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Search efforts continue for 24-year-old Megan May Funderburk, who has been missing since Feb. 9.

Wainaku and Keawe Streets in the vicinity of Wailuku Drive are closed due to a police investigation.

Hawai‘i Department of Transportation has listed a number of road and lane closures for Feb. 15-21. Lane closure schedules may change at any time without further notice. All projects are weather permitting.

In the early morning hours of Feb. 13 at approximately 3:45 a.m., South Kohala Patrol officers responded to the 64-0800 block of Māmalahoa Highway, Kamuela, for a report of a vehicle that had been broken into where several items were taken.

Various drugs were found in a Puna home after the execution of a police warrant, which led to the arrest of two adult siblings and another man on Feb. 10.

Family calls in civilian search team to aid in an effort to locate Megan Funderburk.

A Japanese man is being treated for the coronavirus after a recent trip to Hawai‘i.

Police ask that anyone who knows the whereabouts of a person on this list call the Police Department’s non-emergency line at 808-935-3311.

The fishing grounds in Honuapo are home to cliffs between 10 and 30 feet. The ocean below on that evening saw swells of 8 to 10 feet crashing into the shore, according to a report by the Hawai‘i Fire Department. 

A pedestrian killed in a car crash Thursday was struck by several cars while reportedly standing in the middle of the highway near Kea‘au.

It’s Hawaiian Caucus week at the Capitol.

A small craft advisory means that wind speeds of 25 to 33 knots and/or seas 10 feet or greater are expected to produce conditions hazardous to small craft.

Two brothers were taken into custody after a search warrant executed on a Hawaiian Ocean View Estates home they were staying at yielded drugs, firearms and ammunition.

FRAC’s report finds that fewer than 40 low-income children in Hawai‘i ate school breakfast for every 100 that received free or reduced-price school lunch during the 2018–2019 school year.

At approximately 9:15 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 1, two unknown males entered a facility on Stainback Highway without permission.

It has not been determined how the invasive species was introduced in Hawai‘i.

The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for Big Island summits and a surf advisory for the windward coast.

Police, HFD personnel and the Coast Guard are engaged in a joint rescue operation off the SE coast of the Big Island after two fishermen went missing there. 

The discussion to look into a new location for Hawai‘i Correctional Community Center has moved to the Finance Committee.

A section of Route 130 near Kea‘au is closed in both directions due to a traffic accident.