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During the week of Dec. 4 through 10, 2017, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 21 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant.

Avoid Ululani Street between Haili Street and Ponahawai Street in Hilo due to road closure. Hawai‘i Fire Department and Hawai‘i Police Department personnel are investigating a structure fire. No injuries are reported at this time.

South Hilo Community Police responded to three burglaries, one vehicle theft and four vehicle break-ins in over the seven-day period from Dec. 1 to 7, 2017.

Attorney General Doug Chin joined a coalition of 17 state attorneys general writing to the president to express unwavering support for the mission of the CFPB.

On Dec. 14, the FCC will be taking a vote on whether or not to get rid of net neutrality protections that keep the Internet open, fair and equal for everyone.

Moloka‘i firefighters located the crash site and wreckage of a small private aircraft that went down late Sunday morning, 4 miles west of the Moloka‘i Airport.

For the first time ever, the Hawai‘i DLNR Hunter Education Program will be holding an advanced Hunter Education Game Care workshop.

The State of Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation and the County of Hawaiʻi Department of Public Works have announced temporary road and lane closures.

Flight plans over Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park for the month of December 2017.

Obituary Notices: Dec. 3-9, 2017

Hawaiian Airlines is allowing guests holding tickets for travel on Hawaiian Airlines or Hawaiian Airlines codeshare flights to/from/via the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) through Dec. 11, and John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) on Dec. 9 a one-time reservation change with waiver of change fee.

Hawaiʻi island police have charged several people with drug offenses stemming from the service of separate narcotics search warrants in the Puna District.

Hawaiʻi Island police arrested a male and female at a home in the Hawaiian Paradise Park subdivision in Puna on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017.

UH and TMT have asked that the state BLNR not initiate a contested case hearing regarding BLNR’s consent to a sublease to TMT builders on Maunakea.

The HPD has announced the 2nd Annual Hilo Shop with a Cop charity event, which will be held at the Hilo Target Store on Saturday morning, Dec. 9, 2017.

Hawaiʻi Island police located Justin Alan De Silva after he turned himself in at the Kealakehe Police Station on the evening of Thursday, Dec. 7.

The driver of the Nissan sedan involved in Wednesday’s traffic fatality, Dylen Benevides, 26, was released from custody pending further investigation.

Hawai‘i County Firefighters arrived on the scene on Friday, Dec. 8, 2017, at 8:49 a.m. in response to a report of two missing fisherman off Highway 240 at approximately the 7.5 mile marker.

Legislators introduced bipartisan the Fair Access to Insurance for Retired (FAIR) Heroes Act to improve access to quality healthcare for disabled veterans.

Twenty-eight Senators signed a letter urging Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai to delay the vote to roll back the nation’s net neutrality rules.