East Hawai‘i News

The dry rainy season is starting to take its toll, with continuously monitored streamflow stations throughout the state flowing at record low rates. Some are even approaching the lowest flows ever recorded, according to the state Department of Land and Natural Resources.

The Hawai’i Police Department continues its efforts to keep the Big Island’s roadways safe from motorists who drive under the influence of an intoxicant.

Only negative COVID-19 test results among inmates across the board throughout the state’s correctional facilities were reported Monday, March 7, by the state Department of Public Safety.

To mask or not to mask. That is the million-dollar question right now as the state, and the Big Island, get closer to a new post-pandemic norm. But the answer isn’t as simple as some might think.

With just two months left of the rainy season, only December has so far provided wet conditions, according to a National Weather Service hydrologist. And the Big Island hasn’t escaped the dry conditions.

The county Department of Water Supply will be conducting fire hydrant flow tests in two separate locations between 10 and 11 p.m. Tuesday, March 15.

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.