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

Two underweight Hawaiian monk seal pups and and a third male seal that had ingested fishing gear are currently being treated at Marine Mammal Center’s Ke Kai Ola facility in Kailua-Kona.

Big Island police continue their pursuit to keep roadways safe from motorists who drive under the influence of an intoxicant.

A Kailua-Kona woman is dead after she was struck by a vehicle while crossing Queen Ka‘ahumanu Highway near the Palani Road intersection Tuesday evening.

Queen Ka‘ahumanu Highway reopened around 8 p.m. Police advised motorists around 6:15 p.m. Tuesday to avoid Queen Ka‘ahumanu Highway and Makala Blvd southbound to Palani Road due to a traffic accident in Kona. 

The Hawaiʻi Department of Health has identified two additional probable case of monkeypox in Oʻahu residents. This brings the total number of cases in Hawaiʻi to two confirmed and three probable. DOH has also identified connections between all five people.

A Hilo District Court judge maintained bail on a Hilo man accused of assault, kidnapping and various other offenses.

A warrant sweep by officers of the Hawai‘i Police Department was conducted in Puna on Thursday, June 9, resulting in the arrest of seven wanted individuals (including one juvenile male) for a total of 10 outstanding warrants and drug offenses.

Affordable housing is what it says it is — it’s what an individual or family can afford. However, not everyone can afford the same amount.

Big Island Now’s featured jobs from June 5 to 14, 2022.

Authorities seek the public’s help identifying two individuals involved in a theft at a Waikōloa store last month.

Effective June 15, the DLNR will begin issuing hunting licenses and stamps for the new hunting season that runs from July 1 through June 30, 2023.

The Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority, in partnership with the Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association and the University of Hawaiʻi, are asking for people to offer their mana‘o by participating in a survey and offer feedback on the current certification process for tour guides in Hawaiʻi.

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a mariner aboard a disabled vessel off Reef Runway on O‘ahu on Saturday, the USCG stated.

The director of the Department of Public Works has been relieved of his duties, the Office of the Mayor announced on Tuesday, June 14.

A 26-year-old Hilo man will appear for sentencing Thursday for charges related to possession and the attempted distribution of methamphetamine and a firearms charge.

According to a spokesman for the county Department of Water Supply, the water main that broke shortly before 4 p.m. Sunday, June 12, closing a portion of Ali‘i Drive in Kona, is part of older infrastructure that can be subject to intermittent failure.

Hawai‘i Island police are investigating three motorcycle collisions that occurred around the island this morning, Monday, June 13, within a three-hour time span. One motorcyclist was killed and the two other motorcyclists were seriously injured as a result of the collisions.

A Kona District Court judge granted the defense’s request to suspend court proceedings in order to conduct an examination of fitness for a Kona man accused of killing two houseless men and assaulting two other houseless individuals in Hilo.

The Department of Water Supply stated Monday, June 13 that two of the four inoperable wells necessitating a 25% water restriction in North Kona are the same wells that failed in 2017, which prompted a water restriction in Kona that last over a year.