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Puna patrol officers responded to an 8:17 a.m. report of a suspicious vehicle parked fronting a residence in the 15-2700 block of Aholehole Street in the Hawaiian Beaches subdivision in Pāhoa.

The primary goal of this free community event is to address a growing trend observed at the hospital: caregivers of kupuna, ill or injured, often lack the knowledge and resources to provide care for their loved ones at home.

According to Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, it is unlikely that the recent eruption will resume based on the behavior of past, short-lived summit fissure eruptions at Kīlauea summit in 1982, 1975, 1974, and 1971, which all ended abruptly.

The charges stem from a runaway investigation where two female juveniles, ages 17 and 11, left their foster home without permission on Thursday evening.

The theft occurred on Sept. 20, around 1:30 p.m., however was not reported to police until the following day around 7:44 p.m.

Residents in all but one of the affected homes in Zone 1C of the Maui Wildfire Disaster Area applied for and received vehicle passes to return to their properties Monday on Kaniau Road in Lahaina.

The 43-year-old was last seen on Sept. 14 in the Kea‘au area.

Police had been searching for Kaena Kaohu, of Kea‘au, since Friday night after he was seen running from a residence on 34th Avenue in the Orchidland Estates subdivision armed with a handgun following a domestic argument with a brother.

Hawaiʻi Community Federal Credit Union and Ka‘analike recently teamed up to collect donations supporting Maui wildfire survivors.

Through its inaugural annual giving campaign, “Planting Seeds, RaisingChange,” ChangeMakers Hawaiʻi aims to raise funds for Native Hawaiian participants’ Boston University tuition fees. This specialized certification course normally costs more than $3,000 per student.

The Maui Police Department identified one more victim of the Aug. 8 Lahaina fire on Monday: Matsuyuki Osato, 83, of Lahaina.

The gift from Edmund C. Olson Trust 2 creates a two-year scholarship, with preference for students from the Kaʻū District on Hawaiʻi Island.

Puna Strong, now in its third year, provides investment directed towards Puna’s nonprofit organizations. Bolstered by partnerships with Hawai’i Community Foundation and the Oak Foundation, this program is poised to extend its influence across an additional 18-month duration, extending its impact into 2025.

Concerns over emergency access out of Big Island communities, particularly Waikōloa, increased after the 2021 Mana Road fire scorched 40,000 acres in South Kohala and forced the evacuation of 6,500 Waikōloa Village residents.

The Hawaiʻi Supreme Court will hold a special session on Sept. 25 in honor of the late Patricia Mau-Shimizu, executive director of the Hawaiʻi State Bar Association.

The Big Island eco-tour company based in Volcano, offers a once-in-a-lifetime guided interpretive adventure — lava or not — to past and present eruptive activity of Kīlauea volcano and the greatest attractions at Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, focusing on the volcano’s summit region and including discussions about endemic species and the Hawaiian culture.

The data show the continental Native Hawaiian population is growing five times faster than the Native Hawaiian population in Hawaiʻi.

Hawai‘i Island police are searching for the driver involved in a pedestrian hit-and-run traffic collision in Ka‘ū that left a 26-year-old female with life-threatening injuries.

The concept is simple. Community members are encouraged to sit down with officers to discuss concerns, ask questions, and get to know the people who serve their community. Ice Cream with a Cop offers the same opportunity as Coffee With a Cop, but with a sweet twist that families, especially children, will enjoy.

Published in the Sept. 18 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S., the research revealed following asbestos exposure the release of HMGB1 to the human body kick-starts an inflammatory process, which over time promotes mesothelioma.