Posted on May 31, 2016. Tags: fatality, keaau, police, puna
HawaiÊ»i Island police are seeking witnesses to a fatal vehicle-pedestrian collision Friday (May 27) at the KeaÊ»au Transfer Station. In response to an 11:13 a.m. call Friday, officers determined that 78-year-old Gary S. Ambrose of KeaÊ»au was facing west at a trash shoot to dump garbage when he was struck by a 1990 Dodge van […]
Read the full story
Posted in News
Posted on May 31, 2016. Tags: kona, police, robbery
Two people were arrested after a Texas man reported a robbery Friday (May 27) at Koloko-HonokÅhou National Historical Park. In response to 7:15 p.m. call Friday, Kona Patrol officers determined that when a 25-year-old man from Bellaire, Texas, was at the fish pond, he saw a local man rummaging through his bag. The suspect then […]
Read the full story
Posted in News
Posted on May 31, 2016. Tags: fuel, gasbuddy
Average retail gasoline prices in Hawaii have risen 4.4 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.72/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 355 gas outlets in Hawaii. This compares with the national average that has increased 3.0 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.32/g, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.
Read the full story
Posted in Business, Energy
Posted on May 28, 2016. Tags: halemaumau, hvo, kilauea, Pu‘u ‘O‘o, usgs, volcano
The lava lake level has risen slightly from Friday’s (May 27) measurement of 39.5 m (130 ft) below the floor of Halema’uma’u crater.
Read the full story
Posted in Featured, Gallery, Photographs, Sci-Tech, Videos, Volcano
Posted on May 27, 2016. Tags: earthquake, fiji
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 occurred in the Fiji Islands region at 7:39 p.m. HST on Friday, May 27, 2016. Based on all available data there is no tsunami threat from this earthquake.
Read the full story
Posted in Earthquake, News
Posted on May 27, 2016. Tags: keaau, police, puna
A 78-year-old Puna man died Friday (May 27) in a vehicle-pedestrian collision at the KeaÊ»au Transfer Station. He has been identified as Gary S. Ambrose of KeaÊ»au. In response to an 11:13 a.m. call, officers determined that Abrose was facing west at a trash shoot to dump garbage when he was struck by a 1990 […]
Read the full story
Posted in News
Posted on May 27, 2016. Tags: police
Tips from motorists about a reckless driver have led to multiple drug and weapons charges against a convicted felon. At 8:20 p.m. Wednesday, (May 25) South Kohala Patrol Officers responded to reports of a reckless driver operating a red two-door sedan on the Daniel K. Inouye Highway (Route 200) at the 16-mile marker headed in […]
Read the full story
Posted in News
Posted on May 27, 2016. Tags: police, puna
HawaiÊ»i Island police are investigating a vehicle-pedestrian accident in the NÄnÄwale Estates subdivision Thursday evening (May 26). A 34-year-old PÄhoa man reported that he was walking southbound on NÄnÄwale Boulevard at 7:30 p.m. Thursday when a car traveling in the same direction at a high rate of speed struck him and left the scene.
Read the full story
Posted in News
Posted on May 27, 2016. Tags: police, warrants list
The listed individuals are wanted by the Hawaii Police Department because of outstanding warrants. Persons who know a warrant is out for their arrest are advised to report to the nearest police station to avoid having an officer go to their home or workplace to arrest them.
Read the full story
Posted in News
Posted on May 27, 2016. Tags: crime stoppers, naleo, police
The most recent edition of the Crime Stoppers television program “Hawaiʻi Island’s Most Wanted†highlights a Puna man wanted for questioning in theft investigation, a Kona man wanted for abuse and a Puna man wanted on drug warrants. The new episode begins airing Friday (May 27).
Read the full story
Posted in News
Posted on May 26, 2016. Tags: dengue, hvo, mosquito, usgs
U.S. Geological Survey ecologists in Hawaii are studying the ecology of mosquito-borne disease in native birds, trying to understand how climate change might alter that disease system, and how we can reduce disease transmission.
Read the full story
Posted in Dengue Fever, Environment, Featured, Health, Sci-Tech
Posted on May 26, 2016. Tags: hilo, missing, police
HawaiÊ»i Island police are searching for a 17-year-old Hilo girl who was reported missing. Summer Steenolsen was last seen in Hilo on April 3. She is described as Caucasian, 5-foot-7, 135 pounds with green eyes and blond shoulder-length hair. Police ask anyone with information on her whereabouts to call the Police Department’s non-emergency line at […]
Read the full story
Posted in News
Posted on May 26, 2016. Tags: halemaumau, hvo, kilauea, lava, Pu‘u ‘O‘o, usgs, volcano, volcano watch
On the East Rift Zone, new lava flows broke out in two places on the flanks of the Pu‘u ‘Ō‘Šcone on May 24, but these flows had advanced only about 1 km (0.6 mi) as of this morning (May 26).
Read the full story
Posted in Featured, Gallery, Sci-Tech, Videos, Volcano
Posted on May 26, 2016. Tags: east hawaii. ootm, police
The Aloha Exchange Club of East Hawaiʻi recognized Officer Jared Cabatu on Thursday (May 26) as the East Hawaiʻi “Officer of the Month†for May. Cabatu was honored for his outstanding accomplishment in patrol operations that led to the recovery of a stolen federal vehicle.
Read the full story
Posted in News