This is Hawaii County Civil Defense with a Tropical Storm update for Thursday, August 1, at 6 in the evening. As of 5:00 pm Thursday the center of Tropical Storm Erick was approximately 285 miles S of Hilo at latitude 15.9 N and longitude 154.5 W, moving in a WNW direction at a speed of about 13 miles per hour. Strongest sustained winds are estimated at 70 miles per hour […]
Thursday at noon A message from COUNTY OF HAWAII This is Hawaii County Civil Defense with a hurricane update for Thursday, August 1, at noon. As of 11:00 am Thursday the center of Hurricane Erick was approximately 285 miles SSE of Hilo at latitude 16.0 N and longitude 153.2 W, moving in a WNW direction at a speed of about 14 miles per hour. Strongest sustained winds are estimated at […]
Kapa'au Post Office is closed until further notice due to burglary today.
This is a Civil Defense update message for Thursday, August 1 at 6 in the morning. The Central Pacific Hurricane Center reports that Hurricane Erick is currently located 315 miles south east from Hilo and moving west at 15 miles per hour with sustained winds of 85 miles per hour. Erick continues to slowly weaken as it moves westward south of Hawaii Island. If this movement continues Erick will be west […]
This is a Civil Defense update message for Wednesday, July 31 at 4:30pm. The Central Pacific Hurricane Center reports that Hurricane Erick is currently located 451 miles south east from Hilo and is moving west at 14 miles per hour with sustained winds of 115 miles per hour. Erick is slowly weakening as it moves south of Hawaii Island. Central Pacific Hurricane Center has issued a High Surf Warning for east […]
Civil Defense issued this Hurricane Erick Message Wednesday Afternoon
The Hawaiʻi Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying suspects in suspicious brush fires Media Release The Hawaiʻi Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying anyone who may have information about the cause of three suspicious fires that occurred today. On (July 31) at approximately 12:46 a.m., police and firefighters responded to a report of a brush fire on Highway 270, also known as […]
Update 2:45pm Advisory: ONE LANE of Akoni Pule Hwy(Rt 270) at Keokea Bridge(27.5mm), North Kohala is now OPEN. ONE LANE of Akoni Pule Hwy(Rt 270) at Keokea Bridge(27.5mm), North Kohala is now OPEN. Utility crews are on scene. Advisory: AVOID Akoni Pule Hwy(Rt 270) at Keokea Bridge(27.5mm), North Kohala. Road CLOSED due to a downed tree & power lines. AVOID Akoni Pule Hwy (Rt 270) at Keokea Bridge (27.5 mile […]
The governor says a permit extension means construction does not have to begin until 2021. Gov. David Ige Tuesday called off an emergency proclamation he issued two weeks ago to get construction started on the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea, saying the arrival of storms on the Big Island will postpone construction anyway. Ige said there are “no immediate plans to move heavy equipment” because two Pacific hurricanes headed […]
