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Hawaiʻi Island police have charged a 34-year-old Hilo man and a 27-year-old Hilo woman with a variety of offenses after police determined that the two were involved in a robbery that occurred in the Puako Beach area on, (January 07).

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Ten years ago shortly after 7 a.m., HST, on Sunday, October 15, 2006, two damaging earthquakes struck off the northwest coast of the Island of Hawai‘i—a magnitude-6.7 earthquake beneath Kīholo Bay and a magnitude-6.0 earthquake offshore of Māhukona.

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The Coast Guard and Hawaii County Fire Department suspended the search Saturday for missing 69-year-old Diana Wolking presumed swept out to sea while diving near Puako Beach, Big Island.

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The Coast Guard and Hawaii County Fire Department are searching for a missing diver off Puako Beach, Big Island, Wednesday. Missing is 69-year-old Diana Wolking. Wolking was last seen wearing a black rash guard, black and white bikini bottom with a scuba tank and black fins. An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Barbers […]

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Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a possible drowning over the weekend in the South Kohala District. At 9:35 a.m. Sunday (December 28), South Kohala officers responded to report of a male swimmer in distress at Wailea Beach in Puakō. A kayaker had found the swimmer motionless in the water and had taken him to shore.

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In conjunction with the Ironman 70.3 Hawaiʻi qualifier event for the Ironman World Championship, there will be a temporary one-way traffic pattern on Old Puakō Road in the South Kohala District. Traffic will be allowed to flow in the Kona, or southerly, direction on Old Puakō Road between the entrance to Hāpuna Beach State Park […]

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A weak 3.5 magnitude earthquake struck off the South Kohala coastline near Puako at 1:25 p.m. Thursday (March 13). Quakes this weak normally do not pose a tsunami threat.

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MEDIA RELEASE ReefTeach and Puako Makai Watch are enlisting volunteers at Waialea Bay (Beach 69) and Paniau Beach in Puako and will hold an orientation for volunteers at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15, at Hokuloa Church, 1600 Puako Beach Drive. Volunteers are needed to help save our reefs by educating visitors, swimmers, snorkelers, and divers […]

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The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has evaluated the 3.7 magnitude earthquake in West Hawaii Friday afternoon (June 15) and has determined that no tsunami threat is expected. The temblor struck at 2:18 p.m. off the Kona Coast.

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Waimea resident snaps awesome whale photos, wants to meet witness

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Residential green waste collection will change from Saturdays to Sundays. The last Saturday collection will be March 31, 2012 during the hours of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. On Sunday, April 1, 2012, and on Sundays thereafter, green waste will be collected during normal operating hours, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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Green waste collection will be temporarily suspended at the Puakō Recycling and Transfer Station beginning Tuesday, November 1, 2011, to remove a fire threat and enforce a ban on commercial green waste at the facility. The transfer station will remain open three days a week according to its normal schedule for all other transfer station […]

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Firefighters responded to a 2:19 p.m. alarm Monday (July 4) to Old Puako Beach Road for a brushfire across from the area known as Beach 69. Crews used two fire engines a tanker unit, medic unit and nine firefighers in total to work the fire. Firefighers were able to get the fire under control by […]

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A 69-year-old woman died Monday (June 21) from an apparent drowning in waters along the South Kohala Coast. The victim, who was vacationing with family on the Big Island, has been identified as a Gloria Graf of Glendale, California.

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