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Hilo apartment building evacuated after early morning fire
Crews responded to Val Hala Apartments, located at 120 Pu‘ueo St., at 1:41 a.m. When firefighters arrived on scene they discovered flames coming from an apartment on the second floor.
Proposed health center in Keaʻau moving forward with $25 million commitment from billionaire
The Hilo Benioff Medical Center is planning a fundamental extension of its services with a proposed out-patient medical facility on about 9 acres of land near Keaʻau High School.
East Hawai‘i man charged in connection to stolen pickup truck for hospital parking lot
According to a press release from the Hawai‘i County Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, the vehicle was stolen on Oct. 17.
Update: Police name motorcyclist killed in Hilo crash
He was identified as 20-year-old Isaac Dakujaku of Hilo. The Hawai‘i Police Department Area I Traffic Enforcement Unit continues to investigate the 2-vehicle collision as a negligent homicide.
Hawai‘i Island police identify pedestrian fatally struck by vehicle in June
It is not believed that speed or impairment were factors in the collision.
Two motorists hospitalized after vehicle crash in East Hawai‘i
The East Hawai‘i Traffic Enforcement Unit is investigating the crash as a negligent injury as police speed and impairment were factors in the incident.
Pedestrian struck by vehicle in Puna earlier this week has died
Hawai‘i Island police say the woman was struck on Aug. 5 at 5:43 a.m. on Ainaloa Boulevard in Pāhoa, in the general area of Palm Way.
Teen suffers cut to face after reported attack in downtown Hilo; police investigate
The incident occurred in the early morning hours of July 30 at the Mo’oheau Bus Terminal.
3 people burned in allegedly intentional Puna structure fire
Hawai‘i Fire Department firefighters were called at 3:30 p.m. to a blaze in a two-story wooden residence of a family of four in the 15-1500 block of 29th Avenue in Hawaiian Paradise Park.
Elderly woman found strangled in Puna home; Hawai‘i Island police investigate
On June 20 at approximately 3:14 p.m., Puna patrol officers responded to a residence in the 16-1100 block of Uhini Ana Road in Mountain View after an elderly man found his 71-year-old wife lying unresponsive on the floor within their residence.
Big Island health care providers urge public to mask up, get vaccinated as COVID cases continue to climb
Hawai‘i County is seeing an average of 14 new cases a day throughout a week’s time, with a 6.6% test positivity rate. The state on the other hand is seeing an average of 175 new cases a day during a 7-day period, an increase of 3 from the prior week, and has a 16.7% test positivity rate.
