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On Sept. 27, VICE officers executed narcotics search warrants upon a vehicle and residence located on Kino‘ole Street in Hilo and recovered over 46 grams of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.

Volcanoes National Park has scheduled flights for various purposes in October, including, monitoring ʻuaʻu (Hawaiian petrels), conducting site surveys and controlling invasive banana poka.

At the direction of the President of the United States, Governor Josh Green, M.D., has ordered the United States flag and the Hawaiʻi state flag to be flown at half-staff in honor of the late California Senator Dianne Feinstein, who served as a US senator from 1992 to 2023.

Hawai‘i Fire Department responded to the blaze, located at Keaka and Orchid Parkways, at 11:13 p.m. on Sunday.

Festivities will include chef-inspired cuisine, beverages, live music and art, DJ with dancing, vendors, face painting, games and a photo booth for keiki against a backdrop of Hualalai and panoramic views of the Kailua-Kona skyline.

Sugar Coast Candy has a variety of vintage candy, with Cheryl Beckley saying her kids like the Slime Lickers that are a ball of liquid that “turns their lips blue or green.”

The popular event provides the opportunity for community members and police to have candid conversations and ask questions over a simple cup of joe about topics ranging from sharing personal stories to discussing neighborhood issues.

Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 17-year-old Tristen Denis-Silva who was last seen in the Eden Roc Estates Subdivision in Mountain View on Saturday.

The monthly test of Hawaiʻi’s Statewide Outdoor Warning Siren System is scheduled for Oct. 2 at 11:45 a.m. This test will include a one-minute Attention Alert Signal.

South Kona farmer 71-year-old Clarence Medeiros Jr. has pulled up some large kalo before, but he — and it turns out the rest of the world — had never seen a taro corm that big until it came out of one of his parcels.

In looking at how emergency access can improve in communities, voters in the latest Big Island Now poll had one clear answer: build more roads.

Speed appears to be the primary factor in this investigation. An autopsy was ordered to determine the exact cause of death. The man’s identity is being withheld pending positive identification and notification of next of kin.

For eight weeks during the summer, the interns received help from Subaru staff mentors to complete real-life science and technology projects in a professional setting and working on important projects that will help the telescope prepare for the future.

New results from the Keck Cosmic Web Imager, or KCWI, which was designed by Caltech’s Edward C. Stone Professor of Physics Christopher Martin and his team, are the first to show direct light emitted by the largest and most hidden portion of the cosmic web: the crisscrossing wispy filaments that stretch across the darkest corners of space between galaxies. The KCWI instrument is based at the W. M. Keck Observatory atop Maunakea on the Big Island.

Upon arriving on scene near the intersection of Ma’a Way and Kaiwi Street at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, officers located a 70-year-old Kailua-Kona man with visible injuries to his head and facial area. The victim related that while sitting on rock wall, he was approached by a male party who demanded his backpack and cellphone. The suspect then told him, “Give me your backpack or I’m going to shoot you!”

The Kulanaokuaiki Tephra is part of the Uēkahuna Ash, and it has been best studied on the south flank of Kīlauea.

He was last seen on Sept. 9 in the Kurtistown area wearing a black colored shirt, and white shorts with an American flag design.

Responding to the stabbing reported just before 12:30 a.m. on Wednesday, South Kohala patrol officers contacted a 36-year-old male victim who reported that he had been drinking with Haskins at ‘Anaeho‘omalu Bay when he left his black backpack by the entrance to the public showers and headed closer to the shoreline. When the victim went back to check on his backpack, he discovered that food and clothing, valued at $200, had been removed without his permission.

Designed to introduce the community to the newly established pedestrian and bike trail along Hilo Bayfront and promote healthy living, the event featured a walk along the paved pathway.

Around 2:03 a.m. on Tuesday, Hawai‘i Police Department dispatch received a 911 call and could hear a female and male arguing. Kona patrol officers responded to the possible domestic dispute in the 75-5000 block of Kalawa Street.