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During a regularly scheduled quarterly aerial assessment of forests on Hawai‘i island in late July, spotters detected more trees “symptomatic” for the presence of C. lukuohia, the fungus more commonly known as Rapid ʻŌhiÊ»a Death. These trees are in the Kalōpā State Recreation Area on the Hamakua Coast and after the helicopter surveys utilizing digital […]

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Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying a male party involved in a robbery investigation involving the theft of a dark gray 2013 Subaru BRZ two-door sedan, license plates (SBA-186), that occurred in the Kalōpā area in the Hāmākua District.

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Kalaniai Road in Kalōpā is scheduled for road resurfacing by the Department of Public Works, Highway Maintenance Division on Tuesday, April 29. The hours are weekdays 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Roadwork will start at the Kalōpā Road intersection, and continue in the mauka direction. One lane will be open. Please consider alternate routes and […]

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After conferring with Prosecutors, Police traffic investigators have released the driver of the Nissan truck, identified as Alfred Berdon III, pending investigation for 2 counts of negligent homicide, 4 counts of negligent injury, operating a vehicle under the influence of….

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A 61-year-old woman and a 54-year-old woman, both from Keaʻau, died Monday (September 10) from injuries they received in a two- vehicle crash on Mamalahoa Highway (Route 19), .2 miles east of the 39-mile-marker in the Hamakua District.

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Fire/rescue crews responded to a 4:23 p.m. alarm Monday (Sept 10) for a two car crash near the 39 mile marker of the Mamalahoa Highway (Hwy 19) East of Honokaa. Rescuers found both cars down a 15 foot embankment laying on their sides.

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On Thursday, July 1, 2010, Area I Vice Officers executed a Search Warrant at a Kalopa residence in the Hamakua District which resulted in the arrests of four individuals in conjunction with cockfighting activity. The warrant was served at approximately 8:15 p.m., after Vice Officers received information of possible cockfighting being held at the residence.

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A 88-year-old woman from Pa‘auilo died Wednesday (June 2) from injuries she sustained in a two-vehicle crash which occurred on May 19, 2010 at the intersection of Route 19 and Papalele Street in Kalopa. The victim was identified as Beatrice Yago of a Pa‘auilo address.

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The County Public Works Department reopened Ka`apahu Road at the Sand Gulch in Kalōpā, Hāmākua on Friday, April 30. Damaged by the 2006 earthquake, Willocks Construction Company installed a guard rail, resurfaced 130-feet of roadway and stabilized the slope on the makai (gulch side) of Ka’apahu in three-and-a-half weeks, which is three months ahead of […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Gov. Linda Lingle has released $250,000 to improve the energy efficiency of state parks and Department of Land and Natural Resources facilities on the Big Island, Kauai, Maui and Oahu. This project is in addition to the $1.87 billion public infrastructure construction plan unveiled by Lingle in December 2008 to stimulate the economy […]

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