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Fire/rescue crews responded for a 5:38 p.m. alarm Thursday (May 30) to 16-1608 38th Avenue in Hawaiian Paradise Park for a structure fire. Crews arrived to find a 900 square foot home engulfed in flames. Firefighters were able to get the blaze under control by 9 p.m. and out at 9:30 p.m. One occupant was […]

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Fire/rescue crews answered a 5:53 a.m. alarm Sunday (May 12) to 15-1069 Kiawe Street in Hawaiian Paradise Park for a structure fire. Firefighters found a single story building partially engulfed in flames in the back of the structure.

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MEDIA RELEASE A long awaited answer to public transportation needs was delivered April Fool’s Day with a new Hawaiian Paradise Park bus route. “All this time I had to walk … hitch a ride, and that’s pretty dangerous, but what else can you do? So this [new bus route] is good,” passenger Jeanne Seimer said. […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Effective April 1, a change to the Pahoa-Hilo Hele-On Bus route will bring long-awaited service to the residents of Hawaiian Paradise Park. On any given day, a young mother has her child strapped to her back, hiking down Makuu Drive; residents struggle as they hitchhike long distances, and our kupuna become isolated and […]

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Fire/rescue crews responded to a 2:05 p.m. alarm Sunday (March 17) to 15-0827 Lemiwai Road in Hawaiian Paradise Park for a structure fire. Fire crews arrived to find a three story home engulfed in flames. Crews from Hawaiian Pradise Park, Waiakea, Keaau and Pahoa fire stations battled the blaze and had the fire under control […]

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Hawaii County Fire Department crews retrieved the body of a fisherman after spotting him on the rocky Puna shoreline shortline before 6 a.m. Wednesday (Feb 6). The man had been fishing on the shoreline of Hawaiian Paradise Park subdivision near Ala Neiau Road Tuesday night (Feb 5) when he fell into the ocean striking his […]

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The woman, 21-year-old Anika Young-Adams, was reported missing in September. Her boyfriend, 27-year-old John Hamrick, was reported missing in December. Both were last seen when they moved out of their Hawaiian Paradise Park home in September. Hamrick is described as Caucasian, 5-foot-10, 160 pounds with blond hair and blue eyes. Young-Adams is described as Caucasian, […]

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Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 19-year-old Hilo man who was reported missing. Stanley Gonsalves was last seen in Hawaiian Paradise Park at about 10:22 a.m. Tuesday (January 8). He is described as 5-foot-10, 145 pounds, with brown hair, brown eyes and a thin build. He may have an injury that requires medical attention.

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A 29-year-old Keaʻau man died Sunday (December 16) from injuries he sustained in a motor vehicle/pedestrian crash on 29th Avenue in the Hawaiian Paradise Park subdivision in Puna. The man was identified as Beke Robert Jr. of a Keaʻau address.

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The 6th Annual Howling Holidays and Dog-N-Jog brought out dogs and owners for some Sunday fun and exercise.

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Big Island police have charged a 29-year-old Keaʻau man with various offenses stemming from a break-in Wednesday (October 24) in Puna. Shortly before 11:45 a.m. Wednesday, a 42-year-old Hawaiian Paradise Park man called police and reported hearing noises from a nearby residence at which the occupant was not home.

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On June 27 at about 2 a.m., police responded to a home on 14th Avenue in Hawaiian Paradise Park after receiving a report of several men breaking into a house and assaulting a 19-year-old Keaʻau man. The victim sustained minor injuries and declined treatment at the scene.

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Big Island police have located 16-year-old Stephanie Parsons, who was reported missing. She was found in Puna unharmed Monday afternoon (May 7).

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Food, games, entertainment, science, art projects along with an Earth Day trash fashion show and puppet show highlight the day’s events.

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