of 2016. All major industries will display […]

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