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In “Operation Paper Shredder,” the Hawai’i County Department of Public Safety arrested five people involved in three recent cases of contraband smuggling in Hawai‘i’s correctional facilities.

The eruption of Kīlauea, which began on Jan. 5 and was confined within Halema‘uma‘u crater, has paused after 61 days of lava activity. There also is no active lava within Moku‘āweoweo caldera at the summit of Mauna Loa.

Harrison Duadua-Apao, who is wanted for stealing a truck, is about 5 feet 8 inches and 155 pounds, with black hair, hazel eyes, a medium build and tan complexion.  

The grounding and salvage operation of a 120-ton yacht off the shore of Maui caused damage to corals and reef live rock covering at least 19,434-square-feet, according to a state damage assessment.

On Wednesday, the Big Island was treated to relatively rare lower-atmospheric spectacles for skies over Hawai‘i — lenticular clouds. The thick, lens-shaped, bright white, fluffy masses hovered high in the otherwise clear blue sky for most of the day.

The refreshed packaging and website evolve the branding of a family farm with roots that extend to 1850 with Henry Nicholas Greenwell.

On March 9, there is a high surf warning for west-facing shores and high wind warning for the summits, but the wind advisory for the rest of the island has been canceled.

If you need help with 1095A forms, The Legal Aid Society of Hawai‘i is ready to help consumers.

Hawaiʻi County will be recruiting for a new Mass Transit Agency administrator with the resignation of John Andoh, effective March 31.

On Wednesday, the Hawai‘i County Council affirmed its commitment to fixing the problems with animal control on Big Island, acting to create a new Hawai‘i County Animal Control and Protection Agency by approving the second and final reading of Bill 22.

The Hawaiʻi State Department of Health has canceled a brown water advisory for Waialea Bay to Kapaʻa Beach on the Big Island.

So far this year, there have been 194 DUI arrests compared with 209 during the same period last year, a decrease of 7 percent.

The report cited a slew of high-profile criminal acts by government workers and officials, including a Big Island case involving $2 million in bribes and kickbacks to a county housing office employee.

Hawaiian Telcom crews closed an approximately 25-mile fiber gap between Volcano and Pahala, completing another ring in the company’s network.

Police are seeking the public’s help finding Hazelyn Gonzales, 13, who was last seen on Tradewind Drive in Pāhoa.

Missing Justine Kawaa, 12, was found in good health in Hilo.

The National Weather Service’s high wind advisory for all districts of Hawaiʻi Island remains in effect through Thursday. Sustained winds of 25 to 35 mph with localized gusts over 50 mph are forecast.

The Hawai‘i County Council met Tuesday for several committee meetings. Agenda topics ranged from floriculture and agricultural properties used as a primary residence to affordable housing, homelessness and preservation of a property in Hilo.

This would be the first allocation from a five-year program the Council approved last year and that took affect on July 1, 2022 to deal with the housing and homelessness crisis on the Big Island.

The forecast is for dangerously large breaking waves of 10 to 15 feet in Kona and Kohala.