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Hilo Couple Arrested & Charged for Numerous Offenses Following Execution of Search Warrant
Hawaiʻi Island police arrested and charged a Hilo couple with an array of offenses following the execution of a search warrant at a Hilo residence. Yesterday morning, Special Response Team (SRT) and Crisis Negotiators, along with members of the Area I Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) and the Criminal Investigation Division, executed a search warrant on a Ponahawai Street residence, where 31-year-old Dillon Royden Daimen Revila and 33-year-old Latoya-Lynn Pilialoha Spalding-Poepoe, were taken into custody on the strength of multiple warrants.
Puna Man Charged in Pahoa 7-Eleven Parking Lot Robbery
38 year-old Benjamin Aldosa, Jr. of Puna was arrested and charged in relation to a recent robbery that occurred within the Pahoa 7-Eleven parking lot. According to police, Aldosa struck another man multiple times before taking the man’s laundry bag and leaving the area on foot. Yesterday afternoon, Aldosa...
Big Island Press Club to Host Mayoral Forum
The Big Island Press Club (BIPC) will host a special forum with 2024 Hawai’i Island Mayoral Candidates Mitch Roth and Kimo Alameda at the Hilo Yacht Club on Saturday, September 21 from 11 a.m.- 1:30 p.m. The event, which is being held in honor of the Big Island Press...
Hawaii County Weather Forecast for August 20, 2024
Tonight: Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly cloudy. Numerous showers. Lows around 70 near the shore to around 56 at 4000 feet. Northeast winds up to 10 mph shifting to the northwest after midnight. Chance of rain 70 percent. Tuesday: Partly sunny. Numerous showers in the morning, then...
Hamakua Hotel opens on the Big Island of Hawaii
The 25-acre, eight-room Hamakua Hotel celebrated its grand opening last month on the eastern coast of the Big Island of Hawaii, according to property officials. Located 11 miles north of Hilo, the hotel sits atop a 100-foot sea cliff along the Hamakua Coast and features three room categories, which include private oceanfront lanais, air conditioning, flat-screen TVs and complimentary WiFi along with breakfast, happy-hour cocktails and multi-course dinners, according to a July 23 release.
IVF Va‘a World Sprint Championships 2024 in full swing on Big Island
Hilo is pretty much synonymous with rain. The National Weather Service says the community on the east side of the Big Island gets an average of about 130 inches of rain a year. So it’s pretty much a given that at some point during the day, the Hawai‘i County seat...
Driver pleads guilty in fatal hit-and-run
A 71-year-old Hilo man pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree negligent homicide for the Oct. 3, 2023, traffic collision death of a 79-year-old Hilo woman. In exchange for Carlton Inada’s guilty plea, prosecutors dropped a charge of leaving the scene of the scene of the collision that killed longtime aikido instructor Barbara Klein, who was riding a recumbent tricycle on Akolea Road in Hilo.
Obituaries for August 22
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Hilo Airport Runway Work Taking Place Next Week
Nighttime maintenance work on ITO runway 8/26 is scheduled to take place at Hilo International Airport (ITO) August 27-30 from 9pm to 5:30am. During the closure, which is part of the Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation’s (HDOT) ongoing efforts to improve takeoff and taxiway operations at the airport, runway 3/21 will be used for aircraft operations.
Hawaiʻi Island Lane Closures: Week of August 19
The Department of Transportation announced the following Hawaiʻi Island lane closures during the week of August 19, 2024. Lane closure schedules may change at any time without further notice. All projects are weather permitting. KANOELEHUA AVENUE /MAMALAHOA HIGHWAY (ROUTE 11) HILO. Single lane closure on Kanoelehua Avenue (Route 11)...
Full slate of 85 races underway on Day 3 of IVF Va‘a World Sprint Championships 2024
Day 3 of the IVF Va‘a World Sprint Championships 2024 in Hilo Bay is in full swing, with a full slate of 85 races featuring several classes of the world’s best outrigger canoe paddlers incuding masters, juniors and para paddlers. Racing started shortly after 8 a.m. today, with...
Vulcans Student-Athletes Set New Academic Marks
Sixty UH Hilo student-athletes were announced as recipients of the 2023-24 Division 2 Athletics Directors Association Academic Achievement Award after attaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher. The Vulcans’ 60 student-athletes were among 1,124 honorees from the Pacific West Conference, ranking third in all of Division II....
Disturbances Could Become Tropical Cyclones This Week
HAWAIʻI - Forecasters say models differ significantly on the existence, position, and strength of activity near Hawaiʻi. (BIVN) – Tropical cyclone development in the Pacific is possible this week, forecasters say, although it is unclear how it could affect Hawaiʻi weather. There are two areas of...
Safe Places program aims to help young runaways on Hawaii Island, Oahu
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - One in seven youth in Hawaii ages 10 to 18 run away from home due to abuse, neglect, and family conflicts. A new state program called Safe Places offers children support and a haven when they have nowhere to turn and aims to prevent homelessness and exploitation. It’s part of a national outreach and prevention program for youth in crisis and implemented with a project called Safe Spaces for Youth that was passed by the 2022 state legislature.
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