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The House of Representatives passed House Resolution 136, which establishes a committee to investigate the County of Hawaii Department of Water Supply. The purpose of the committee will be to investigate the status and handling of the stalled Ocean View – Kahuku water system construction project on the island of Hawaii.

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At 11 a.m. Sunday (September 20), detectives from the Area II Criminal Investigations Section charged 41-year-old Sean Patrick Mitchell of Ocean View with attempted murder in the second degree, assault in the second degree and criminal property damage in the third degree following the reported stabbing at a home in Captain Cook.

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MEDIA RELEASE The Hawai’i Police Department has noticed a rise in thefts of solar panels and other solar equipment, especially in the Hawaiian Ocean View Estates subdivision in Ka‘u. Several thefts have occurred while residents were on vacation or away from home for an extended period of time. Police urge homeowners to get a house […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Mayor Billy Kenoi continues his policy of bringing county government to communities around Hawaii Island when the mayor and key members of his cabinet gather at 6 p.m., Tuesday, April 21, at the Ocean View Community Center. Issues such as a proposed transfer station, the new production well and water tank, Kahuku Park […]

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The Hawai’i Police Department is renewing its request for help from the public in identifying the driver in a hit-and-run crash in Ka‘u. Forty-three-year-old John Patrick Burns of Ocean View died from injuries he sustained in a motor vehicle/pedestrian crash on Hokulani Boulevard in the Hawaii Ocean View Ranchos subdivision sometime between 11:30 p.m., December […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The county Mass Transit Agency will increase bus service on some of the transit system’s most popular and heavily used routes beginning Feb. 17, as part of the ongoing effort to make the system more convenient and accessible to users. Additional bus service will be added on the route between Pahoa and Hilo; […]

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