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Fire/rescue crews responded to a 2:58 p.m. alarm Saturday (June 23) to the area of 84-5240 Painted Church Road in Honaunau for a dispatch reporting possibly three shooting victims. One victim, a 39-year-old man with multiple gunshot wounds, was in a private vehicle being taken to Kona Community Hospital. The driver, a family member of […]

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On June 23th and 24th, 2018, Pu‘uhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park will host its annual Hawaiian Cultural Festival and celebrate the park’s 57th anniversary as a unit of the National Park Service. On Saturday, June 23rd, activities will include canoe rides in Hōnaunau Bay, lauhala and coconut frond weaving, kapa beating, traditional lei making, […]

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Isemoto Contracting will be doing paving work tomorrow, Thursday, September 29th on the Māmalahoa Highway from Shiraki’s Dry Cleaners to the Nāpō‘opo‘o Intersection. Motorists are advised to expect delays with additional drive time of 30 – 60 minutes, as there will be traffic back-up due to alternating lane closures necessary for the paving work. Work […]

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The 30th annual Calvin Kelekolio Long Distance Canoe Races were sponsored by Keoua Canoe Club and held at Honaunau Saturday (Aug 20). All races started and finished at Honaunau. The Juniors raced on a three mile course, Women and Mixed crews on an eight mile course, with the Men paddlers racing for 10 miles.

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Work continues on the County of Hawai‘i’s highway intersection improvement project this weekend. One lane of Māmalahoa Highway will be closed to traffic from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, August 20 and Sunday, August 21 to allow Hawaiian Telcom to relocate overhead cables to newly placed utility poles near the intersection of Māmalahoa […]

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Hawai‘i Electric Light announces a scheduled power outage in Napo‘opo‘o and Ke‘ei on Thursday, June 9, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The outage will affect about 140 customers from Lower Napo‘opo‘o Road to Ke‘ei Beach. Crews will remove and replace a power pole on Lower Napo‘opo‘o Road.

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Please join Hawaii County Mayor Billy Kenoi, County Councilwoman Maile David and other dignitaries for a public groundbreaking ceremony that will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, February 5, to commemorate the start of reconstructing the Honaunau Rodeo Arena.

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A Hōnaunau man has been charged with five offenses after police responded to a report of burglary at a Kona hotel. Shortly after 5:30 a.m. Tuesday (December 8), Kona Patrol officers responded to the 75-5700 block of Aliʻi Drive, where hotel employees were holding a suspect.

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The victim of a July 3 shooting in Hōnaunau has died from his injuries. As a result, HawaiÊ»i Island police have reclassified the case from attempted murder to murder. Todd Shaver, 52, of Hōnaunau was pronounced dead at Kona Community Hospital at 7:45 p.m. Saturday (July 26). An autopsy has been ordered to determine the […]

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Hawaiʻi Island police have initiated an attempted murder investigation in connection with a shooting Thursday evening in South Kona. At 6:35 p.m. Thursday (July 3), Kona Patrol officers responded to a report of a shooting on the 83-5300 block of Highway 11 in Hōnaunau.

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On January 8, 2014 a 37-year-old Kealakekua man reported to police that his wallet had been stolen and that several unauthorized transactions were conducted with the victim’s credit card that was in the wallet. Detectives with the Area II Criminal Investigations Section continued the investigation and identified a suspect in the case.

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Results of Saturday (March 1) Hawaii Island Paddlesports event held at Honaunau, hosted by Keoua Canoe Club.

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The search concluded Sunday (Feb 3) for a missing diver off the coast of Puuhonua O Honaunau National Historical Park. The missing diver was identified as Jeremiah Nathan of Kealakekua. Nathan was last seen on Wednesday (Jan 30) at the park at about 4 p.m. His keys, wallet and cellphone were found in his truck […]

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The search continued Friday (Feb 1) for a missing diver off the coast of Puuhonua O Honaunau National Historical Park. The missing diver was last seen on Wednesday (Jan 30) at the park at about 4 p.m. The man’s keys, wallet and cellphone were found in his truck at the park.

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