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Emma Magana is Hispanic, 2 feet in height with a thin build, approximately 30 pounds with chin-length brown hair and brown eyes.

Work to prevent rockfalls along Waipiʻo Valley Road on Hawaiʻi Island will begin on May 22 with the road to be closed to all traffic when construction is underway.

UH received a $1 million, 24-month award as part of the first-ever U.S. National Science Foundation Regional Innovation Engines Development Awards.

The State of Hawaiʻi Sheriff Division was named the winner of the 2023 best-dressed public safety award for “Police & Sheriff – Sheriff” by the Network Association of Uniform Manufacturers and Distributors.

Capt. T. N. Simeona, the pound master for the Kohala area on the Big Island near the end of the 19th century, was killed in the line of duty on Sept. 30, 1890. His story was told and his name added to the police memorial wall at the Hilo Police Station on Monday during the Hawai‘i Police Department’s National Police Week ceremony.

Families celebrated the sobriety of six graduates, and the 21st anniversary of the Big Island Drug Cthat has helped more than 350 people get their lives back on track in Hawaiʻi County.

Over the past year, detectives have interviewed multiple witnesses and had forensic testing of evidence completed.

Alec Lyle Timpson, 30, turned himself in to Hawai‘i police Sunday at 11:25 a.m., at the Kealakehe Police Station after police issued a media release describing the vehicle involved in the collision.

Hawai‘i Island police are requesting the public’s assistance in locating 17-year-old Jaysea Smith, who was last seen in Hilo on April 20.

A Mountain View man was driving north on Highway 11 in a 2003 Toyota Tacoma on Sunday night when he struck what he thought was a pig in front of Glenwood Park in Volcano, but after returning to the scene discovered it was a pedestrian.

The agencies encourage anyone with an interest in or concern about air tours over Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park to review and comment on the draft Air Tour Management Plan and environmental assessment.

Members of the public are invited to share their thoughts and ideas, while also getting to know the men and women of the Hawai‘i Police Department.

For Big Island Now’s new 30-second poll we ask: What advice would you give today’s graduating high school seniors?

The proposed new Hawaiʻi County Office of Sustainability, Climate, Equity and Resilience would establish a new cabinet-level office responsible for coordinating and managing policies to promote sustainability and resilience in response to the impacts of climate change and other natural and manmade hazards.

Some programs are sponsored by Friends of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park and Hawai‘i Pacific Parks Association.

Ku‘ikahi Mediation Center is hosting a free virtual talk on May 18, featuring Charlie Young, as part of its “Finding Solutions, Growing Peace” brown bag lunch series.

During the closure of the Wai‘ōhinu facility in Kaʻū, which begins May 18, residents are encouraged to use the Ocean View and Pāhala recycling and transfer stations.

Kaiser Permanente Hawaiʻi has pledged $10,000 in donations to support three community organizations working to fight food insecurity.

A 24-year-old man from Captain Cook suffered critical injuries on Saturday from a hit-and-run collision on Highway 11, near the 110-mile marker in South Kona in the area of Arthur Greenwell Park.

The William Richardson Law School earned its high marks in environmental law and part-time law programs.