This is Civil Defense Flash Flood and Road Closure message for Tuesday afternoon, January 23rd, at 2:20. The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Advisory for Hawaii Island. Heavy rains, thunder and lightning are expected to continue through tonight. Due to the Flash Flood Advisory, the following are issued: If lightning threatens your area, the safest place to be is indoors. Due to the lightning, your utilities of power, cable […]
Flood Advisory Alert: The National Weather Service in Honolulu has issued a * Flood advisory for... The island of Hawaii in Hawaii County * Until 300 PM HST * At 1156 AM HST, radar indicated heavy showers and isolated thunderstorms moving onto windward slopes of the Big Island. Rain rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour are occurring on already saturated ground. Expect rises in streams and ponding on […]
Hawaiʻi Island police are continuing an investigation which stemmed from a shooting incident in the Hawi area of North Kohala on Monday, (January 22). At approximately 9:45 a.m., patrol officers responded to a report of a gunshot fired on a property located in the 55-3500 block of Alaalae Road in Hawi. Officers determined that a 65-year-old male victim attempted to evict a 27-year-old male, identified as Lucas Wolf, and a […]
The hours-long standoff in Hawi was resolved peacefully after the suspect was talked out of the situation by negotiators, authorities confirmed Monday evening. Hawaii Police Department and the Special Response Team were called about the incident occurring on Old Hawi Road at about 10:30 a.m. on Monday. Maj. Robert Wagner said a landlord tried to evict a 28-year-old woman, later identified as Britney Wolf, and her boyfriend or husband from […]
During an otherwise low-stakes BIIF girls basketball regular-season finale, Kohala’s Kiana Kauka put up a highlight-reel performance. Kauka scored 37 points Saturday night, and the Cowgirls pushed past Keaau 74-65 in overtime in Kapaau. Kauka made 14 field goals and nine free throws to record what is believed to be the high-scoring game of the BIIF season — girls or boys. She surpassed the 35 points Parker’s Conner Brown scored […]
STRONG AND GUSTY TRADE WINDS THROUGH TODAY... .A strong area of high pressure will pass north of the islands through Friday, resulting in windy trades through today and possibly into Friday over some locations. Trade winds will peak today, then trend down tonight and Friday. The strongest winds will occur over and downwind of terrain. ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...East 25 […]
The state “warning officer” at the center of Saturday’s bogus alert of an imminent missile attack that caused widespread panic across the islands is a 10-year veteran and non-union, exempt employee who has received “dozens of death threats by fax, telephone, social media,” the executive officer of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser today. Toby Clairmont, the agency’s executive officer, said Honolulu police are investigating the death […]
Former President Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, and bodyguards went to a local Kohala wood gallery yesterday. Secret Service covered them and were in constant touch while here. They had a concierge with them. Other "well known" people were with them. They left after their visit to that gallery as far as anyone knows. Photos courtesy of O.E.
The chairman of the Federal Communication Commission said today Hawaii did not have “reasonable safeguards in place” to prevent yesterday’s false alert of an imminent missile attack. “The false emergency alert sent yesterday in Hawaii was absolutely unacceptable. It caused a wave of panic across the state—worsened by the 38-minute delay before a correction alert was issued,” Ajit Pai, FCC chairman said today in a statement. “Moreover, false alerts undermine […]
