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Results of the 3rd Annual Miloli’i Long Distance canoe race held Saturday (Aug 27) at Milolii. The women and mixed teams paddled 6.6 miles to “Two Stone” and back to the finish line at Milolii with the men’s crews racing 9.2 miles to Kipahoehoe and return to Milolii.

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MEDIA RELEASE Students from the Milolii Hipuu Virtual Academy of Kua o ka La Public Charter School will host the season premiere of PBS Hawaii’s student news program Hiko No at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9. Milolii, the remote fishing village on Hawaii Island’s southwestern shore, was the site of a training session back in […]

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Fire/rescue crews responded to a 9:29 a.m. alarm Saturday (March 29) to a Lehua Avenue home in Milolii on fire. Crews arrived to find a single story home engulfed in flames and partially collapsed. Firefighers had the fire under control by 10:15 a.m. and out by noon. Hampering firefighting efforts was the closest source of […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Pa’a Pono Milolii Inc. a non-profit 501(c)(3) dedicated to improving the lives of the residents of the native Hawaiian fishing village of Milolii is fortunate to have been selected to receive a $140,000 grant from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. The $140,000 grant centered around preserving culture and traditional fishing practices is for […]

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Big Island police are searching for a 29-year-old MiloliÊ»i man wanted on warrants for contempt of court and violating probation. Earl Camacho is described as 5-foot-4, 180 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He frequents the South Kona area and is also wanted for questioning in connection with a traffic accident. Police ask that […]

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The National Weather Service in Honolulu has issued a Flood Advisory for the Big Island until 5:30 p.m.

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A 44-year-old woman from Kailua-Kona died Sunday (October 23) from injuries she sustained in a one-vehicle crash on MiloliÊ»i Road, 3.7 miles west of the HawaiÊ»i Belt Road (Route 11) in South Kona. The driver of the vehicle was identified as Karen Alani-Powell of a Kailua-Kona address. Responding to a 12:04 a.m. call, Kona patrol […]

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Fire/rescue crews responded to a 12:04 a.m. alarm early Sunday morning (Oct 23) to the end of Milolii Road for an SUV crash. Firefighters found an SUV rolled-over, 20 yards off the road in the lava fields due to a high speed crash. Crews found a woman in her mid 30s to early 40s dead […]

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Big Island police have arrested a 62-year-old Miloliʻi man on suspicion of arson in connection with a house fire on Wednesday (October 12). Donald McKay of Miloliʻi Village is being held at the Kona police cellblock pending further investigation.

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Fire/rescue crews responded to a 10:56 p.m. alarm Wednesday (Oct 12) for a structure fire in Milolii. Firefighters found a two-story oceanfront home on fire. Two engine companies and two tanker units worked to put out the blaze which was under control by 3 a.m. and out at 6:30 a.m. Thursday.

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Big Island police are renewing their request for help in locating a 16-year-old Miloli’i boy, who was reported missing. Vernon Kahele was last seen on Christmas Day (December 25). He is described as Samoan-Hawaiian, 5-foot-8 to 5-foot-9, 135-150 pounds with dark brown hair and brown eyes.

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Big Island police have identified the man killed from injuries he sustained in a one-vehicle crash Tuesday (April 12) on the Hawaii Belt Road near the 91-mile marker in South Kona. He was identified as 60-year-old Stephen Mellor of Hawaiian Ocean View Estates in Ka’Å«. Mellor was pronounced dead at Kona Community Hospital at 12:21 […]

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Big Island police are searching for a 16-year-old Miloli’i boy, who was reported missing. Vernon Kahele was last seen on Christmas Day (December 25). He is described as Samoan-Hawaiian, 5-foot-8 to 5-foot-9, 135-150 pounds with dark brown hair and brown eyes.

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Governor Neil Abercrombie tomorrow will visit areas that were damaged by the tsunami that swept through the islands last week. Yesterday, Governor Abercrombie renewed his efforts in seeking federal money by signing a supplementary proclamation to expand the State of Disaster Proclamation he signed on Friday. The proclamation is the first step in the process […]

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