West Hawai‘i News

The Captain Cook eatery was immediately shut down Aug. 2 after being issued a red “closed” placard. A follow-up inspection is scheduled Tuesday to re-assess the restaurant’s progress on required corrective actions.

44-year-old Larry Stephan Hultberg is charged with two counts of first-degree sexual assault and one count of continuous sexual assault of a minor under the age of 14 years.

You’ll be able to receive free glucose, cholesterol, body mass index and blood pressure screenings. You can also get affordable immunizations including COVID-19; flu; human papillomavirus (HPV); pneumonia; tetanus; measles, mumps and rubella (MMR); varicella (chicken pox/shingles), whooping cough (TDAP); hepatitis A and B; and others.

The presentation begins at noon today at the West Hawai‘i Civic Center, located at 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, in the Mayor’s Conference Room B-2 on the second floor of Building B. The presentation is open to the public.

The Great Waikōloa Rubber Duckie Race was a major success, with hundreds of spectators cheering as 10,000 bright yellow duckies bobbled, waddled and drifted toward the lakeside finish line at the Kings’ Shops on a fun-filled Fourth of July.

The new and innovate market hosted on the second and fourth Thursdays of every month at Queens’ Marketplace features fresh produce, local delights, value-added products and more, all locally grown or produced and made on the Big Island. It highlights the rich argricultural and culinary creativity found in Hawai‘i.

The body of Adam Santos was found buried in a make shift grave in a vacant lava field July 2. A forensic pathologist ruled his death was caused by multiple blunt force trauma to his head.

50-year-old Jenny Raylynn Partin of Kailua-Kona was reported missing in March.

The Keʻāmuku Solar + Storage project is a proposed 86 megawatt alternating current solar photo-voltaic array and 344 megawatt hour battery energy storage system that would be located on land owned by AES Hawai‘i adjacent to Waikōloa Road and Māmalahoa Highway.

The students from ʻAhahui ʻŌpio Aloha ʻĀina replanted red tī, tiare, gardenia and pua kenikeni trees around the Hale Hālāwai building.

There’s something for everyone during the next 7 days on the Big Island, so get out there and have a good time.

The restaurant was previously issued a red placard July 5 and immediately closed because of multiple violations.

Lane closure schedules can change at any time without notice. All projects are weather permitting.

The body of 51-year-old Adam Santos was discovered Tuesday after an anonymous source tipped Big Island police off about something thought to be dead and partially buried in the lot on Tiki Lane.

We decided to bring you our weekly top 10 things to do on the island a day early so you can plan ahead for your Independence Day ventures. There’s plenty to do, from rubber duckie races, the release of honu into the Pacific and a classic car show to, of course, everyone’s favorite, fireworks displays.

You might think there won’t be much going on during the week leading up to the big July 4 blowout, which is next Thursday. Are you kidding? You shouldn’t have any issues finding something to do during the next 7 days on the Big Island.

Another head-to-head matchup between former state Sen. Laura Acasio and incumbent state Sen. Lorraine Inouye, both of Hilo, is on the ballot, as well as a race for a new face to fill the seat being vacated by longtime legislator state Rep. Richard Onishi, who is retiring this year.

Results of water sample retesting at Puako Middle of Lot on the Kohala Coast showed that enterococci levels no longer exceed the acceptable threshold.

The unidentified 58-year-old O‘ahu man was seen swimming about 50 feet offshore when he began calling for help. He was not breathing and unresponsive when a friend got him to shore.

The 29-year-old man was driving a black 2023 Yamaha XTZ690 that clipped a silver 2006 Nissan Frontier pickup truck at the intersection of Palani Road and Kealakaa Street in Kona.