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Advocates, parents, educators and county leaders held a rally Friday to convey the need for high-quality, accessible early childhood education and care. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

A 31-year-old Mountain View man accused of what police called the “heinous abuse and starvation of a two-year-old girl” remained in custody late Monday afternoon at Hawaii Community Correctional Center, unable to post $85,000 bail. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Police have arrested and charged 31-year-old Clayton Ernest Saragosa of Mountain View with various offenses stemming from the “heinous abuse and starvation of a two-year-old girl,” according to the Hawaii Police Department. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Hawaiian Electric is asking all Hawaii Island customers to reduce or shift their electricity use over the next month. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Two women are dead after a three-vehicle traffic collision Saturday in Hilo. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Hawaii County Mayor Mitch Roth laid out his administration’s accomplishments and vision Friday at the State of the County address at the West Hawaii Civic Center. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Complaints continue to be filed in the case of a tax preparer who apparently disappeared during tax season in 2023. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

The long-anticipated legalization of recreational marijuana in Hawaii is only a few votes away from the desk of Gov. Josh Green. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Police have arrested and charged 41-year-old Stanton Anson Joaquin of Mountain View with various domestic-related offenses following a violent incident at a residence on Kaniela Road early Wednesday morning. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Political donor Dennis Mitsunaga, his associates and family members contributed $48,250 in campaign funds to then-­Honolulu Prosecutor Keith Kaneshiro as Kaneshiro’s office pursued a criminal case against a fired Mitsunaga employee who later sued the company for discrimination, the U.S. Attorney’s office said Wednesday on the opening day of the federal bribery trial of Kaneshiro,…

Pele’s Kitchen, a popular Pahoa breakfast spot, has closed indefinitely after a fire damaged the restaurant Tuesday. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Police are requesting the public’s assistance in locating 47-year-old Reno Maurice Kulakau Mendoza of Mountain View, who should be considered armed and dangerous. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Police are investigating after one man died and two others were injured in a single-vehicle traffic collision late Thursday night on Daniel K. Inouye Highway (Route 200), at the 18-mile marker. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

A video posted on social media appears to be a 30-year-old Pahoa man who was arrested Thursday by police in an animal cruelty case. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

HONOLULU — Richard C. “Dick” Higgins, one of the few remaining survivors of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, has died, a family member said Wednesday. He was 102. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

A proposed program that would publicly finance election campaigns in Hawaii is dead after a Big Island lawmaker concluded last week that the plan was fatally flawed. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

A painful, disabling condition caused Hilo dentist Alan Fujimoto to retire several years ago after decades of practice. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Two men pleaded not guilty Monday to multiple charges in a March 12 superseding indictment, including conspiracy to commit first-degree attempted murder, in a “murder for hire” plot to randomly attack a woman with acid in January outside a fitness center near Ala Moana Center. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Gov. Josh Green, who is in Japan this week meeting with Japanese officials and business leaders, is working on lowering barriers to travel between Japan and Hawaii through a “Travel Corridor” that expands the Global Entry program, beefs up biometric screening and pursues “preclearance” status. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

A miniature horse from Waimea that visits patients at Queen’s North Hawaii Community Hospital has become national nonprofit Pet Partners’ “Pet of the Year.” Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

HONOLULU — A man pleaded guilty to murder Monday, about two years after his lover’s decomposing body was found encased in concrete in a bathtub in one of Hawaii’s most exclusive gated communities. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Awareness is key in preventing and treating rat lungworm, the prevalent and serious disease often found in East Hawaii residents. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service