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MEDIA RELEASE Fire/rescue responded to a 7:56 p.m. alarm Friday (Oct 9) for a fire north of the Wailuku River Bridge (the singing bridge for those who have driven over it). Crews found an improvised shack like structure engulfed in flames with the fire spreading to nearby brush. The unoccupied structure was in a vacant […]

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The Waiakea Warriors were too much for host Christian Liberty Academy at Wainaku Gym. The Warriors beat the Canefire in straight sets 25-2, 25-8, 25-7 during BIIF girls varsity volleyball.

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Hawai’i Police Department detectives have identified one potential witness captured on a surveillance video but are still seeking the occupants of a vehicle who may be witnesses to events surrounding the death of 5-year-old Javieanne Win. In reviewing surveillance videos, detectives observed a small sports-utility vehicle turning right from Shipman Street onto Kamehameha Avenue. Detectives […]

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The Hilo Vikings won their BIIF girls volleyball match against the Christian Liberty Academy Canefire 25-16, 25-9, 25-14 at Wainaku Gym Wednesday night (Sept 9). Click on image above for video and photos.

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MEDIA RELEASE Police detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 2-year-old toddler identified as Iyanla Kuamo’o-Andrews. On the evening of April 24 at about 8 p.m., fire/rescue personnel were summoned to a home in the Wainaku area of Hilo to a report of a young girl found unconscious by her parents. Medics […]

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MEDIA RELEASE A section of makai bound lane on Kaiwiki Road, 2.9-miles from the intersection of Wainaku and Kaiwiki Road in North Hilo collapsed and left a hole approximately four- feet wide by fifteen- feet long. County personnel are building a bypass road on the Hamakua side of the roadway to divert traffic and will […]

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View Larger Map UPDATE 3/13/09 FROM POLICE MEDIA RELEASE A 33-year-old Hilo man died Friday (March 13) from injuries he sustained in a single motor vehicle crash on Amaulu Road 1.2 miles west of Wainaku Avenue in Hilo. The victim was identified as Jaime Rain Church of Hilo. Responding to a 2:27 a.m. call, Hilo […]

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