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This is a Civil Defense water shutoff message. The Department of Water Supply reports that portions of the Hilo & Kaūmana area are scheduled for a water service shutoff this Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Due to a watermain repair, customers may experience loss of water or low water pressure.

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The Department of Water Supply experienced a water main break in its Upper Hilo Water System Sunday evening, and repairs are underway. The water main break occurred in an inaccessible location of the upper Kaūmana area of Hilo.

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Fire/rescue crews responded to a 3:45 p.m. alarm Wednesday (Aug 10) to the Wailuku River in Kaumana for a drowning. Crews arrived to an area in the Upper Wailuku River known to locals as ‘Narnia’ where they found three people on the river bank. The people said a family member had jumped into the water […]

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Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating an early morning shooting Tuesday (December 29) in the upper Kaumana Drive area of Hilo. Shortly after midnight, police received a 911 call from a 23-year-old Keaʻau man who was a passenger in a late-model black Toyota Tacoma pickup truck. He reported that their vehicle was being shot at by […]

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Fire/rescue responded to a 9:08 p.m. alarm Thursday (Dec 3) to 322 Ainako Avenue in Hilo for a structure fire. Crews arrived to find heavy smoke and flames coming out of the windows of the back bedrooms of a three bedroom home. Firefighters had the fire under control by 9:15 p.m. and out at 9:30 […]

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This is an emergency water main break repair information update for Friday, July 31, 2015 at 8:45 a.m. Water system services are now restored in areas affected by yesterday’s water main break in the Kaūmana area of Hilo. The water restriction advisory is no longer in effect for area customers.

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This is an emergency water main break repair information notice for Thursday, July 30, 2015 at 3:45 p.m. Due to a water main break in the Kaūmana area of Hilo, a water shut off is now in effect for Water Supply customers in Sunrise Estates, Sunrise Ridge, and Hilo Hillside subdivisions; all subdivisions, side streets, […]

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The Department of Water Supply will temporarily shut off water service for central Hilo customers located along Waiānuenue Avenue, Komohana Street, lower Kaumana Drive and most side streets in between. The shut off is scheduled from 10 p.m. on Friday, March 6, 2015 (tonight), to 5 a.m. on Saturday (tomorrow), March 7, 2015 to change […]

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Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a significant increase in reported car break-ins over the past three months, particularly in the Waiākea Uka and Kaūmana areas of Hilo. Most of the break-ins took place overnight with wallets or other personal information being stolen. In a majority of these cases, the victim’s cars had been left unlocked […]

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Fire/rescue crews responded to an 11:39 a.m. alarm Friday (June 27) to a structure fire at 143 Kualua Place in Kaumana.

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Hawaii 24/7 Staff Two people were injured in a house fire early Monday in Hilo’s Kaumana neighborhood. Emergency crews were alerted at 4:14 a.m. to the fire in a single-story residence at 2073 Uhaloa Rd. Firefighters arrived to find the front bedroom engulfed and flames spreading into the hallway. The fire was extinguished by 4:45 […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaii Island police have charged a 30-year-old Hilo man with burglary and other related crimes in connection with a break-in Wednesday (July 10) that was captured on tape in the Kaumana area of Hilo. A surveillance video caught a suspect breaking into the house on South Wilder Road several times during a four-hour […]

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An autopsy was conducted Tuesday morning (January 8) on the body of the 38-year-old victim of a fatal stabbing in the upper Kaumana Drive area of Hilo. The preliminary results from the examination showed that the victim, who was identified as Lloyd Rubio of Hilo, died from a stab wound to the abdomen with an […]

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Connections Public Charter School principal John Thatcher and Hilo attorney Ted Hong talk about the vandalism and opposition regarding the future agriculture campus in Kaumana.

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