Big Island News

The 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, Tenzin Gyatso, will speak in Honolulu at University of Hawaii’s Stan Sheriff Center on April 14 for high school and college students, and on April 15 he’ll offer a talk called “Advancing Peace Through the Power of Aloha.” Tickets for the student talk are being distributed at no charge t...

Mauna Kea has a covering of snow, and the Mauna Kea Access Road is closed and not expected to open all day.  Snow removal operations will begin later today but the forecast is for continued cold and windy weather. The temperature at the summit around 6 a.m. Wednesday is -3 Celsius, or around 26 degrees Fahrenheit.  ...

Retired veteran newspaper reporter Hugh Clark reports that State House Representative Clift Tsuji (Hilo) informed him that House Bill 2742 was deferred indefinitely by the House Judiciary Chair, with no vote taken.  The bill was scheduled for a hearing on Tuesday.  The bill would have exempted the County Councils fr...

From Hawaii State Department of Transportation: The State Department of Transportation (DOT) will be relocating the Hilo Harbor security screening area for cruise ship passengers from inside the Pier 1 Shed to the outside walkway of the pier. Work on the $53,482 project is set to begin February 22 and is scheduled t...

From Hawaii Police Department: During the week of February 13, 2012, through February 19, 2012, Big Island police arrested 42 motorists for drunk driving. Nine of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. Five were under the age of 21. So far this year, there have been 202 DUI arrests compared with 194 during th...

From  media release: The Big Island Film Festival is proud to announce an exciting lineup of professional screenwriting and filmmaking workshops during BIFF 2012, May 24-28 at The Fairmont Orchid, Hawai’i and The Shops at Mauna Lani.  Limited space will be available on an advance registration basis, for workshops pr...

From Hawaii Police Department: Two Puna residents have been charged with robbery in connection with an incident in Pahoa on Monday afternoon (February 20) that sent the victim to the hospital. Puna patrol officers responded to a 2:45 p.m. call Monday and encountered a 32-year-old Pahoa man, who reported that while h...

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305 Media Release During the week of February 13, 2012, through February 19, 2012, Big Island police arrested 42 motorists for drunk driving. Nine of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. Five were under the age of 21. So far this year, there have [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Hāmākua District Captain Richard Miyamoto Phone:  775-7533 Media Release Big Island police are asking for the public’s help in locating two individuals who are wanted on outstanding bench warrants. Dominic Gomes, 41, is known to frequent the Hāmākua and Puna areas. He is described as a local male, 6-feet tall, 200 pounds with [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 962-2252 Media Release Two Puna residents have been charged with robbery in connection with an incident in Pāhoa on Monday afternoon (February 20) that sent the victim to the hospital. Puna patrol officers responded to a 2:45 p.m. call Monday and encountered a [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone:  961-2305 Media Release To accommodate a mass of walkers participating in the 15th Annual Hilo Heart & Stroke Walk & Health Fair, there will be a temporary one-way traffic pattern on Banyan Drive on Saturday, February 25. Traffic will be allowed to flow in the [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 C12004362 Media Release (update) A South Kona man who set himself on fire and attempted to do the same to his ex-girlfriend has been charged with attempted murder and six other offenses. Robert York, 27, of Hōnaunau was charged at [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section Lieutenant Lucille Melemai Phone: 961-2254 Report No. C11023003 Media Release (update No. 2) Big Island police have located 17-year-old Keala Enos, who was reported missing. She was found in good health Thursday (February 16) in Volcano.

Hawaiʻi Police Department HI-PAL Program Officer Joseph Botelho Jr. Phone: 961-2220 Media Release The Hawaiʻi Isle Police Activities League (HI-PAL) will hold a Boys and Girls Intermediate School Spring Basketball League from the second week in March through the first week in May. This league is for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade intermediate school students [...]