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Hawai‘i Police Department stated at 10 a.m. Friday that Kawili Street between Laukapu Street and Hinano Street is now open.

Hawai‘i police releases its weekly outstanding warrants list.

A portion of Kawili Street in Hilo is closed this morning due to a trash fire.

A series of collapse events took place from June 5–7, 1916, and observers described it as one of the most spectacular occurrences they had ever witnessed at Kīlauea.

Hawaiʻi police are asking for the public’s assistance with locating 44-year-old Janeal McCullough of South Kona, who is wanted for questioning in connection with several financial criminal investigations.

Hawai’i Kūpuna Softball League games are normally played on Saturdays.

The Waimea Community Association is hosting six candidates in the race to become the state’s next lieutenant governor for an online forum today.

Some members became visibly emotional during discussion — all agreed action is necessary.

The Hawaii Department of Labor & Industrial Relations announced the launch of the Hawaiʻi Career Acceleration Navigator, or HI CAN, a digital hub connecting unemployment insurance claimants and jobseekers to high-impact career pathways.

Senior United States District Judge Helen Gillmor sentenced Wednesday, June 15, Dwayne P. Gouveia, 58, of Waimea, Hawaii, to 10 years imprisonment for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.

A Hilo man faces several charges, including attempted murder, stemming from a stabbing incident that allegedly involved a pair of scissors.

While one county department was thrown into disarray earlier this week with the ousting of its director, discussion about a completely new county department — a proposed spinoff from the same department already in turmoil — was on the agenda of the Hawai‘i County Council’s regular meeting Wednesday, June 15.

A 19-year-old Kailua-Kona man operating a motorcycle died following a three-vehicle collision on Wednesday morning, June 15, 2022, in South Kona south of the intersection of Highway 180 and Highway 11.

Hawaiʻi police have arrested and charged two individuals suspected of being responsible for several property crimes recently reported in the Ocean View area.

Hawai‘i Police Department’s South Kohala Officer Kayli Carr was recognized for her work during an unlawful imprisonment/sex assault investigation that occurred in January 2022.

After more than three hours of public testimony Wednesday morning, the vast majority of which was in support of protecting human health and the island’s coral reefs, the Hawai‘i County Council approved the second and final reading of Bill 167, prohibiting the sale and distribution for sale of any non-mineral sunscreen on the Big Island.

Animal rescue group Friends of Aloha ʻĪlio Rescue will host a craft fair and fundraiser next month in an effort to raise funds.

Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia are back in Hawaiian waters after a voyage down Kealaikahiki to Tahiti and back.

Two members of the Hawai‘i Police Department are now safer thanks to equipment purchased through a grant administered by the state and funded through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

The state Department of Health reported 7,199 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, June 15, bringing the statewide total to 297,851.