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A Kailua-Kona was arrested in connection to a brush fire of Daniel K. Inouye Highway that scorched 150 acres near mile marker 50.

A 47-year-old Kona man was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday, July 22 for unlawful imprisonment of a minor.

Mayor Mitch Roth said his administration is using the recent development of a former employee being indicted on fraud charges for running an affordable housing scheme within in the county as a reason to review and possibly improve the checks-and-balances in place.

A portion of Daniel K. Inouye Highway has reopened after it was shut down due to a brush fire in the area.

Hawai‘i Police Department reports Old Saddle Road in South Kohala is closed due to a traffic accident.

The Department of Water Supply announced hydrant flow tests for three different neighborhoods.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) has identified three additional cases of monkeypox, the department stated Friday, July 22. It brings the total number of cases in Hawaiʻi to 11.

Gov. David Ige signed a third emergency proclamation to allow the continuation of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in line with the federal COVID emergency, Ige’s office announced Friday, July 22.

State and local fire crews are battling two brush fires that ignited Thursday, July 21, in South Kohala and Pōhakuloa Training Area.

Hawai‘i police release weekly outstanding warrants list.

Daniel K. Inouye Highway between Route 190 and the Old Saddle Road is closed for several hours due to a brush fire in the Pōhakuloa range complex and training area near mile marker 50.

A developer looking to build a subdivision near Ali‘i Drive has more work to do before a county planning commission would be willing to sign off on the development.

A new style of boot brush station could hep reduce the spread of a scourge that has wreaked havoc on Big Island ‘ōhiʻa forests.

Department of the Army firefighters and partner first responders are currently responding to a wildfire burning on Pohakuloa range complex and training area.

The Hōlei Sea Arch on the coast of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park lost a chunk rock after last weekend’s Southern Hemishpere Swell battered Hawai‘i Island’s Southern shores.

The state is looking for people to serve on the new board tasked with managing lands on Maunakea.

Election season is in full swing and the Hawai‘i Democratic Party invites voters to meet its candidates face-to-face before next month’s primary election.

Straub Medical Center in Honolulu, which has a clinic in Hilo, is one of three Hawai‘i Pacific Health medical centers to receive the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines-Stroke quality achievement award.

A former employee of the county Office of Housing and Community Development pleaded guilty in federal court to a felony offense of conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud.

Pōhakuloa Training Area reports a brush fire in the South Kohala area of PTA between Daniel K. Inouye Highway and Highway 190.