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An all-points bulletin has been issued for a white 1995 Toyota Avalon sedan with license plate HWM 818. Police caution the public not to approach the vehicle but, instead, to call police to report its location.

Highway 130—the Kea‘au-Pahoa Highway—is closed in both directions at the Kea‘au transfer station.

There were no threats following a preliminary magnitude 3.2 earthquake reported at 3:38 p.m. (HST) on Monday, Dec. 28, 2015, near ʻĀinaloa on the east end of the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources will close West Hawai‘i state parks at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, New Year’s Eve. Parks closing early include Hapuna, Kiholo and Kekaha Kai (Mahaiula and Kua Bay sections).

The Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Forestry and Wildlife announced the opening of bird hunting in the Kahua/Ponoholo Ranch Cooperative Game Management Area on Saturday, Jan. 2.

During the week of Dec. 21 through 27, 2015, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested eight motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Three of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes—one of them was involved in two separate crashes.

On Friday, Hawaiʻi will become the first state in the nation to raise the age on the sale of tobacco products and e-cigs to 21.

Thomas “Tommy” Friel, a conservation law enforcement officer for nearly three decades, has been named the new Chief of the DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement, effective today, Monday, Dec. 28, 2015.

She is described as a Micronesian, 5-feet-3 inches tall, 156 pounds with brown hair, brown eyes and a scar on her right cheek. She was last seen wearing a white shirt and black pants.

Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for Kekoa Gapol, an 18-year-old Pāhoa man who was reported missing.

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.