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Overnight Safe Space opens in Hilo
The Salvation Army opened a long-awaited overnight homeless shelter in Hilo on Friday, with plans to expand it in the future.
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County battle with Puna landowner continues
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Police arrest 22 for DUI
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Summer tourism bump going flat as fall nears
Bank robbery suspect charged
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Motorcyclist critically injured in Pahoa crash
Police are investigating a two-vehicle traffic collision Thursday afternoon in Pahoa that sent a motorcyclist to the hospital with critical injuries.
Ex-Waiakea High hoops coach charged with theft
A former Waiakea High School basketball coach and onetime University of Hawaii at Manoa hoops standout is facing two criminal charges for allegedly pocketing funds intended to finance hotel arrangements for a basketball team trip.
Kusch chosen to succeed Rep. Nakashima
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More than 300 turn out for county-hosted Bon Dance
Hundreds of Hawaii Island kupuna celebrated Obon on Thursday during the 5th annual Elderly Recreation Services Bon Dance in Hilo.
Saddle up! Labor Day weekend rodeo returns to Waimea
The Parker Ranch Round Up Club is hosting the 48th annual Labor Day Scholarship Rodeo on Saturday and Sunday in Waimea to raise money for Parker Ranch children and their education.
Obituaries for August 30
Yoko Watanabe Durham, 86, of Hilo died July 22 at Hilo Benioff Medical Center. Born in Fukuoka, Japan, she was a homemaker, member of Urasenke Hilo Association and Ikenobo Ikebana Association. Visitation 9:30-10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 6, at Dodo Mortuary Chapel. Celebration of life at 10:30 a.m.. Casual attire. No flowers or koden (monetary gifts). Survived by daughter, Joan Durham of Lake Tahoe, Calif.; brother, Reizaburo Watanabe of Japan; a grandson. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
Green blasts State Farm for refusing to settle Maui claims
Coast Guard, Navy rescue woman, child, pets from sailboat east of Hilo
HONOLULU – The Coast Guard and Navy earlier this week rescued a distressed woman, child and their pets from a sailboat beset by weather east of Hawaii Island.
Gilma forecast to drop rain on Hamakua Coast tonight
Gilma, now a tropical depression, is expected to bring rain to the northern areas of the windward Big Island starting tonight.
A setback for aquarium fishing foes: State high court rules against them
The Hawaii Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled against a group of Big Island residents challenging the state’s authority to permit aquarium fishing in West Hawaii.
‘Hobbit House’ hit hard by Hone
A well-known house in Ka‘u that was once a bed-and-breakfast sustained major flood damage as Tropical Storm Hone passed to the south of the Big Island over the weekend.
Small plane makes emergency landing in North Kohala
The Hawaii Police Department said that shortly before 11 a.m. today, North Kohala patrol officers responded to a report that a small Cessna airplane made an emergency hard landing in pasture land south of Upolu Airport in Hawi.
Man sentenced 10 years in domestic assault case
A 45-year-old Hilo man was sentenced Aug. 22 to 10 years for a domestic assault last Christmas Eve on his estranged girlfriend.
Safe Space, mobile kitchen to be unveiled Friday at Salvation Army
A long-awaited homeless shelter will open at the Hilo Salvation Army Friday alongside a mobile kitchen facility.
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