Hilo judge maintains bail on Big Island man facing drug and ghost gun charges

Bail was maintained at more than $718,000 and the 45-year-old is expected to appear for a preliminary hearing today.

According to a letter from the school administrators sent to parents, the lockdown occurred at 11 a.m.

About 140 of the temblors from Monday to Tuesday morning were located in the upper East Rift Zone, from Keanakākoʻi crater to the intersection with Hilina Pali Road. The other 90 were located in the caldera south of Halemaʻumaʻu.

This is the 17th traffic fatality this year compared to eight at this time last year.

According to charging documents filed in First Circuit Court, the former employee stole approximately $44,367 — from October 2018 through July 2021 — in individual union members’ dues money and allegedly falsified union records to conceal the theft.

“Coco Palms has received all necessary permit approvals from the County and through that process, they affirmed the project’s ability to tie into the municipal wastewater system,” said Reed Capitalʻs communications representative Shane Peters.

Southwest winds of 50 to 60 mph are forecast atop Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, with gusts of about 70 mph.

The instrument’s name, Wenaokeao, means “earliest glow of light” and was given after extensive research by high school haumāna, or students.

Aboard the NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette from April 23 to May 22, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center scientists are conducting their survey for Continued Observation of Pseudorca Extent.

The Hawai‘i County Windward Planning Commission heard about 5 hours of additional public testimony, a majority of which was again in opposition to the Black Sand Beach LLC residential and community project that would be located on the former Sea Mountain resort.

Moderate trades will hold over the eastern islands through Thursday, while lighter trades and leeward land and sea breezes prevail over the western islands...

Update: (630 a.m., May 8, 2024) An estimated 2,518 customers are without power in the Pukalani area. The outage occurred at around 2:10 a.m. At this time, Hawaiian Electric reports that crews are investigating and inspecting the lines.

Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center scientists are spending a month at sea (April 23–May 22) aboard the NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette on the Survey for Continued Observation of Pseudorca Extent (SCOPE). They’re searching for pelagic false killer whales in an area they have not surveyed before and using specialized methods to collect biological data from as many false killer whales as possible.

The next Maui TechOhana networking event, organized by Maui Economic Development Board, and supported by the County of Maui, will be held Thursday, May 9 from 5:15 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. The public gathering will feature guest speakers from the Maui Food Innovation Center, a value added food manufacturing incubator and accelerator in Hawaiʻi.

The current northwest swell will decrease tonight and Wednesday. followed by a reinforcing a short-period north northwest swell Friday into the weekend...

Moderate trades will hold over the eastern islands through Thursday, while lighter trades and leeward land and sea breezes prevail over the western islands...

The current northwest swell will continue to decrease to tiny conditions through Thursday followed by a reinforcing short- period north northwest swell Friday...

The Hawai‘i County Windward Planning Commission heard about 5 hours of additional public testimony, a majority of which was again in opposition to the Black Sand Beach LLC residential and community project that would be located on the former Sea Mountain resort.

Rain gauges near the town of Waimea recorded monthly totals greater than 10 times the April average.

According to charging documents filed in First Circuit Court, the former employee stole approximately $44,367 — from October 2018 through July 2021 — in individual union members’ dues money and allegedly falsified union records to conceal the theft.