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Whether it’s celebrating Queen Lili’uokalani’s birthday with a festival in the Hilo park that shares her name; getting an autograph from 2023 Hilo High grad Devin Saltiban, who was picked by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2023 Major League Baseball draft; watching pickleball matches to support Maui wildfire relief efforts; or supporting your favorite contestant in the next round of Hilo Idol, once again, there is plenty to do on the Big Island during the next week.

13-year-old Jason Abiley, reported missing since Sept. 6, was found Wednesday in Hilo in good health.

The volcano has shown signs of elevated unrest with steady rates of earthquakes since Aug. 22.

The man was last seen in the Pāhoa area at the beginning of August.

The fisherman was shoreline fishing when he jumped in the water to check his line after it got stuck on something.

A Hilo District Court judge maintained bail on a man reportedly found with 19 grams of methamphetamine in a stolen truck. Duke Kaleolani Malakaua, 50, of Hilo, was arrested on Sept. 2 after a Hawai‘i Island police officer saw him exit a Chevrolet pickup truck — reported stolen from a business in Kona sometime between […]

A draft ordinance from the Environmental Management Commission aims to start diverting recyclable materials out of Hawai’i County’s only landfill.

Kahalewai was last seen on Sept. 1 at approximately 10 a.m., when he left the facility for a scheduled furlough. He failed to return to the facility at 2 p.m., as so ordered.

When Hilo patrol officers responded to a single-vehicle traffic collision on Kilauea Avenue at 12:36 a.m. on Saturday, they determined that a 1990 Yamaha motorcycle operated by Wilson was traveling southbound on Kilauea Avenue just before the Puainako intersection, when it crossed the center line and crashed head-on into a utility pole.

Hawaiian Airlines and Arizona State University have awarded the first of eight $10,000 grants under the New Horizons Scholarship Fund to two Native Hawaiian undergraduates enrolled in the W. P. Carey School of Business’s Information Systems program.

Colleen and Tara may be in the company of Tara’s six-year-old daughter, Solenne Grimes. Tara Lasham is wanted on an arrest warrant and for questioning in the same custodial interference investigation. Since last October, police have issued several requests to the public to be on the lookout for the Tara and her daughter.

Levels of activity are expected to rise and fall during this period of unrest. No unusual activity has been noted along the volcano’s East Rift Zone or Southwest Rift Zone.

United is working with customers impacted by the grounded flights.

Hawai‘i Island police officers have been going to Maui since a fire destroyed Lāhainā and killed at least 115 people.

As of today, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023, MPD has 110 missing person reports relating to the Lahaina wildfire, 41 of which are actively being investigated and are considered open. “As we move forward, a missing person report will be necessary to assist with this investigation,” police said.

Weaver is described as having a light complexion, approximately 5 feet 8 inches tall, approximately 130-140 pounds, with blue eyes, light brown curly shoulder length hair and has a goatee and mustache.

Some programs are sponsored by Friends of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park and Hawai‘i Pacific Parks Association. Programs are subject to change or cancellation without notice.

Elevated seismic activity continues in an area south of Kīlauea’s summit caldera, as steady rates of earthquakes have persisted in this location since Aug. 22. There were no notable swarms in the past day, and the volcano is not erupting. No unusual activity has been noted along the volcano’s East Rift Zone or Southwest Rift […]

The Maui Police Department released the names of two more victims from the Aug. 8 Lahaina fire on Sunday.

The Hawaiʻi COPD Coalition is hosting its 17th annual COPD Education Day, “Emerging with Aloha,” virtually via Zoom on Sept. 8 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., providing insights into COPD for patients, caregivers, and the public.