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Police Investigating Shooting Saturday in Eden Roc

Officers are looking for a man known only as “Dennis” after finding a 30-year-old man with gunshots in the Puna subdivision late Saturday morning.

Big Island Telescopes Provide Insight on Cosmic Food Chain

Instruments on the Subaru and Keck observatories are helping astronomers learn about how small galaxies are absorbed into larger ones.

Pepeekeo Man Missing, Also Wanted on Warrant

Leigh Alafonso, 24, has been missing since Sunday.

Kaumana Home Heavily Damaged in Fire

No one was home at the time of the blaze; a firefighter rescued a puppy from a back bedroom.

Injunction Sought to Stop Kulani Prison Reopening

A lawsuit filed by Ohana Ho`opakele to require the establishment of a pu`uhonua at the prison on the slopes of Mauna Loa was rejected by a judge last week.

Thirty Meter Telescope Sublease Gets Tentative Approval

The land board issued the sublease pending resolution of contested case hearing requests by two individuals and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

Pharmacy School Dean Pezzuto Leaving Post

John Pezzuto, who left Purdue University in 2006 to help create UH-Hilo’s College of Pharmacy, will become dean of a pharmacy school in New York.

UH-Hilo Professor, Student Published in ‘Nature’

Physics Professor Philippe Binder and recent graduate Robert Pipes teamed up on “How chaos forgets and remembers,” a study of research on chaos theory.

Bowlers Bowled Over By Decision To Drop Sport

Waiakea High School canceled the school’s bowling season despite efforts by parents and students to keep it alive after Hilo Lanes closed in May.

Police Release June 27 List of Arrest Warrants

The Hawaii Police Department has released its weekly list of some of the individuals wanted on outstanding warrants.

Police: Fugitive is Armed and Dangerous

Dale Arruda is wanted on a no-bail warrant for allegedly violating parole and in two investigations involving car thefts.

Keaau High Students in Innovative Summer Program

The Kupa-`Aina summer bridge program at the University of Hawaii at Hilo will provide cultural experiences along with college credits and admission.

Hawaii County Residents Second Oldest in State

The median age of Big Island residents is 41.3 years, and Hawaii County is the only one among the state’s four main counties where the median isn’t dropping.

Kia`aina Unanimously Approved for Interior Post

The former DLNR administrator with extensive congressional staff experience had been nominated by President Obama as assistant secretary for insular affairs.

Summertime, and the Livin’ is … Chilly?

Four record low temperatures have been tied this month at Hilo’s airport, including two since summer solstice on Saturday.

State Plans to Raise Highway 11 in Ka`u

The roadway, which has flooded at least six times in the past 12 years, would be raised 10 feet and fitted with a culvert to allow water to pass underneath.

County Agency Looking to Wind to Power Pumps

The Department of Water Supply plans to rebuild the Lalamilo Wind Farm to provide electricity for the water system serving Kawaihae and Puako.

New Law Makes ‘Revenge Porn’ Acts a Felony

Hawaii joins 10 others states in outlawing the internet distribution of nude images with intent to harm.

Researchers Studying More of Loihi’s Secrets

Scientists will use a deep submersible vehicle to sample thick mats of iron-eating bacteria found on the lower slopes of the active underwater volcano.

Mobile Pet Adoption Event in Kona Saturday

The Hawaii Island Humane Society will have a wide variety of adoptable pets available at the Kealakekua Ranch Center in Captain Cook from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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