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The Hawai‘i County Department of Parks and Recreation announces the reopening of the Kea‘au Community Center on June 28, 2017 after a thorough clean-up. The Department appreciates and thanks the public for their assistance and understanding during the closure.

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Police have identified the man who died from injuries sustained in a single-vehicle crash Monday (May 22) on Highway 11, merging from the Keaʻau bypass (Highway 130) in Keaʻau. He was identified as 71- year-old Ulysses Guillermo of Hilo.

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Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a robbery incident that occurred Thursday morning (May 18) in Keaʻau and is asking for the public’s help in identifying one of the suspects whose image was captured on video surveillance.

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Crews arrived to find a vehicle flipped onto the driver’s side with the driver partially pinned in the vehicle. The male driver was unresponsive with a weak pulse and a massive head injury.

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The Hawai‘i County Department of Parks and Recreation announces the Kea’au Community Center will close on Wednesday, May 24, 2017, for maintenance of the facility. It will reopen on Monday, July 10, 2017 when classes are scheduled to begin.

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HawaiÊ»i Island police are continuing the investigation of an assault that occurred in KeaÊ»au on Tuesday, May 2, 2017. At about 12:15 p.m. on that date, police responding to the KeaÊ»au Shopping Center after receiving a report of an assault, found an unresponsive male to be lying on the ground within the parking lot of […]

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HawaiÊ»i Island police are investigating an assault that occurred Tuesday afternoon (May 2), within the parking lot of the KeaÊ»au shopping center. Responding to a 12:15 p.m. call, officers learned that the victim, a 28-year-old Hilo man, had been punched by an unidentified male, causing the victim to fall and strike his head on the […]

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HawaiÊ»i Island Police have identified the man who was arrested on Monday (April 24) for first degree assault. At 5:13 p.m. Monday afternoon, officers responded to the 16-500 block of the Old Volcano Highway in KeaÊ»au for a report of a man who stabbed another man in the leg with a knife. The men were […]

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Kamehameha Schools Hawaiʻi campus chemistry teacher Joel Truesdell was awarded the 2017 National Science Teachers Association(NSTA) Shell Science Teaching Award at the NSTA’s Teacher Awards Gala on Mar. 31 at the JW Marriott LA Live in Los Angeles.

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Fire/rescue crews responded to a 2:04 p.m. alarm Saturday (March 25) to Keaau Beach (aka Shipman Beach, Haena Beach) for three swimmers in distress about 100-150 yards offshore. Two girls had been swept out into the ocean due to a current and a man went into the ocean to assist them.

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HawaiÊ»i Island police are searching for a 16-year-old KeaÊ»au boy who was reported missing. Jason Kua-Cantan was last seen in Hilo on February 19, 2017. He is described as Hawaiian, 6-foot tall, 150 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Police ask anyone with information on his whereabouts to call the Police Department’s non-emergency line […]

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A 21-year-old Pāhoa woman died following a two-vehicle crash Thursday morning (December 15) in KeaÊ»au. She was identified as Nicole Kahoopii. Responding to a 6:38 a.m. call, police determined that a 2008 GMC sports-utility vehicle was traveling Pāhoa-bound on Highway 130 at the Shower Drive/Pōhaku Drive intersection when it broadsided a 2013 Buick sedan that […]

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HawaiÊ»i Island police are searching for a 28-year-old KeaÊ»au woman who was reported missing. Crystal Lynn Cabanatan was last seen on November 24 in the Hawaiian Paradise Park subdivision in KeaÊ»au. She is described as a “local female,” 5-foot-4, 180 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. Cabanatan is also wanted on an outstanding bench […]

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The Hawaiʻi Police Department will make an “active shooter” presentation in Keaʻau on Monday, August 15. The presentation, which is open to the public, will take place from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Keaʻau Community Center, located behind the Keaʻau police substation.

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