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Big Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing 42-year-old man who was said to have gone diving at a location called “2 step” near Puuhonua O Hōnaunau National Historical Park on Wednesday ( January 30).

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The National Weather Service in Honolulu has issued a Flood Advisory for the Big Island until 5:30 p.m.

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A Hōnaunau woman was arrested Monday (August 1) after she allegedly tried to run her ex-boyfriend’s pickup truck off the road in Kailua-Kona. At 6:15 p.m. Monday, police received a report of what was described initially as a road rage incident on Palani Road.

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A 36-year-old Hōnaunau man was killed Monday (June 27) from injuries he sustained in a one-vehicle crash at Keahole International Airport in Kailua-Kona. The victim was identified as Newton K. Leslie of a Honaunau address.

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An unidentified man was killed Friday (June 10) from injuries he sustained in a motor vehicle/pedestrian crash on the Hawai’i Belt Road (Route 11) .3 miles south of the 108-mile marker in Captain Cook, South Kona. Responding to an 8:13 p.m. call, Kona patrol and Traffic Enforcement Unit officers determined that the victim was walking […]

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A South Kona man has been arrested and charged with two crimes in connection with a domestic dispute and discharging a firearm. Around 7 a.m. Thursday (April 7), Kona patrol officers responded to a report of abuse in progress on Painted Church Road in Honaunau. En route, the officers received additional information that a gunshot […]

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Big Island police have arrested a 21-year-old Hōnaunau man for a vehicle break in and an unrelated burglary on Tuesday (August 10). Tuesday afternoon, Kona patrol officers in Captain Cook observed a vehicle matching the description of a car that had been driven by an unknown suspect in an unauthorized entry of a motor vehicle […]

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Big Island police have arrested a suspect in the July 7 assault of a 50-year-old Captain Cook man on Painted Church Road in South Kona. Twenty-one-year-old Drosstain Edward Pua of Kona was arrested Monday morning (July 12)and charged Monday afternoon with second-degree assault, third-degree assault and violating terms of release on bail.

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Big Island police have arrested a juvenile in connection with the robbery of two tourists at a coffee processing company in Kealakekua on June 11. The 17-year-old Hōnaunau boy was arrested in Honoka’a on Tuesday morning (June 29) on suspicion of first-degree robbery and second-degree attempted robbery for robbing a 63-year-old Tennessee man and his […]

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The Department of Public Works, Traffic Division has converted this intersection to a three-way stop at Middle Ke‘ei Road & Painted Church Road. This is being done to make the intersection safer because of the limited sight distance at this location in South Kona.

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Big Island police have released a Honoka’a woman who was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping, terroristic threatening and assault. After conferring with prosecutors, police released 35-year-old Kuulei Aloha Ancheta at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday (June 15) pending further investigation. Detectives from the Area II Criminal Investigations Section are continuing the investigation.

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At 4 p.m. Friday (June 11), Kona patrol officers responded to a coffee processing company on Napoopoo Road, where a 63-year-old Tennessee man and his 58-year-old wife reported that they had been walking on a tour path when two local men in their early 20s confronted them.

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A 23-year-old Captain Cook woman apparently drowned while swimming in waters off Ke’ei Beach in Captain Cook on Tuesday. The victim has been identified as Karly A. Kojimoto. Kona patrol officers responded to a 6 p.m. report of a possible drowning and learned that bystanders had heard the victim calling for help, towed her to […]

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Big Island police are investigating the theft of four motorcycles last week from West Hawai’i. The motorcycles were stolen from a property off Bruno Road in Hōnaunau between 7 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 28

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