#Pepeekeo

Update: Previously missing Pepe‘ekeo man found in good health

39-year-old Nicholas Williams was located in good health in Hilo.

Big Island weekly lane closures for June 15-21

Closure schedules can change at any time, without notice. All projects also are weather permitting.

Update: Flood advisory canceled for East Hawai‘i; watch remains in place statewide

Radar shows that the heavy rain has diminished. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat.

Big Island lane closures: April 27-May 3

Closure schedules can change at any time, without notice, and all projects are weather permitting.

Public can weigh in on state’s intent to declare emergency zone for portion of Hawaiʻi Belt Road in East Hawaiʻi

The makai (ocean side) lane of Hawaiʻi Belt Road in Pepeʻekeo is closed in the vicinity of of mile post 6.5 until further notice out of an abundance of caution because of a dip in the road near the Kapuʻe Stream Bridge.

One lane of Hawaiʻi Belt Road in Pepeʻekeo closed until further notice

The area closed is from within 100 feet of Kapuʻe Stream Bridge on the Hilo side to Mill Road on the Hāmākua side of the bridge.

Successful Kaua‘i nonprofit now working on first affordable housing project on Big Island

Nonprofit PAL (Permanently Affordable Living) Kaua‘i is in escrow for a 5.5-acre property in Pepe‘ekeo, which would be its first project on the Big Island.

Is it aliens? Nope. Mysterious bright light off Big Island’s east coast explained

The lights are from a survey vessel carrying field scientists conducting monitoring work in a study area that includes an ocean dredged material disposal site several miles offshore of the Hilo coast.