East Hawaii News

Senator Brian Schatz asked Secretary Julian Castro to recognize the state’s need for resources that support homeless families. He also asked him to address the housing shortage.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identified the products as potentially being linked to a Salmonella outbreak.

Miloli’i Beach Park is on course to reopen to the public. The park has been closed since Wednesday, Dec. 23.

A 47-year-old man sought by police has been located.

Twenty-two-year-old Kainoa Lindo is being sought by the Hawai’i Police Department for questioning.

Hawai’i held the top rank for lowest real estate property taxes with an effective real estate tax rate of 0.28 percent.

Richard R. Edwards, 72, was released at 3:50 p.m. Wednesday, pending further investigation.

The funding will support a project that seeks to address the issues of flooding, coastal erosion, seal-level rise, and coastal disasters, while also increasing the state’s resilience to the hazards and impacts of climate change.

The inaugural Hawai‘i County Entrepreneurship Program will begin on April 1 under the Department of Research and Development.

Ruggles is currently pursuing her second degree at the University of Hawai’i at Hilo’s College of Business and Economics, and is also a 2006 graduate of Kea’au High School.

In the video, taken during field observations in February, the whales are seen swimming and diving, and at one point, the mother appears to be doing a headstand and drifting her tail out of the water.

Officers determined that a 68-year-old Michigan woman was operating a 1990 Oldsmobile four-door sedan that was traveling west on the 800 block of Kaiwiki Road. The car ran off the right side of the road and struck a utility pole.

Arson investigations are underway as fire inspectors and police attempt to uncover the origins of about a dozen fires in West Hawai’i over the past month and a half.

During the same time period, 112 potential cases have been excluded from the count, including five in the past 24 hours.

The search help is available on the Department of Health’s Deposit Beverage Container Program website and is accessible via web browsers on computers and mobile devices.

Kona Brewing Co. is ready to break ground on its new location.

According to a medical examiner, the man died as result of gunshot wounds to his abdomen and chest.

Donald Trump received 5,677 votes, garnering 42.4 percent of votes from the state’s registered republicans.

The finalists’ artwork is being displayed in the halls of the Hawai’i State Capitol.

Helicopter operations for various activities within Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park have been scheduled.