East Hawai‘i News

An autopsy performed last week on a body found burned in a banyan tree in Hilo showed no signs of non-fire related trauma. The final autopsy results are pending toxicology and additional forensic testing.

Surf is forecast for 15 to 20 feet today for west-facing shores on the Big Island and gradually diminishing tonight.

Real-time views of an eruption site are a vital source of information for emergency managers, so webcams are one of the most important tools in an eruption crisis. HVO maintains a network of continuously operating webcams across Mauna Loa and Kīlauea.

Track and field, T-ball, baseball and boys basketball are all on tap in February.

Hawai’i County police officer Erhard Autrata and his family are recovering — with community support — from a fire that destroyed the home they built themselves and killed three of their dogs while they were celebrating 10-year-old Mahina’s birthday.

Police say Mary Raye was located Saturday in Pāhoa

The new eruption of the volcano that ranks among the world’s most active began shortly after 4:30 p.m. Jan. 5.

Nathan Kalani Ni‘ihau was arrested Jan. 3 after he was found sleeping in a pickup truck owned by the state of Hawai‘i that was reported stolen in a burglary Dec. 27, 2022, in Hilo.

On June 30, 2009, a friend found Kaycee Smith dead in her Orchidland home on the Big Island with a single gunshot wound to her head.

Upon responding to the scene of the altercation in the area of the 100 block of Kino‘ole Street, police discovered more than 20 people in the parking lot of a residential building.

The Hawai‘i Police Department initiated a coroner’s inquest investigation in connection with the incident that took place the evening of Jan. 4.

Daesyn Pacheco-Muragin of Mountain View was arrested Wednesday.

Yasmine Michelle Lilia Butterfield of Kalapana was arrested and charged following a Dec. 31 incident that stemmed from an argument between Butterfield and her boyfriend regarding the recent death of their 5-month-old son.

The fire at the family’s home in ʻĀinaloa happened during the early evening of Dec. 30. Fortunately, no one was home at the time, but the blaze caused $250,000 in damage and killed three of the family’s five dogs.

Applicants must be residents of Hawai‘i and citizens of the United States and must have been licensed to practice law by the Hawai‘i Supreme Court for a period of no less than five years preceding nomination.

Years of restoration work and ungulate control efforts in the Pu‘u Maka‘ala Natural Area Reserve could have been undone had lava flows gone a different direction.

The residence seemed to be in normal use, but none of its occupants were home at the time of the blaze.

There are as many different specialties within volcanology and as many paths you can take to get there as there are tools of the trade.

Police think the man might be injured and in need of medical assistance after it’s thought that he was struck by a vehicle.

Big Island police report that Zealand Brickwood was located in Hilo.