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Kamon Stephens, 43, of Mountain View, was arrested and charged with a litany of offenses following the execution of a narcotics search warrant at a residence in  Aloha Estates on March 29.

The roadwork will include asphalt paving on Lepoloa Road in Nīnole and base course gravel on ‘Uweki Road.

Residents can learn about all the Department of Health programs and services while enjoying games and live entertainment, during two open house events.

The new “Holomua” website features progress reports, updates, stories and more.

Missing 12-year-old was found in good health on April 3.

Central Pacific Bank’s Alan Pak is based in Kailua-Kona and recently won the Lending Officer of the Year Gold Award for West Hawaiʻi from the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Hawaiʻi Pacific-Islands District Office.

In addition to a full slate of programming, April 22 will be a fee-free day for all visitors to the park.

The caller, who spoke with Central Dispatch at 9:07 a.m., said there was a student on campus with a firearm who had shot multiple students, but Hawaiʻi Island Police said it proved to be a hoax.

The winter weather advisory for the Big Island summits has been canceled.

Hawaiʻi Gov. Josh Green last week signed seven “Good Government” bills into law to advance the goals of ethics, lobbying and campaign spending laws in Hawai‘i.

The Hawaiʻi monthly test of the all-hazard Statewide Outdoor Warning Siren System is scheduled for April 3 at 11:45 a.m.

The Easter Bunny is working overtime this week in preparation for Easter Sunday, April 9. While that’s his Easter tradition, what about you?

At 5:51 p.m., radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain over much of the Big Island.

When Yachiyo Hamada and Jeanette Rhamsey were born in March 1922, Warren Harding was president, Wallace Farrington was governor of the Territory of Hawai‘i and Babe Ruth had already signed a three-year contract with the New York Yankees at $52,000 a year. Later that month, the U.S. Navy’s first aircraft carrier, USS Langley, was commissioned and the first airplane landed at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

There will be no daytime lane closures on April 7 in observance of Good Friday.

Hawai‘i Police Department is currently investigating the shooting incident that occurred in Hawaiian Acres subdivision fronting a residence on Road 2.

Periods of snow will develop this afternoon through late tonight.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake hit at 8:18 a.m. HST.

In Big Island Now’s latest poll we asked: “If you were cooking – or eating – a meal for a dinner party on the Big Island, what Hawaiian food would be a must on the menu?”

The nearly 50-year-old Kona Community Hospital — built in 1974 — runs the risk of closure every day due to outdated utilities and is lobbying the State Legislature for funding to deal with the problems.