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PATH (People’s Advocacy for Trails Hawai‘i) will offer a free class on Jan. 16, 2016, beginning at 7:30 a.m. to teach basic bicycle skills and how to ride in a group safely and with confidence.

Hawai‘i Island police report that Kawaihae Road is closed at the 60 mile marker until about 9:30 p.m. tonight due to a downed power line resulting from a traffic collision.

Missing Hilo woman Michelle Hanagami, 26, was last seen on Dec. 23.

The State of Hawai‘i Department of Transportation and the County of Hawai’i Department of Public Works have announced the following temporary road closures through Jan. 1.

Due to the dengue fever outbreak at Miloli‘i, the Department of Land and Natural Resources has closed to the public all state unencumbered lands in the immediate vicinity of Miloli‘i village and Honomalino Bay.

The Hawai‘i Police Department received a report of a missing female in Kailua-Kona. Andrea Ruggirello, 22, was reported missing in the early morning hours of Dec. 25, 2015.

Hawaiʻi Island police have charged a Big Island man with 27 offenses in connection with a double sexual assault Tuesday, Dec. 22, in the Piʻihonua area.

The State of Hawai‘i Department of Transportation and the County of Hawai’i Department of Public Works have announced the following temporary road closures for the weekend, Dec. 25 through 27.

Hawaiʻi Island police are asking the public for help in identifying two persons observed on video surveillance damaging a lock on a mailbox at a Post Office in the Puna District today, Thursday, Dec. 24, at approximately 1:26 a.m.

Gov. David Ige signed a proclamation to continue efforts with the state’s counties to provide emergency shelter, long-term housing and services to the homeless.

Since the last update on Dec. 22, 2015, the Hawai‘i Department of Health has identified six new cases of dengue fever, bringing the cumulative total of past and present confirmed cases to 176.

Hawaiʻi Island police have arrested a Puna man in connection with a double sexual assault that occurred on Tuesday, Dec. 22, in the Piʻihonua area.

Hernandez was arrested in Hilo on Tuesday, Dec. 22, and charged with failure to appear. His bail was set at $600.

A new disease that has already killed hundreds of thousands of native ‘ōhi‘a trees in Hawai‘i this past year has prompted the organization of an interagency response to battle the threat.

Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a double sexual assault that occurred on Tuesday Dec. 22, in the Pi‘ihonua area sometime between 1 and 4 p.m.

The Hawaiʻi Police Department announced today that it is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man wanted for questioning in a fraudulent use of a credit card case that occurred on Dec. 4.

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory released the following update for Kilauea Volcano at 8:21 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015.

Opponents of the Na’i Aupuni election have filed a lawsuit, hoping to hold the organization in contempt after its announcement that all delegates are eligible for February’s ‘aha.

Confirmed cases of dengue fever on the Big Island rose by another three Tuesday, bringing the total count to 170.

Kapi’olani Street will turn into a one-lane road headed in the Puna, or south, direction between Waianuenue Avenue and Haili Street on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.