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The state Department of Transportation issued its weekly lane closures for April 2-8. Lane closure schedules may change at any time without further notice. All projects are weather permitting.

Hawai‘i Island police investigating a rash of burglaries in the Hilo area during the month of March have arrested and charged three men for an array of offenses. Two of the three men are also suspects in additional cases still actively being investigated.

Hawai‘i Fire Department reports the two brush fires in South Kohala located approximately 1 ½ miles west of Highway 190 near the 3 Mile Marker, that involved over 500 acres has been fully contained.

Keauhou Shopping Center is celebrating the arrival of a new season with engaging Easter events for the community.

The driver who died following a single-vehicle collision on Thursday, March 31 on Māmalahoa Highway (Highway 190), in North Kona has been positively identified as 27-year-old Andrew Charles Clark Honoka‘a.

The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation is hosting the second annual Pacific Summer Transportation Education Program and is accepting applications for 2022.

Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’ assistance seeking information or witnesses regarding a recent vandalism incident at a cemetery in Nīnole.

The Honoka‘a Swimming Pool will reopen beginning Wednesday, April 6.

The County of Hawaiʻi Office of Housing and Community Development is hosting a virtual resource fair on Monday, April 4 from 11 a.m to noon and from 9-10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 12.

Crews responded to a fire at the Old Kona Landfill this morning after workers heard an explosion and saw flames coming from a recycled aluminum pile, officials confirmed this morning.

A man and woman were charged in connection to a burglary that occurred in Ka‘ū Thursday, March 31.

A 27-year-old man died following a single-vehicle collision on Thursday, March 31 on Māmalahoa Highway (Highway 190), just south of the 17 mile marker in North Kona.

HPD released its list of outstanding warrants.

The Zonta Club of Hilo is raising awareness about sexual assault, child abuse and child neglect with a new t-shirt.

The 2018 eruption of Kīlauea volcano had devastating effects on the lower Puna District, destroying hundreds of homes, burying subdivisions and permanently affecting the lives of thousands of residents. The voluminous lava flow had a major impact on the Island of Hawaiʻi, but how does it compare to other lava flow eruptions on Earth in recent history?

The Transportation Security Administration at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu celebrated the career and retirement of Bruno, a 4-year-old Labrador retriever, trained as an explosive detection canine, and his handler Kathy.

The county is using a new technique to expedite the process to secure a warrant and draw a suspect’s blood in certain circumstances.

A Hawai‘i nonprofit that provides legal information and representation to victims of domestic violence will receive nearly $400,000 in federal funding to support a program it provides to help immigrants.

Help improve Hawai‘i’s healthcare systems, and have a chance to earn $100 gas card in the process.

An increase in a number of key statistics in the latest visitor’s report indicates that Hawai‘i continues its trajectory toward a full tourism rebound.