East Hawai‘i News

Hawai‘i Walmart and Sam’s Club stores continue their efforts to raise funds for the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, and the Hilo Walmart store is leading the way — nationally.

A change in traffic pattern is planned later this month for a portion of a Puna roadway.

The state Department of Public Safety again reported no new positive COVID-19 test results among inmates at the Big Island’s two correctional facilities in Hilo.

The Feb. 3 installment of “Volcano Watch” introduced some of the data streams that are used to monitor eruption pauses and renewals at Kīlauea’s summit, including ground tilt from borehole tiltmeters. Tilt data also provided valuable insight into the behavior of the lava lake that occupied Halemaʻumaʻu crater from 2008–2018, before the series of collapses in 2018 changed Kīlauea’s summit topography.

After a two-year pandemic pause, Hawai‘i Island Humane Society is bringing back a popular fundraising event.

Big Island police are asking for the public’s help with locating four men who have outstanding warrants for their arrest.

Big Island police have charged an East Hawai‘i man in connection with an investigation into reports of child porn.

The state Department of Public Safety on Wednesday, March 2, reported one positive COVID-19 test result among inmates in the latest batch of tests administered at Hawai‘i Community Correctional Center in Hilo.

A Big Island teen who was recently reported as a runaway has been found.

Aircraft will again be flying over locations within Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park throughout March.

The state Department of Public Safety reported in a news release Tuesday, March 1, that its latest round of COVID-19 testing at Hawai’i Community Correctional Center in Hilo produced only negative results.

As COVID-19 case counts continue to decline throughout the state, agencies, businesses and other organizations are making changes in an effort to open up more — and that includes the state’s public libraries.

The skies above Hilo will be a little more noisy than usual staring Thursday.

Big Island police are looking for a missing Puna teen and they are asking for the public’s help.

Businesses in downtown Hilo have struggled since the beginning of the pandemic and onset of restrictions. Some pivoted and made changes to their operations to weather the storm.

The county Department of Water Supply is notifying customers along Mikahala Place and Kipimana Street in Kea‘au that a fire hydrant flow test will be conducted in early March.

Hawai‘i County is making the process of obtaining a building permit placard more convenient.

The state and University of Hawaiʻi are partnering together to help students participating in digital readiness courses through UH community colleges get technology that will help them succeed.

A traffic incident has caused the closure of a roadway in East Hawai‘i.

Big Island police continue their pursuit to make roadways safe from drivers under the influence of an intoxicant.