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As of 1 p.m. today (Dec 25) the Department of Health reported the total number of confirmed cases since the beginning of the outbreak is 181. These cases include 163 residents and 18 visitors.

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The Hawai’i Police Department reports that at 10:45 a.m. this morning, Andrea Ruggirello, 22 years old, of Kailua-Kona has been located in good health. The Hawai’i Police Department wants to thank the public for their information and assistance in this matter.

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A touch of winter weather on Mauna Kea summit with light snowfall this past week.

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HawaiÊ»i Island police have charged a Big Island man with 27 offenses in connection with a double sexual assault Tuesday (December 22) in the PiÊ»ihonua area. At 10:15 p.m. Thursday (December 24), 36-year-old Oran Charles Kita, who has no permanent address, was charged with 15 counts of first-degree sexual assault, seven counts of third-degree sexual […]

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On the East Rift Zone, scattered lava flow activity remained within about 6 km (4 mi) of Puʻu ʻŌʻō.

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Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s help in identifying two persons observed on video surveillance damaging a lock on a mailbox at a Post Office in the Puna District on Thursday (December 24) at approximately 1:26 a.m.

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Last week, nearly 24,000 scientists from the U.S. and abroad met in San Francisco for the American Geophysical Union’s 2015 Fall Meeting, the largest annual Earth and space science meeting in the world.

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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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HawaiÊ»i Island police have arrested a Puna man in connection with a double sexual assault Tuesday (December 22) in the PiÊ»ihonua area. At 1:30 p.m. Wednesday (December 23), police initially arrested 36-year-old Oran Charles Kita of KeaÊ»au on a warrant for a 2011 case, charging him with first-degree promotion of marijuana. His bail on that […]

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Hawaiʻi Island police have located 42-year-old Mario Hernandez of Keaʻau, who was wanted on a bench warrant. Hernandez was arrested in Hilo on Tuesday (December 22) and charged with failure to appear. His bail was set at $600.

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As of 1 p.m. Wednesday (Dec 23) the Department of Health reported six additional confirmed cases since yesterday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases since the beginning of the outbreak to 176.

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HawaiÊ»i Island police are investigating a double sexual assault Tuesday (December 22) in the PiÊ»ihonua area. Sometime between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Tuesday, an unknown man who spoke pidgin approached an adult female and a minor female in the vicinity of the PiÊ»ihonua bridge and led them to a remote area, where he sexually […]

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Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man wanted for questioning in a fraudulent use of a credit card case that occurred on December 4. Police ask anyone who knows his identity to call Officer Michael Santos at 961-2213 or the Police Department’s non-emergency line at 935-3311.

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As of 1 p.m. Tuesday (Dec 22) the Department of Health reported three additional confirmed cases since yesterday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases since the beginning of the outbreak to 170.

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