May 2024 proclaimed Wildfire Community Preparedness Month in Hawai‘i County

The monthly fentanyl report released by Hawai‘i Island police for April indicated there were six fentanyl-related arrests, five in East Hawai‘i [Area I] and one in West Hawai‘i [Area II].

The month-long initiative is aimed at raising awareness, educating the public and encouraging proactive measures to reduce the risk and impacts of wildfires around the Big Island.

The four-day camp hosted by the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo is for boys and girls ages 9 to 17 and runs 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. It will include drills, games, contests and guest speakers.

The podcast focuses on research by Deborah Taira, a professor in the Univeristy of Hawai‘i at Hilo Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy and senior scientist at The Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu, and her colleague at the UH John A. Burns School of Medicine at Mānoa.

The potential for flash flooding around the Big Island has diminished, but remains a concern because of the uncertainty with the developing weather pattern.

The May 10 incident began with a report of 3 men yelling in the area of Coral Parkway, between King Kamehameha Boulevard and Tiki Lane, and ended with a man whose sister says is mentally ill identifying 48-year-old Daniel Moriarty as the person who shot him with a rusty black powder revolver.

National Weather Service radar indicated at 3:46 p.m. slow moving heavy rain showers continuing to move over the upper slopes of the Hilo, South Kohala and Kona districts.

Herman Kirklin is 6 feet tall, 160 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen the morning of May 7 on Lehua Street in Mountain View.

The victim was transported to Hilo Medical Center for treatment of a substantial laceration to her head and concussion following the early morning incident. She was released several hours later.

Public encouraged to attend activities and show support for law enforcement and salute those who paid the ultimate price serving and protecting their community.

The County of Maui Department of Environmental Management’s Wastewater Reclamation Division announced today that it has amended the Sewer Service Status from “red,” which indicates a property does not currently have active sewer service, to “green,” meaning the sewer service is active for a property, in several areas including: Pump Station #7, which services the Puamana neighborhood; parcels south of Lahainaluna Road and Paunau St.; parcels on Olona Place, which includes the Lahaina Roads Apartments.

The County of Maui Department of Liquor Control is reminding liquor license holders that license renewal applications for the 2024-2025 fiscal year are due by 4:30 p.m. June 17. Licenses that are not renewed by the deadline will expire on June 30, 2024.

Five high school seniors from Hawaiian Style Volleyball Club gathered for a ceremony at Jon Garcia Gymnasium on the Baldwin High School campus on May 7 to sign commitment letters to play college volleyball.

A virtual town hall event focused on Maui cesspools is planned on Thursday, May 30, 2024 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Organizers say many cesspools in Central Maui are classified as high priority by the Department of Health meaning they pose a threat to the health of nearshore waters, coral reefs and drinking water.

Pacific Permanente Group, a premiere Maui-based medical group providing health care services in nearly a dozen specialties, has recently added another orthopaedic surgeon to its growing team on the Valley Isle.  

A kona low developing about 600 miles north of Kauai today will intensify and meander around well northwest of the islands into next week. The low will turn our...

Surf along S facing shores remains near to below average until Thursday when another surge of long period energy brings elevated surf conditions. The current...

The podcast focuses on research by Deborah Taira, a professor in the Univeristy of Hawai‘i at Hilo Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy and senior scientist at The Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu, and her colleague at the UH John A. Burns School of Medicine at Mānoa.

The state Department of Land and Natural Resources says it’s awaiting a final report following its investigation into two cruise ships that came too close to the shore of the Na Pali Coast earlier this month.  On May 1, social media images and videos began circulating of the Royal Caribbean’s over 1,000-foot-long ship, the Celebrity […]

Heavy showers could repeatedly move over the Hawaiian Islands from the south, especially from Kaua‘i to Maui, leading to widespread flooding, especially over leeward areas.