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Hawaii 24/7 Staff A worker was injured Wednesday morning in a trench collapse along Kaiminani Drive. The 66-year-old worker for E.M. Rivera was in the 8-foot deep utility trench when the wall caved in shortly after 10 a.m., according to the Fire Department. The man reported he had difficulty breathing and trauma to his face. […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Motorists are advised of street closures and detours along Kaiminani Drive, in North Kona scheduled for Monday, April 29. Closures and detours for the roadways listed are scheduled between the hours of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Detour signs will be posted along the streets directing motorists. Residents on the side streets affected […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Kaiminani Drive will be resurfaced starting from Imo Place and will continue in the makai direction toward Ahiahi Street beginning April 11. Alternating one- lane closures will be in effect between the hours of 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM, weather permitting for two weeks. This $10 million improvement project is federally funded. The […]

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Reed’s Island Bridge will be closed from 8 a.m. to 12 noon Friday (Dec 28). On January 2 and 3, a contractor will be grinding asphalt along both sides of KÄ«lauea Avenue from Ponahawai to Pauahi Street. Road resurfacing on Ka‘iminani Drive that has closed one lane and created temporary delays this week ends at […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Construction on Kaiminani Drive in North Kona is scheduled to begin this week. Improvements will begin just below the intersection at Mamalahoa Highway (Route 190) for approximately one mile ending near Ahiahi Street. Improvements will focus on roadway reconstruction and drainage improvements that include six-foot wide shoulders, drainage structures and swales, and driveway […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Reed’s Island Bridge Structural Rehabilitation project in South Hilo will bring the bridge into compliance with today’s load capacity standards. The $6.4 million project was awarded to ABHE & Svoboda, Inc. The wooden deck will be replaced with steel beams and a steel grating deck. Concrete rock anchors and micro piles will […]

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Fire crews continued work on the site of a 120 acre brushfire alongside Kaiminani Drive in Kona Friday (Aug 12). Crews put out hotspots along fire breaks cut by bulldozers along with other areas on the perimeter of the burn area.

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Fire reported shortly after 9 p.m.; blaze spreading south below Lokahi Apartments as some residents evacuated

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Firefighters responded to a 10:32 a.m. alarm Tuesday for a garage on fire at 73-1108 Kaiminani Drive in Kona. Upon arrival firefighters found that neighbors had extinguished the fire with garden hoses. Approximately seven people living in the nearby two-family house were safely evacuated. Firefighters checked the garage for any additional fire spread and cleared […]

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