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MEDIA RELEASE The Kealakehe (Kona) Transfer Station’s green waste site only is closed today, October 3, 2019, due to equipment issues. The facility is expected to reopen as regularly scheduled tomorrow, October 4, 2019. The public may take their green waste to the West Hawaiʻi Organics Facility, aka Puʻuanahulu landfill in Waikoloa, which is open […]

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The Keauhou Transfer Station closed at 8 a.m. Monday, September 30, 2019. It should reopen as regularly scheduled Tuesday, October 1, 2019, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Until 6 p.m. today, the public can take their residential waste to the Kealakehe Transfer Station, which is open daily from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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On (September 27) at approximately 4:00 p.m. the Hawaiʻi Police Department received information of a possible firearm threat at a Kealakehe High School dance event. School officials were contacted and it was decided that the event would be cancelled. Officers stood by as school premises were evacuated and locked up. A Terroristic Threatening case was […]

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Due to staff shortages, the Kealakehe Transfer Station Green Waste Site will close at 10 a.m. today (Thursday, 3/07/19), and will reopen as regularly scheduled on Friday, March 8, 2019, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Until 4:15 p.m. this afternoon, the public can take their Green Waste to the West Hawai`i Organics Facility (aka […]

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On Friday (December 7) at approximately 9:00 a.m., Kona Patrol officers responded to a report of a possible weapons incident at Kealakehe High School which resulted in a school lockdown. A check was conducted at the school, and no one was found in possession of any weapons. Further investigation reveals the incident involved a student […]

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Kona Police partnered with the Kona Prosecutor’s Office to form a team named ‘Hope Brigade’ for Relay For Life 2018, which was held Saturday, (July 14), from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. at Kealakehe High School in Kona. Police Department participants included Captain Gilbert Gaspar, Sergeant Roylen Valera, William Vickery, Robin Crusat, Kuilee Dela Cruz, […]

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the report of a female juvenile being transported to the Kona Hospital by Medics after ingesting a brownie, passing out and experiencing convulsions. Later, a second juvenile female was transported to the hospital after ingesting brownies.

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The Pu‘uanahulu Landfill in Waikoloa and the Kealakehe Recycling and Transfer Station in Kailua-Kona will be closed all day on Saturday, October 14, 2017, due to road closures for the Ironman World Championship Triathlon in Kona.

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The County of Hawai‘i Department of Environmental Management announces that work to remediate the area used for scrap metal processing at the Kealakehe Recycling and Transfer Station will start on or about October 2, 2017.

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The Hawaiʻi Police Departments Area II Records and Firearms section located at the Kealakehe Police Station in Kona will be closed for business on Thursday, April 6, 2017, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Regular business hours will resume following these times.

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More than 250 students from Kamehameha Schools along with Junior ROTC students from Hilo, Kealakehe and Konawaena High Schools participated in a Career Day event at Pōhakuloa Training Area.

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The County of Hawai‘i Department of Parks and Recreation cordially invites the public to a presentation of the final master plan for the proposed Kealakehe Regional Park. The master plan will be available for public review from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, July 23, in the Community Meeting Hale (Building G) of the West […]

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MEDIA RELEASE A traffic signal to replace the four-way stop will be installed at the Ane Keohokālole Highway and Kealakehe intersection. Construction starts May 20 and is scheduled for completion Sept. 17. One-lane closures will remain in effect weekdays (excluding Memorial Day) between the hours of 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

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The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) will hold a public hearing in December to amend existing regulations, and adopt new regulations in Hawai‘i Administrative Rules (HAR) for management of aquarium fish collecting in West Hawaii.

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