East Hawai‘i News

22-year-old Daryl C. Sampaga Jr. made his initial appearance Monday in Hilo District Court. His bail was maintained at $390,000 and he was ordered to appear Wednesday for a preliminary hearing.

Students from Hilo Intermediate, Waiākea Intermediate, Pāhoa Elementary, Kea’au Elementary and Pāhoa Intermediate schools on May 23 celebrated completing the DARE program.

The U.S. senator, a Hawai’i Democrat and senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has been able to secure millions of dollars in federal funding to help protect native Hawaiian birds and rebuild infrastructure at the national park.

The Big Island certainly isn’t calming down heading into the summer months. In fact, it looks like the enterainment, festival, music and event scenes are heating up.

Because of her age and a medical condition that requires her to take medication, 75-year-old Glynda Evangelista is consider an endangered missing person. Her family continues to seek answers.

Angelique Bergmann was found in good health Friday morning. No one had seen nor heard from her since May 24.

It wasn’t somberness or melancholy that kept the thousands of people gathered on the shores of Reeds Bay on Sunday evening in Hilo, it was reverence; a shared sense of honor and respect for fellow community members going through the same experience.

Abstract Collab, consisting of Hilo abstract artist Kristie Fujiyama Kosmides, Hilo filmmaker Tracey Niimi and ‘ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro, creates multimedia project, including murals at Hilo International Airport, to show the island is more than just a place to come and drink mai tais.

For one evening each year, at the end of May, thousands of Big Island community members gather at Reeds Bay Beach Park in Hilo during the annual Hawai‘i Care Choices Celebration of Life to launch lanterns to pay tribute to the lives lived by loved ones who passed away and how they touched the lives of others.

The students were among a total of 59 from throughout Hawaiʻi, one student from each of the state’s qualifying public and independent schools, awarded financial assistance through the foundation’s annual Legacy Scholarship Program.

The long Memorial Day Weekend gives you an opportunity to check out all the events happening around the Big Island.

Chael Aku is 5-foot-6 and 130 lbs. He was last seen at 8 p.m. May 21 in the 2300 block of Ainakahele Street in Hilo.

During their search of the residence and property, police recovered 25 dead birds; four injured birds; cockfighting paraphernalia, including gambling records; and a small amount of marijuana. Homeland Security officers also seized about $20,000 in cash.

The police report Herman Kirklin was last seen on Lehua Street in Mountain View, the morning of May 14, 2024.

40-year-old Kevin Torres of Pāhoa made his initial court appearance May 16 in Hilo District Court.

The Hawai‘i County Council on Wednesday adopted Resolution 487, which grants $65,000 to the Pāhoa Lava Zone Museum for the purchase, installation and maintenance of 25 new surveillance systems, each consisting of 8 cameras, meant to enhance public safety in the Big Island community.

The diversity of events and activities happening around the Big Island during the next week, as always, is as wide as the people who call the island home.

The victim was transported to Hilo Medical Center for treatment of a substantial laceration to her head and concussion following the early morning incident. She was released several hours later.

Flash flood warnings were in effect late Friday night and into early Saturday morning for portions of North and South Kohala and Hāmākua as heavy rain and thunderstorms moved over the districts.

It shouldn’t be difficult to find something to do with Mom this weekend. The Big Island has plenty of events planned just for Mother’s Day, from brunch to parasailing.