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As of Friday, March 4, 2022, the following individuals are wanted by the Hawaiʻi Police Department because of outstanding warrants.

Authorities are renewing their request for information about an unsolved murder that occurred in July 2021 in Puna.

Hawaiʻi County is set to receive $10 million to go toward building affordable housing and emergency shelter units for people experiencing homelessness.

Hawaiʻi Fire Chief Kazuo Todd said the blaze in the Hilo Transfer Station’s sorting warehouse on Thursday, 10, is not suspicious at this time.

The county Department of Water Supply encourages customers to fix a leak and help conserve water islandwide.

Hawai’i Police Department is advising anyone with respiratory problems to avoid Leilani Street in the area of the Hilo Transfer Station Because of smoke from a fire at the station’s sorting warehouse.

Sandor Shapery, owner of Shapery Enterprises, said he plans to refurbish the former Uncle Billy’s hotel on Ali‘i Drive in the heart of Kailua-Kona with $25 million in improvements that will transform the deteriorating, vacant structure, but at the same time, retain its unique, old Hawai‘i feel.

The Hawai’i County Council on Wednesday during its regular meeting took the final step in creating a new fund that will allocate tax dollars to addressing homelessness on the Big Island.

Honolulu Police and DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources officers are currently investigating a burglary at the Makiki Baseyard of the DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife on O‘ahu.

For decades scientists have been interpreting these seismic signals at volcanoes in Hawaiʻi and around the world as evidence of underground magma migration or accumulation, which can be used to look for signs that might indicate an impending eruption.

Driven up by Russia’s invasion into Ukraine, oil prices will push electric bills higher in the coming months, Hawaiian Electric confirmed.

Congressman Kaialiʻi Kahele announced today that $6,686,000 in Community Funded Projects will be headed to Hawaiʻi’s second congressional district.

Friends of Pana‘ewa Zoo is hosting its annual plant sale on Saturday, March 19.

A park on Saddle Road will be closed one day this weekend.

The Hawai‘i County Council on Wednesday showed its support for the people of Ukraine and condemned the actions of Russia and its invasion of the former Soviet state.

A Big Island man faces several charges in connection with an incident Wednesday, March 9.

A Big Island woman will serve more than three years in prison after being sentenced for what prosecutors called a “brazen crime spree.”

The National Weather Service in Honolulu has issued a flood advisory for portions of the interior of the Big Island. The advisory is in effect until 7 p.m. today, March 9.

Two Hawai‘i Island landmarks in Honokaʻa will be listed in the National Register of Historic Places, state officials announced Wednesday afternoon.

A Hilo man is facing an array of property crime offenses in connection to two separate incidents, occurring about a month apart, in the downtown Hilo area.