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At about 5 p.m. Tuesday (Sept 13) Hilo’s Bayfront Highway was closed to traffic in the north bound lanes due to a crash that sent a car over the side of the shoreline of Hilo Bay teetering on the edge.

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The National Weather Service in Honolulu has issued a Flash Flood Watch for Kona, Ka‘u, North and East Kohala along with interior portions of Hawaii Island through Thursday afternoon (Sept 15). This watch is also for Maui County.

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Fire/rescue crews responded to an 8:45 a.m. alarm Tuesday (Sept 13) to Ling’s Chop Suey House in Hilo for a kitchen fire. Crews arrived to find extensive smoke coming from the exhaust above the kitchen area. Firefighters put out the fire using a dry chemical fire extinguisher and a sprinkler system in the kitchen area. […]

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HawaiÊ»i Island police are investigating a sexual assault earlier this month in Kailua-Kona. At 8:35 p.m. on September 3, an adult female was in the area of the Old Kona Airport when two juvenile males approached her, punched her and sexually assaulted her. They fled the area when a Good Samaritan confronted them. The victim […]

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Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 16-year-old Kona boy who was reported missing. Santiago Santana was last seen in Kailua-Kona on May 5. He is described as 5-foot-3, 120 pounds with brown eyes and black hair. Police ask anyone with information on his whereabouts to call the Police Department’s non-emergency line at 935-3311.

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Hawai‘i Electric Light Company announces a partial lane closure along sections of Mamalahoa Highway (Route 190) from just south of Pu‘u Wa‘awa‘a (23-mile marker) to Makalei Golf Course (32-mile marker) from mid-September through December 2016. The closure will allow crews to upgrade transmission lines and equipment to improve system reliability.

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HawaiÊ»i Island police are searching for a 48-year-old man who is wanted for violating probation. John H. Rocha has no permanent address but frequents the North Kohala and South Kohala areas. He is described as 5-foot-9, 190 pounds with brown eyes and black hair. Police ask anyone with information on his whereabouts to call the […]

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HawaiÊ»i Island police are searching for a 25-year-old man wanted for violating probation. Keoni K. Kalanui-Manantan has no permanent address but frequents the North Kohala area. He is described as 5-foot-8, 165 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. Police ask anyone with information on his whereabouts to call the Police Department’s non-emergency line at […]

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Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 20-year-old Hilo woman wanted for contempt of court and violating terms of probation. Cristinalynn Kainani Wakita is also wanted for questioning in connection with three theft cases. She is described as 5-foot-4, 117 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair.

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Hawaiʻi Island police have located 30-year-old Joshua Corbin, who was wanted for sexual assault and traffic incidents. He was arrested in Hilo at 10:45 a.m. Tuesday (September 13). He is being held at the Hilo police cellblock while detectives from the Juvenile Aid Section, which is responsible for investigating sexual assaults, continue the investigation.

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During the week of September 5, 2016, through September 11, 2016, HawaiÊ»i Island police arrested 30 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Two of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. Three of the drivers were under the age of 21. So far this year, there have been 750 DUI arrests compared […]

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A Puna man has been charged with robbery in connection with a confrontation last week at a beach in Hilo. On Thursday morning (September 8), three men approached a 59-year-old Mountain View man at Kuhio Beach. While one man held the victim down, the other two removed his ukulele, cell phone and wallet. The three […]

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KÄ«lauea Volcano continues to erupt at its summit and from its East Rift Zone. Summit tiltmeters recorded the onset of inflationary tilt at midnight, and inflation continues this morning.

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HawaiÊ»i Island police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man wanted for questioning for a theft committed on Saturday afternoon (September 3) at a department store in Hilo. His image was captured by a surveillance camera. Police ask anyone who recognizes the person in the photo to call Officer Derek Kenison at […]

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