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The next week on the Big Island will once again be bustling with events you won’t want to miss.

Ramona Okumura is one step closer to coming back to the United States after being trapped in Gaza since the Oct. 7 attack.

The funding, from the Port Infrastructure Development Program, follows Schatz-authored legislation signed into law last year that made it easier for Hawai‘i to compete for grant funding through this program.

At 7:40 p.m., on Oct. 31, Kona patrol officers responded to a report of a disturbance at a community park in the Pualani subdivision in Kailua-Kona. As officers were attempting to break up a crowd, they received a second report of another disturbance on the street fronting the community park.

She is described as Asian with a light complexion and medium build, 5 feet four inches tall, 190 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.

On Oct. 29, the U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Squad based at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, conducted a High Altitude, Low Opening (HALO) jump with soldier insertion into Keamuku Maneuver Area.

At 8:46 a.m. on Nov. , Hilo patrol officers responded to the campus after school officials reported receiving a call from a juvenile on the mainland who stated they were playing an online game with an unidentified gamer who claimed they were bringing a gun to Hilo High School.

The talk will begin at 10 a.m. and is aimed at providing guidance to caregivers and loved ones of those living with dementia and Alzheimer’s.

The webinar series is provided as a free resource for association members and the broader community.

Shortly before 6 p.m. on Monday, Ka‘ū patrol officers and Area II CIS detectives responded to a property on the 92-2500 block of Ohia Drive after receiving a report of a lifeless body on an empty lot.

The eye drops may have been purchased from CVS/Longs Drugs, Target, or Walmart under the following brand names: CVS Health, Target Up & Up and Walmart Equate Hydration PF Lubricant Eye Drop.

Da Bux program launched in 2017 and is administered by the Hawai‘i Food Basket, Inc. in partnership with the Hawai‘i Good Food Alliance. The Food Basket estimates that  every dollar spent in the program contributes $2.10 to the local economy.

Only four out of the 20 fire stations on Hawai’i Island are in moderate condition.

Gifted lauhala weavers prepare for the 52nd Annual Kona Coffee Cultural Festival that runs Nov. 3-12.

Police say the public help in their effort to find Tidwell who was located in the Hawai‘i Ocean View Estates subdivision at 9 a.m. on Tuesday.

Keone Balai, who remains in custody in lieu of $126,000 bail, is scheduled to make his initial appearance on Tuesday afternoon in Hilo District Court.

Funding for growth in the program was provided by the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division of the Hawai‘i Department of Health and in partnership with the Hawai‘i County Mayor’s Office.

Affected areas include Waiānuenue Avenue, from Kapi‘olani to Hāla‘i Streets, including side roads and lanes in Hilo.

On Hawaiʻi Island, the West Hawaiʻi Master Gardeners will have free trees available at the Mālama Market parking lot in Ocean View from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday.

During this monthly test, all Statewide Outdoor Warning Sirens will sound a one-minute Attention Alert Signal (steady tone). A test of the Live Audio Broadcast segment of the Emergency Alert System is conducted at roughly the same time as the monthly siren sounding, in cooperation with the Hawai‘i broadcast industry.