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On Monday, Dylan Alcain and his wife Leilani Alcain appeared before Judge Kimberly Taniyama for an initial appearance after being arrested and charged in connection to two Hele Gas Station break-ins — one in Kona and the other in Captain Cook; an armed robbery in Kona Paradise Subdivision in South Kona; and shooting at police officers.

Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 15-year-old Isaiah Gravette.

Sharon Beck, principal of Ka ‘u High & Pahala Elementary School on Hawaii island, was named winner of the 17th Masayuki Tokioka Excellence in School Leadership Award as Hawaii’s top public school principal for 2023.

A vacant, single-story residential house was destroyed by a fire on Sunday in Pāhoa.

The county’s Office of Housing and Community Development will be requesting proposals for Affordable Housing Production Program funds from eligible developers, nonprofit and for-profit organizations, public agencies and community land trusts starting May 1.

What is the best way to humanely address the overpopulation of feral/community cats on the Big Island? Take our 30-second poll.

The blood supply has always fluctuated within the state of Hawaiʻi, but the situation was dire on Easter weekend when there was only a day-and-half worth of type O blood.

Toastmasters District 49 announces its upcoming conference, “People. Passion. Purpose.” — an event that promises to inspire attendees with informative keynote speakers and educational recognitions.

The canoe was received by a crew from the Polynesian Voyaging Society and then towed from the Matson shipyard to the Maritime Museum at Foss Waterway Seaport.

The 42nd Anniversary of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week kicks off on Monday.

Kim, a 2-year-old German Shorthaired Pointer, specializes in sniffing out narcotics.

The emergency repair work on Wailuku Bridge in Hilo was initially to be completed by May 5, 2023, but with the new findings of additional element degradation, the estimated finish time is now late May. 

At about 2:24 p.m. on April 22, a magnitude 4.2 earthquake occurred about 1.25 miles south southeast of Volcano on the Big Island, causing light damage in early reports.

Lane closure schedules may change at any time without further notice.

Dylan and Leilani Alcain are set to appear in District Court in Kona on Monday.

To celebrate Earth Day (Lā Honua), more than a dozen volunteers gathered on Friday at the Hawaiʻi Community College’s Pālamanui Campus in West Hawai‘i to garden, plant and compost.

Three of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. One of the drivers was under the age of 21.

Hawai’i Community Correctional Center escaped inmate Dyllan Paulo-Leslie was captured at 1:04 p.m. in the riverbed of Wailuku River, in the area behind Hilo High School, police said.

The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement is providing rental subsidies for eligible kūpuna (62 years or older) on the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands wait list.

The trail located in Kailua-Kona will be closed April 24 through May 5.