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On June 29th and 30th, 2019, Pu‘uhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park will host its annual Hawaiian Cultural Festival and celebrate the park’s 58th anniversary as a unit of the National Park Service. On Saturday, June 29th, activities will include canoe rides in Hōnaunau Bay, lauhala and coconut frond weaving, kapa beating, traditional lei making, […]

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MEDIA RELEASE On June 29th and 30th, 2019, Pu‘uhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park will host its annual Hawaiian Cultural Festival and celebrate the park’s 58th anniversary as a unit of the National Park Service. On Saturday, June 29th, activities will include canoe rides in Hōnaunau Bay, lauhala and coconut frond weaving, kapa beating, traditional […]

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MEDIA RELEASE (PAHOA, HAWAII, MAY 8, 2019)—The public is invited to the ‘Activate Puna’ block party on Saturday, May 11, from 4-10:p.m. The event features a street closure along Pahoa Village Road between Akeakamai Loop and Kauhale Street.  Pahoa Village Road between Akeakamai and Kauhale will be closed to vehicular traffic between 12 noon to […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The County of Hawai‘i Department of Parks and Recreation announces that a section of Lihiwai Street, located within Lili‘uokalani Gardens, between the entrance to Mokuola (Coconut Island) and the Isle’s parking lot, will be closed to vehicular and pedestrian through-traffic from 6:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. daily, from Monday, May 20 to Friday, […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Douglas Kawika Louis Hawaiʻi Island Police located a 38-year-old Pāhala man who was wanted on a no-bail warrant of arrest. At 7:00 a.m. Tuesday morning, (May 7), police apprehended Douglas Kawika Louis without incident at Punaluʻu Beach Park in Kaʻū. He was arrested and charged for parole revocation, then taken to the Hawaiʻi […]

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MEDIA RELEASE On, (March 04), a Non-profit organization, Malama O Puna, in conjunction with community members, and the Hawaiʻi Police Department conducted a beautification project on the Pāhoa roundabout.  Malama O Puna, led by Rene Siracusa, coordinated a joint effort with Council Women Ashley Kierkiewicz, Community members and the Hawaiʻi Police Department in planting potted […]

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MEDIA RELEASE During the week of April 29, 2019, through May 5, 2019, Hawai`i Island police arrested twenty-one, (21) motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Eight of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. One of the drivers was under the age of 21.   So far this year, there have […]

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MEDIA RELEASE As part of the US Army Corps of Engineers’ Waiākea-Palai Stream Flood Control Study, the Hawai‘i County Department of Public Works Engineering Division is holding a community meeting regarding the upcoming project on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Hilo Municipal Golf Course (Multipurpose Room), 340 Haihai […]

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Police Week is a nationally recognized week of activities in support of police work and in recognition of officers who have died or been disabled in the line of duty. In 1962, President John F. Kennedy proclaimed every, (May 15), as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week it falls in as National Police Week. […]

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Shilo Merdock Brent Hawaiʻi Island Police have charged a 42-year-old Glenwood man for several offenses following a police pursuit, late Friday evening, (May 3).  Yesterday, (May 5), at 3:15 p.m., after conferring with prosecutors, detectives and officers from the Special Enforcement Unit charged Shilo Merdock Brent with the offenses of three counts of first-degree Assault […]

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MEDIA RELEASE A 70-year-old Hawaiian Ocean View Estates man died following a single vehicle collision on Sunday, (May 5), in Kailua-Kona on the Queen Kaahumanu Highway .1 mile south of the Keahole Airport road.  The 70-year-old male has been positively identified as Michael A McCormick. Responding to a 9:20 a.m. call, police determined that a […]

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Epicenter of quake in Papua New Guinea Monday, May 6, 2019. This is a Civil Defense Earthquake Information message for 11:25 a.m., Monday, May 6, 2019. An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 has occurred near Papua New Guinea. There is NO TSUNAMI THREAT to the Island and State of Hawaii. You will be informed should conditions […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The County of Hawai‘i will accept sealed bids of used equipment and vehicles “AS IS” and “WHERE IS,” and the County issues NO WARRANTY to the highest bidder.  Bidding will close on Thursday, May 23, 2019 at 10 a.m. in the Council Chambers of the County Building, located at 25 Aupuni Street, Suite #1401, Hilo, […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaiʻi Police Department’s South Kohala Community Policing Section invites you to join them for “Coffee with a Cop,” on Tuesday, (May 7). “Coffee with a Cop” encourages community members to ‘sit down and talk story’ with their police officers over a cup of coffee, to foster better relationships and for the community […]

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