Martini Mondays premieres tonight at 8pm HST. Tune in and enjoy your Monday evening, on the rocks......with Host P-Love. This new show will feature: americana big band bossa nova Exotica jazz Space Age Pop Call in at 808-884-5657 to request or say aloha!
UPDATE: 8:15 a.m. The Hawaii island prosecutors office confirmed this morning that murder suspect Brian Smith, who was mistakenly released, is back in police custody.
By Landry Fuller Special to West Hawaii Today Adding a new parking area to the often-crowded Pololu Valley Lookout remains in the hands of agencies, politicians, businesses and residents. But things are moving ahead, one step at a time. Over the past year, community groups and representatives from the Department of Land and Natural Resources’ (DLNR) Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW), Hawaii State Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Highways Division […]
Those wanting to donate to the family of fallen Puna patrol Officer Bronson K. Kaliloa can do so by dropping off or mailing checks to the Pahoa police station. Checks can be made out to Casey Kaliloa, the officer’s wife. The mailing address for the station is 15-2615 Keaau-Pahoa Highway, Pahoa, HI 96778. “Donations are already starting to come in. We’ll make sure they get it,” said Maj. Samuel Jelsma, […]
UPDATE: A Hawaii Police Department Special Response Team sergeant was shot during a shootout Friday with alleged cop killer Justin Waiki off South Point Road in Ka‘u. Waiki has been confirmed dead. The Special Response Team member, also identified as a 12-year veteran of the department, arrived at Hilo Medical Center shortly after 4 p.m. after being medevaced from the scene near the road’s intersection with Kamaoa Road. Police tell […]
Harvey Damo Jr. Shevylyn Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating two officer-involved shooting incidents that occurred Thursday, (July 18), in the areas of Keauhou and Napoopoo Road. At about 4:58 p.m., police received a tip that fugitive Justin Waiki was possibly sighted within a primer-colored Toyota pickup truck with unknown license plates within the parking lot of 75-1015 Henry Street, Kailua-Kona. Additional information indicated the truck was last seen traveling westbound […]
Hawaiʻi Island police are continuing the search for Justin Waiki for the murder of Officer Bonson K. Kaliloa, who was fatally shot while on a traffic stop on a vehicle on Highway 11, in Mt. View on Tuesday evening, (July 17). The search as been bolstered with assistance from the U.S Marshalls and FBI. Both agencies have offered rewards of $10,000 each. An additional reward of another $10,000 has been […]
Bob Martin will be interviewing 2 political candidates tonight on Kohala Conversations, 7pm, on KNKR, 96.1FM, and streamed lived on the Internet at www.knkr.org and on the Tune In App. Tonight's candidates are Maya Parish at 7pm and Lorraine Inouye at 7:30. Tune in and call in if you have a question at 808-884-5657. Primary Election Day is coming soon, August 11.
UPDATE: The shooter is still at large... Condolences to the family of fallen Puna patrol Officer Bronson Kaimana Kaliloa poured in Wednesday as word spread that the 10-year Hawaii Police Department veteran was shot and killed Tuesday night, allegedly by a man wanted on an arrest warrant. Meanwhile, the manhunt for the suspect, 33-year-old Justin Joshua Waiki, who reportedly escaped on foot into the woods off Highway 11 in Mountain […]
