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Ralpheal Alfred Kanani Silva has not been seen or heard from by his family and friends since Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 22, 2018, on Auwae Road in Hilo.  

Persons who know a warrant is out for their arrest are advised to report to the nearest police station to avoid having an officer go to their home or workplace to arrest them.

Heavy mixed precipitation is forecast, including accumulations of snow up to 8 inches and ice accumulations of around two tenths of an inch on the summits of the Big Island.

The inaugural Western Regional Native Hawaiian Convention will be held at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort and Casino and will feature discussions on cultural perpetuation, housing and tourism.

The lava sample analysis results from the 2022 eruption of Mauna Loa gave geologists a window into the volcano’s plumbing system for the first time in almost 40 years.  

U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono of Hawaiʻi led 30 of her colleagues in pushing to prevent local and state law enforcement from using federal assistance to surveil or investigate individuals receiving or providing abortion care. 

Mother Nature has teased many of us with a few breaks, psyching us out with sunny and blue skies, before 10 minutes later turning the faucet back on full blast. It’s been cold and windy. The weather has definitely been more than a bit dismal. That doesn’t mean, however, we have to be.

The Child Labor Prevention Act would increase maximum fines for violations and establish new criminal penalties to deter child labor and hold employers accountable.

Hawaiʻi County firefighters arrived at 11:19 p.m. on Wednesday to find the unoccupied home that was 450 feet down a steep driveway fully involved.

Director Tia Hartsock outline the many goals of the newly created state Office of Wellness and Resilience.

Six new U.S. Army soldiers proudly took their oaths of enlistment on Feb. 23 at the Pana’ewa Stampede rodeo in front of family, friends and thousands of spectators amidst a downpour of rain.

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck near Vanuatu, but no tsunami threat to the Hawaiian Islands.

The National Weather Service has canceled the high wind and winter weather advisories for the Big Island.

The structure that went up in flames in Mountain View was reported to be unpermitted and vacant.

A 2019 study found that Hawaiʻi County needs 13,303 additional housing units by 2025.

While at least one person in East Hawai‘i wondered Wednesday if anyone had Noah’s phone number so they could ask if there’s room left on the ark as rain continued to drench parts of the Big Island, those who work at the frigid 13,803-foot summit of Maunakea faced yet another round of snow and ice.

In its response to a wrongful death lawsuit, the Boy Scouts of America admits only that 11-year-old Manny Carvalho died Aug. 28, 2022, “due to a gunshot while attending a Boy Scout Troop 19 Family Fun Day at Camp Honokāia.”

Ricky Ramirez, 14, was found in good health in Hilo.

There are several road closures in Hilo on Thursday morning due to flooding.

On Wednesday afternoon, a semi-truck and trailer overturned across both lanes of Queen Kaʻahumanu Highway between Kawaihae Road the Mauna Kea Beach Resort on the Big Island.