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The National Weather Service in Honolulu has downgraded the high surf warning for west-facing shores of the Big Island to a high surf advisory, to include North and South Kohala and North and South Kona, through Monday morning, according to Hawai’i County Civil Defense.

The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation announced this week in a press release that the Airports Division has sold new airports system revenue bonds to deliver critical funding for projects that will continue to modernize and expand air service facilities across the state.

Miguel Angel Jimenez defeated Steven Alker on the second sudden-death playoff hole to win the season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualālai on Saturday.

Charles Robbins spent Saturday rummaging through the charred rubble of his old house, looking for his cellphone and his cat.

The National Weather Service high surf warning remains in effect for west facing shores of Hawai‘i Island, including North and South Kohala and North and South Kona, through Sunday morning.

Volunteers with the American Red Cross are responding to a single-family residential fire reported in Keauhou that has impacted 10 people, the organization stated Saturday.

The state Department of Health reported 3,955 new COVID-19 cases Saturday, bringing the statewide total to 199,106. Five new fatalities were reported.

A Puna woman is facing charges of possession and attempted distribution of methamphetamine and marijuana in relation to a Jan. 19 incident.

Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation announced weekly road closures for Jan. 22-28.

A home on Royal Poinciana Drive in Kailua-Kona caught fire Friday afternoon, Jan. 21, suffering $400,000 in damage, the Hawai‘i Fire Department reported. All residents evacuated the home in the 76-000 block and were uninjured before the fire was extinguished by 4 p.m.

Authorities seek the public’s locating a 15-year-old Hilo girl reported as a runaway.

Hawai‘i police report that John and Joseph Norton, who had been reported missing on Jan. 19, were located in Puna in good health.

Two people were taken into custody in Orchidland Friday, Jan. 21, after a suspect rammed two Hawai‘i police subsidized vehicles.

The National Weather Service issued a high surf warning for west-facing shores of Hawaiʻi Island, to include North and South Kohala and North and South Kona, through this weekend.

The Hawai‘i Police Department reported around 3 p.m. Friday that Highway 11 at the 111 mile marker near the KTA Express in Kealakekua is closed in both directions due to a fire.

During the week of Jan. 10, through Jan. 16, 2022, 26 motorists were arrested for driving under the influence of an intoxicant, Hawaiʻi police reported Friday, Jan. 21.

The second round of the three-day Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualālai teed off Friday morning under sunny skies and with spectators again, something that was mostly absent last year due to the pandemic.

The Senate Committee on Labor, Culture and the Arts, led by Oʻahu Sen. Brian Taniguchi, is set to hold a legislative hearing on a bill that would raise the minimum wage to $18.00 by 2026.

Hawaiʻi police releases its weekly outstanding warrants list.

Hawaiʻi County Council recognized Hawai‘i Police Department Area I Vice Detective Jesse Kerr for his efforts in organizing a prostitution sting that led to the arrests of several men and one woman in November 2021.