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Hawai`i Island police have located 17-year-old Leilani Alvarado of Kailua-Kona, who was reported missing. She was found unharmed on the island of Kauai on Thursday morning (June 21).

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HawaiÊ»i Island police are searching for a 15-year-old Hilo girl who was reported missing. Kahli Akau was last seen in South Hilo, in the Olu street area on (May 4). She is described as Hawaiian, 5-foot-4-inches, 115-pounds with long brown hair, brown eyes, and a fair complexion. Police ask anyone with information on her whereabouts […]

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This is a Civil Defense Message. This is an Earthquake Informational Message for Wednesday, June 21 at 10:20AM. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reports the 4.4 magnitude earthquake near South Pt. that occurred at approximately 10:09AM was not large enough to cause a Tsunami for the Island of Hawaii.

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Hawai’i Island police located a 21-year-old Puna man who was wanted for an outstanding bench warrant and for questioning in other incidents. At 4:25 pm Friday afternoon (June 16), officers arrested Keanu Krause at a residence on 29th Avenue in the Hawaiian Paradise Park subdivision. He was taken to the Hilo cellblock while detectives with […]

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Average retail gasoline prices in Hawaii have fallen 9.2 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.23/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 355 gas outlets in Hawaii. This compares with the national average that has fallen 4.4 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.28/g, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.

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The Department of Water Supply will be conducting a fire hydrant flow test on Honomakaʻu Road for Kohala High School between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 21, 2017.

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Learn how to prepare your family and home for the hurricane season with workshops being held in Hilo (June 23) and Honokaa (June 24).

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The County of Hawai‘i Department of Public Works Highways Division will be repairing the sidewalk on the Pāhoa Village Rd. fronting the former Luquin’s Mexican Restaurant and the Pāhoa, Puna Buy and Sell buildings that were destroyed by a fire on January 16, 2017.

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Resurfacing work on Ka‘iminani Dr., from the Palamanui (Ane Keohokālole Hwy.) intersection to the Queen Ka‘ahumanu Hwy. that was postponed due to mechanical issues and the unavailability of asphalt concrete, will begin on Monday, June 19, 2017, and completed by Wednesday, June 21, 2017. Work hours are from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., weather and […]

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The idea of Father’s Day was conceived more than a century ago by Sonora Dodd of Spokane, Wash., while she listened to a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909. Dodd wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart, a widowed Civil War veteran who was left to raise his six children on a farm. […]

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A new analysis finds that Social Security benefits are especially crucial for older women in HawaiÊ»i, who are more likely to live in poverty and less likely to have access to assets or savings in retirement. The report, released by the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work at the University of HawaiÊ»i at Mānoa, […]

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Last weekend a man sent DLNR Chair Suzanne Case photographs of two hammerhead sharks, left dead near the He‘eia Small Boat Harbor on Windward O‘ahu. It’s impossible to determine how they died. Were they hooked and discarded? Were they caught up in a net? Did someone kill them illegally? This is exactly the kind of […]

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The Department of Public Safety (PSD) today announced the appointment of Al Cummings as State Sheriff Division Administrator. Cummings will lead the department’s Sheriff Division, effective June 16, 2017.

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Parker School is pleased to announce its scholarship recipients for the 2017-2018 school year. The following students will receive Parker’s Kahilu Scholarship. This award is for students entering middle school and is given in recognition of a student’s academic merit, character, and demonstrated passion in an area of interest to the student. The Kahilu Scholarship […]

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