Update: 11/15 KAILUA-KONA — The search continues this afternoon for missing freediver Guy Hermogila in waters off the North Kohala coast. Despite the effort by the Hawaii Fire Department and U.S. Coast Guard, no sign of the 44-year-old man has turned up. The Hawaii Fire Department is set to pause search operations at sundown and a U.S. Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter is set to return around 11 p.m. to Oahu, […]
This is a Civil Defense message for Tuesday, November 13 at 10:00 in the morning. The Department of Water Supply (DWS) reports a water main break near Papa’ikou Gym. Papa’ikou residents and customers from Maluna Place, and north along Old Mamalahoa Highway, including all side roads, will be without water until DWS personnel repair the break. Department of Education reports Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalaniana’ole Elementary and Intermediate School are closed […]
Water filling stations will be installed at 15 parks in Hawaii in an effort to reduce single-use plastic water bottles, according to state officials. The Division of State Parks received a federal grant of $100,396 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine Debris Program for the water bottle filling stations. Currently, the state has one filling station at Diamond Head State Monument, which is heavily used by hikers. Visitors […]
A person of interest is in police custody after multiple small fires were set Monday morning at various locations in downtown Kailua-Kona.
(CNN) Three major wildfires are burning at both ends of California -- the Camp, Woolsey and Hill fires.Northern California's Camp Fire is now the most destructive and deadliest fire in the state's history.Forty-four people are dead statewide, and more than 300,000 people have been forced from their homes. Click Here to Donate Below are other ways you can assist: Transportation Lyft is offering free rides to people in the affected areas. Dial 211 for assistance. Communication Let your […]
A new initiative by the Hilo Downtown Improvement Association hopes to alleviate downtown businesses’ homeless burden and make them safer for shoppers and workers alike.
KAILUA-KONA — The state announced Thursday a concrete plan to import big ideas, and potentially big dollars, to West Hawaii through the vehicle of the global aquaculture industry. Capitalizing on Hawaii’s unique access to natural resources in the name of economic diversification, a partnership between multiple state agencies kicked off a process this week to develop an aquaculture accelerator program, along with a complementary investment fund, to be situated at […]
