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Representatives from the state, county, and other agencies gave presentations regarding wildfire preparation during a community meeting in Waimea on Thursday.

Proposals from eligible agencies and organizations seeking the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grants and funding will be accepted until 4:30 p.m. November 15, 2023.

Signs included stop signs, highway mile marker signs, street name signs, and district designation signs.

The teen was initially reported as a runaway but due to her age, she is considered endangered.

When National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration divers first detected the alga in 2016, it grew in lower abundances and was not yet widespread. By August 2019, the algae had grown into abundant mats of over 100,000 square feet each at Manawai (Pearl and Hermes Atoll), outcompeting the species typically living in these ecosystems.

The event – presented by Pacific Media Group and the Hawai‘i Island Chamber of Commerce Young Professionals – will take place Sept. 9 at Prince Kuhio Plaza, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Tilt data was the first geodetic data collected by the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) and continues to be incredibly important both for monitoring and basic research in volcano behavior.

The juvenile was arrested today at his Hilo residence at 1:50 p.m.

At approximately 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, South Kohala patrol officers responded to the area of Kawaihae and Akulani Road after a 31-year-old female victim reported she had been shot.

Moniz was last seen on the 1800 block of Kamehameha Avenue in Hilo on Sept. 6 at 12:30 P.M.

Miguel was last seen on Aug. 19 around 6:30 p.m. in the 25-0000 block of Malumalu Street in Hilo wearing a red shirt, blue jeans, and a black backpack.

Both men are charged with second-degree theft, which is a class C felony, and second-degree criminal trespass.

Steady rates of quakes have continued in an area south of the Big Island volcano’s caldera since Aug. 22 and recent tiltmeter data suggest the area is inflating.

By March 13, the airline’s Japan capacity will be 59% above summer 2023 levels. Hawaiian currently offers daily service between Honolulu’s Daniel K. Inouye International Airport and Tokyo’s Haneda and Osaka’s Kansai airports; six-times-weekly service between Honolulu and Tokyo Narita airport; and thrice-weekly service between Honolulu and Fukuoka airport.

Seven of the drivers were involved in a traffic collision. Three of the drivers arrested were under the age of 21.

Hawai‘i Island police have initiated first-degree terroristic threatening investigation, which is being handled by the Area I Juvenile Aid Section.

The Maui Humane Society was granted restricted access on Aug. 26, 18 days after the destructive wildfire swept through Lahaina. Maui Humane Society CEO, Lisa Labrecque, DVM, shared the challenges, obstacles, and ongoing efforts to provide help in the wake of Maui’s wildfire disaster. Her open letter to the Maui community is posted here.

Hawai‘i Fire Department responded to the four-unit apartment-style building at 8:14 p.m. on Kekumu Place.

The new study, led by Yoo-Geun Ham from Chonnam National University and Seung-Ki Min from Pohang University of Science and Technology, used a deep learning approach to do what machine learning is most adept at doing: process extensive amounts of data and reveal patterns that are difficult for human analysts to decipher.

The new 1.5T MRI has a smaller footprint, a larger opening making it more comfortable for patients, updated software, and a detachable table for easier patient transfers.