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The men were found squatting at a closed business on Hualani Street.

The woman last had contact with her family on April 28 at Kawaihae Harbor.

A head-on collision that occurred Tuesday morning on Daniel K. Inouye Highway near the 26 mile-marker left three people seriously injured.

The man was found in Hilo.

The Hawai‘i County Council on Wednesday voted 5-1 to approve first reading of Bill 48, which would create a new Hawai’i County Office of Sustainability, Climate, Equity and Resilience to help the Big Island weather the storm of climate change.

Update: Mamalahoa Highway now open in both diretions.

A 42-year-old homeless woman with an outstanding bench warrant was reported missing on June 4 in Ka‘ū on the Big Island.

A Kona jury found a 29 year-old man from Captain Cook guilty of second-degree murder and first-degree arson for a 2021 shooting that occurred at a location known as the “End of the World.”

The 21,047 permits issued last year cover a total of 51,883 firearms registered throughout the year, resulting in a 9.1 percent decrease from 57,091 firearms registered during 2021.

The proposed alternatives for remediation of Hakalau Beach Park and Hakalau Stream Bridge include removal of soil, isolation, containment, replacement with clean fill, and partial access with restriction of areas showing highest levels of lead contamination.

Sen. Brian Schatz led a bipartisan effort to reintroduce the CONNECT for Health Act, a comprehensive bill aimed at expanding Medicare coverage for telehealth services, maintaining permanent telehealth options post-COVID-19, and enhancing healthcare access for patients across the country.

Childrenʻs book author Spencer Watts rescued a woman from Colorado whom he met earlier that day after she fell 50 feet down a cliff into the ocean at night while it was raining in East Hawaiʻi.

A woman was heading south on Highway 11 near the 99-mile marker in South Kona when her vehicle drove off the roadway, down an embankment, and struck a tree.

Keoni Sanderson was the subject of a previous media release asking for the public’s assistance in locating him.

The FBI National Academy is a 10-week program of professional study and physical training for U.S. and international law enforcement managers.

So far this year, there have been 468 DUI arrests compared with 490 during the same period last year, a decrease of 4.49%.

Make Music Hawaiʻi presents live performances in Hilo and Kona on June 21 as part of the global celebration of Make Music Day.

A former University of Hawai‘i at Hilo basketball coach, Yagi was known as the “Father of Small College Basketball in Hawaiʻi.”

Hawaiʻi Police Department’s South Kohala Community Policing section is hosting a free Keiki Fishing Derby on July 15 for North and South Kohala residents aged 5 to 18.

Hawaiian Electric will be upgrading infrastructure along Highway 19 in Pa‘auilo from June 21 to 23, resulting in a partial closure and traffic delays.