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Water will be temporarily turned off along both sides of Kea‘ā Street and all connecting private roads, including Orchid Manor Condominium Assocation in South Hilo on Wednesday, June 8 and Thursday, June 9 from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m., the county announced.

The state Department of Transportation issued its weekly road and lane closure list for the week of May 28 to June 3. Lane closure schedules may change at any time without further notice. All projects are weather permitting.

“Did all of Hilo lose electricity or just my street?”

The Coast Guard, Navy, Hawai‘i Fire Department, Hawai‘i Police Department, Ocean Safety and other responders successfully concluded two search and rescue exercises on the Island of Hawaii, May 20.

A new partnership between the county and two health care organizations is taking on the issues of drug addiction and growing numbers of fentanyl overdoses on the Big Island.

Eighty-three public schools throughout the state will serve meals free of charge over the summer break to children ages 18 years and younger through its summer food service program.

The Department of Water has issued an immediate water restriction request in Laupāhoehoe due to an equipment malfunction.

The monthly test of the all-hazard Statewide Outdoor Warning Siren System, coordinated with the test of the Live Audio Broadcast segment of the Emergency Alert System, is scheduled for Wednesday, June 1, 2022, at 11:45 a.m.

Big Island police are urging the public to observe the Memorial Day holiday safely.

The University of Hawai‘i at Hilo men’s soccer team has a new head coach.

This list is active as of May 27, 2022. Interested parties reading this list in the future should be aware that some individuals will have cleared up the matters of an outstanding warrant with the police department by then. They may no longer have a warrant out for their arrest, and the circumstances for which the original warrant was issued may be resolved absent serious penalties.

Nine wanted individuals were arrested for a total of 10 outstanding warrants and other crimes during an interagency warrant sweep consisting of officers from the Hawai‘i Police Department, Hawaii State Sheriff’s Department, and the Department of Land and Natural Resources that was conducted in Puna on Wednesday, May 25, 2022.

The National Weather Service has issued a high surf advisory for south-facing shores for all islands from noon till 6 a.m. Sunday.

In the last few months, “Volcano Watch” articles have introduced several research projects funded by the Additional Supplemental Disaster Relief Act of 2019 (H.R. 2157). Each of these projects will help scientists better understand how Kīlauea volcano works and how the 2018 lower East Rift Zone eruption and collapse of Kīlauea summit happened.

A Big Island man faces charges following an investigation into an incident that happened earlier this week at a Kona residence.

Big Island police are asking the public for help with locating a missing teen.

Tug on those boots, slap on some spurs and giddyup on yonder to Honoka‘a this week. Western Week is here, and there’s no pussyfooting around it — there’s a galloping good time to be had.

A former Kaua‘i County Councilman was sentenced in federal court to serve 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to a myriad of offenses in connection to the distribution of methamphetamine on the Garden Isle.

The state is offering those who produce specialty crops a chance to get some financial assistance to do so.

Hawai‘i police are investigating a single-vehicle traffic collision that occurred on Saturday, May 21, in the area of Kanoelehua and East Kawailani Street, Hilo, resulting in the death of a motorcyclist.