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Hawaiʻi County has named Stephen Pause the Director of the Department of Public Works, the county announced Monday, Aug. 15.

The search for a 14-year-old boy that went missing in waters off Shipman/Haena Beach Park in Puna, ended Sunday evening, Aug. 14, and the teen remains missing.

Volunteer, off-duty law enforcement officers from the Big Island will again take community service to a new level with the return of Cop on Top.

Hawai‘i Island police reported Monday, Aug. 15 that Alicia Figueira, who was previously reported missing, was located in Kona on Sunday, Aug. 14 in good health.

The herbarium staff plans to host volunteer digitization events, increase collaboration with UH-Mānoa’s campus arboretum and UH-Mānoa’s Lyon Arboretum and more.

Girls from throughout the state, mainland and beyond had a chance to learn about Hawaiʻi’s multi-national cultures while engaging in unique science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, activities during an event last month.

Hula is all about relationships, and an upcoming event hosted by a Big Island nonprofit will highlight the special bond between a kumu and his haumana.

Police reported just before 12:30 p.m. Sunday that the intersection was open again.

Puna community members will have the opportunity this week to comment about an environmental impact statement preparation notice being prepared by Puna Geothermal Venture.

A recent event hosted by the University of Hawaiʻi highlighted more than two dozen UH alumni-owned businesses.

The talk-story sessions are meant to engage and inform the Kailua-Kona community about the first-ever two-day Ironman World Championship race.

The work will not require a power outage.

The Primary Election results are in.

Hawai‘i Police Department’s Hāmākua Community Policing Section congratulated all the winners and thanked all the participants who partook in the second-annual Hawai‘i Isle Police Activities League/DARE Hawaii Back to School Fishing Tournament on Sunday, Aug. 7 at the Laupāhoehoe Point Beach Park.

The Department of Public Works, along with Department of Water Supply, will be repairing a water pipe near the Kīlauea/Aupuni intersection fronting Hilo Laser Tag on Sunday, Aug. 14, from 8 a.m. to noon.

Just over 40 firefighters are back on the lines today, Saturday, Aug. 13 in their effort to control the Leilani wildfire that sparked on Wednesday and was initially fueled by carpets of dry fountain grass and strong, gusty winds.

With the recent completion of the $58.7 million federal inspection services facility and the $8 million new agricultural inspection station ready to launch in November, the modernization project that began a half a decade ago will be complete – and the footprint of Kona’s quaint, outdoor airport forever changed. But ask the Kona Airport District Manager, Chauncey Wong Yuen, if he think the work is done, he’ll tell you far from it.

The state Department of Transportation issued its weekly list of lane and road closures for Aug. 13-19.

Hawai‘i Island police are requesting the public’s assistance in locating 36-year-old Alicia Figueira of Kona. She was last seen in the Kona Palisades area sometime in July 2022.

The Hawai‘i Fire Department is continuing the search for the 14-year-old boy that went missing in waters off Shipman/Haena Beach Park in Puna, on Thursday afternoon, Aug. 11.