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National Weather Service (NWS) reported this morning that Ignacio maintained its Category 1 strength overnight and is expected to strengthen into a Category 2 hurricane sometime today. Forecasts show Ignacio weakening back to Category 1 status as it approaches, and impacts to the state could be felt as early as Sunday evening.

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The Hawaii Red Cross has been working throughout the week calling down hundreds of volunteers in preparation for Hurricane Ignacio and Tropical Storm Jimena. The Red Cross is watching the situation closely and working with local and state officials, ready to respond as needed.

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This afternoon, Gov. David Ige signed an emergency proclamation in anticipation of the arrival of Hurricane Ignacio. National Weather Service (NWS) has advised that even though Ignacio’s track is still highly uncertain, the system has the ability to cause widespread damage across the state.

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The Hilo Downtown Improvement Association and the Hawaiʻi Police Department will hold a Downtown Hilo Business Watch meeting on Thursday, September 3. The purpose of the meeting is to bring the downtown businesses and residents together with the police department to create a safe and better environment for Downtown Hilo.

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I am very annoyed by the United Public Worker’s (UPW’s) slickly produced ads that state health care is people. Yes, health care is people, I get it. However, the overhead cost of these same people is strangling the hospitals to death. I don’t see the unions, such as the UPW, helping matters by reducing that […]

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HawaiÊ»i Island police have released a photo of a man whose body was found August 9 in Captain Cook. The victim, 69-year-old Dolores Borja Valle of Hōlualoa, was also known as “Lolo.” An autopsy determined that he died from sharp and blunt force trauma to the head and that the manner of death was homicide. […]

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HawaiÊ»i Island police are investigating an incident Wednesday evening in the Hawaiian Paradise Park subdivision in Puna. In response to an 8:25 p.m. call, officers received a report that two men wearing masks had gone to a home on 23rd Avenue and assaulted a 64-year-old man. The men then reportedly fled the area in a […]

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The listed individuals are wanted by the Hawaii Police Department because of outstanding warrants. Persons who know a warrant is out for their arrest are advised to report to the nearest police station to avoid having an officer go to their home or workplace to arrest them.

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Oahu-based service members are scheduled to convoy from Pohakuloa Training Area to Kawaihae Harbor, Aug. 30-Sept. 3, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Convoys will use the Daniel K. Inouye Highway, Mamalahoa Highway, Waikoloa Road, Queen Kaahumanu and Akoni Pule Corridor. Military police will escort the convoys.

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HawaiÊ»i Island police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a person whose image was captured on a surveillance camera during a burglary in Hilo. On May 22, someone broke into a building on the 100 block of Kamakahonu Street in Hilo and removed exercise equipment, electronic items and cash. Value of the stolen […]

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Ignacio is forecast to slowly strengthen through late Saturday (Aug 29). Behind Ignacio is Hurricane Jimena in the Eastern Pacific which has been strengthening.

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KÄ«lauea’s summit lava lake level, which fluctuates in response to summit inflation and deflation, varied this past week between about 148–190 feet below the vent rim within Halema‘uma‘u Crater.

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Does lava continue to flow exactly as it did on land or does it behave differently after it enters the ocean?

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The Aloha Exchange Club of East Hawaiʻi recognized Officer Brian Souki on Thursday (August 27) as the East Hawaiʻi “Officer of the Month” for August

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