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A fire late Saturday night, April 2, ripped through a structure in Keaʻau.

The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act will expunge the records of those harmed by cannabis criminalization, create opportunities for all to participate in the legal cannabis industry and decriminalize cannabis at the federal level.

The Hawai‘i Police Department reports the brush fire that occurred in South Kohala, Makai of Queen Ka’ahumanu Highway near the 68 mile marker burned approximately 2 acres but is now fully contained and that Queen Ka‘ahumanu Highway and Mauna Kea Beach Drive are reopened at this time.

The Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia voyaging canoes are set to sail for Tahiti in the coming days after three postponements over the last two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A variety of free in-person and virtual activities throughout the month of April are taking place in honor of Earth Day 2022.

Patrick James Richardson III, who was on parole for a 2018 state of New Mexico felony conviction for possession of deadly weapon by a prisoner, was arrested on an outstanding New Mexico parole warrant by officers with the Area I Criminal Investigation Section on March 30.

The state Department of Transportation issued its weekly lane closures for April 2-8. Lane closure schedules may change at any time without further notice. All projects are weather permitting.

Hawai‘i Island police investigating a rash of burglaries in the Hilo area during the month of March have arrested and charged three men for an array of offenses. Two of the three men are also suspects in additional cases still actively being investigated.

Hawai‘i Fire Department reports the two brush fires in South Kohala located approximately 1 ½ miles west of Highway 190 near the 3 Mile Marker, that involved over 500 acres has been fully contained.

Keauhou Shopping Center is celebrating the arrival of a new season with engaging Easter events for the community.

The driver who died following a single-vehicle collision on Thursday, March 31 on Māmalahoa Highway (Highway 190), in North Kona has been positively identified as 27-year-old Andrew Charles Clark Honoka‘a.

The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation is hosting the second annual Pacific Summer Transportation Education Program and is accepting applications for 2022.

Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’ assistance seeking information or witnesses regarding a recent vandalism incident at a cemetery in Nīnole.

The Honoka‘a Swimming Pool will reopen beginning Wednesday, April 6.

The County of Hawaiʻi Office of Housing and Community Development is hosting a virtual resource fair on Monday, April 4 from 11 a.m to noon and from 9-10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 12.

Crews responded to a fire at the Old Kona Landfill this morning after workers heard an explosion and saw flames coming from a recycled aluminum pile, officials confirmed this morning.

A man and woman were charged in connection to a burglary that occurred in Ka‘ū Thursday, March 31.

A 27-year-old man died following a single-vehicle collision on Thursday, March 31 on Māmalahoa Highway (Highway 190), just south of the 17 mile marker in North Kona.

HPD released its list of outstanding warrants.

The Zonta Club of Hilo is raising awareness about sexual assault, child abuse and child neglect with a new t-shirt.