Fire closes Paauilo Transfer Station

The Paauilo Recycling and Transfer Station is closed due to a brush fire in the area. An update will be given if the transfer station is able to reopen later today. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Budget includes funds to boost Medicaid reimbursement rates

To help ease the physician shortage in Hawaii, state lawmakers have allocated funds to raise the Medicaid reimbursement rates for all providers. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Victim in fatal sword attack identified

Police have identified the 58-year-old Orchidland Estates woman who was slashed to death with a sword Friday afternoon at her own home as Teri Lynn Apple. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Pair arrested after standoff at Hilo storage facility

Police took a man and a woman into custody after an almost six-hour-long standoff Tuesday night at a self-storage facility on Kalanikoa Street in Hilo. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Sprawling UFC Gym BJ Penn set to open Saturday in Hilo

Grand opening for the brand-new UFC Gym BJ Penn in Hilo is set for 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Recall issued for General Mills flour

A voluntary recall was issued by General Mills for flour that may contain salmonella. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Homeless kauhale villages in Hawaii supported at Legislature

May 1—The Legislature has backed expanding Gov. Josh Green’s “kauhale ” efforts to create permanent villages of tiny homes for homeless people across the islands, along with Hawaii’s first-ever effort to provide affordable rental units for teachers and other public school employees. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Release of fatal stabbing victim’s name expected today

Police say an autopsy is scheduled for this morning on the body of a 58-year-old woman fatally stabbed in a domestic-related incident Friday afternoon in Puna. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Nighttime road work on Keawe Street starts tonight

Portions of Keawe Street in downtown Hilo will be closed nightly starting tonight due to planned sewer work between Haili and Kalakaua streets, according to the county Department of Public Works. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Solar project near Waikoloa goes online

Hawaii Island’s first and largest solar plus storage project is now online. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Police investigating domestic homicide in Orchidland

Police have arrested a 52-year-old Puna man on suspicion of second-degree murder following a domestic-related stabbing early Friday afternoon in Orchidland Estates subdivision. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Solemsaas out as HCC chancellor

Hawaii Community College Chancellor Rachel Solemsaas will be stepping down from her role following the spring 2023 semester, citing personal matters on Friday. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Palace Theater hosts Lei Day event today

The Palace Theater is celebrating Lei Day today with performances by Kulaiwi and Kainani Kahaunaele. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

State’s ‘Top Principal’ leads one of its most remote schools

Sharon Beck of Ka‘u High and Pahala Elementary recently was named the 17th annual state Department of Education’s Top Principal in the state by Island Insurance Foundation. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Coast Guard calls off search for cruise passenger

The Coast Guard on Thursday suspended a search for a missing cruise ship passenger from Australia about 500 miles south of Kailua-Kona. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

DOE teachers OK new contract

Hawaii public school teachers voted Wednesday in favor of ratifying a new four-year agreement with the state Department of Education, set to begin July 1. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Puna couple face firearms and drug charges

Police have arrested a Puna couple on drug and firearms charges. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Hilo event Saturday will feature electric vehicles — and much more

Big Island EV Association, the Hawaii Island EV club of the statewide Hawaii EV, is hosting a public event Saturday in Hilo . Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Running with a purpose-Special Olympics holds annual Torch run

Special Olympics athletes and law enforcement officers took part in the annual Troy Barboza Torch Run Sunday. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Obituaries for April 28

Rickey Dale Barnett, 75, of Kailua-Kona died April 19 at home. Born in DeKalb County Mo.,, he was a police sergeant in Tempe, Ariz., and U.S. Army veteran. Graveside service and burial 9 a.m. Wednesday (May 3) at West Hawaii Veterans Cemetery in Kailua-Kona. Casual attire. Survived by wife, Susan Barnett of Kailua-Kona; sister, Beckie…

Coast Guard searches for missing cruise ship passenger

The Coast Guard on Wednesday was searching for a cruise ship passenger from Australia about 500 miles south of Kailua-Kona. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

4.2-magnitude temblor jolts the Big Island

A magnitude-4.2 earthquake shook parts of the Big Island late Wednesday afternoon. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

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