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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.

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.