Ige: No testing for keiki
The state plans to allow incoming travelers from out of state who have tested negative for the coronavirus to avoid quarantine as of Oct. 15 — but visitors seeking a family vacation might have to look elsewhere.
Man released from custody 3 times back in jail
A 30-year-old Hilo man judges recently released three times from custody without monetary bail despite prosecutors’ objections is back behind bars after allegedly committing more crimes.
State unveils metrics for school reopening
Pre-travel COVID-19 testing program for trans-Pacific visitors to begin Oct. 15
Judge dismisses lawsuit over quarantines
A lawsuit by a Waikoloa couple alleging Gov. David Ige and Mayor Harry Kim overstepped and overextended their emergency powers during the COVID-19 pandemic has been dismissed.
Jobless claims increasing
Kim: VA team to investigate Hilo veterans home
Woman who reportedly witnessed slaying arrested following incident
A 30-year-old Mountain View woman who had been the subject of a police manhunt as a witness to a shotgun slaying was taken into custody Wednesday morning in Hilo by Special Enforcement Unit officers, but not without incident.
Mental exam ordered for suspect in fatal Puna shooting
A wet August for Kona coffee farmers, dry elsewhere
PUC won’t exempt Honua Ola from competitive bidding
DPS: HCCC inmate disturbance in response to contraband sweep
The Department of Public Safety said Wednesday that the preliminary results of its investigation into a Tuesday disturbance in a housing unit at Hawaii Community Correctional Center in Hilo indicate inmates were rebelling against a shakedown search for contraband.
PUC denies Honua Ola’s motion to reconsider competitive bidding waiver request
The state Public Utilities Commission today denied a motion by Honua Ola Bioenergy, formerly known as Hu Honua Bioenergy, to reconsider its denial of Hawaiian Electric’s request for a waiver from renewable energy competitive bidding costs for the nearly completed biomass power plant in Pepeekeo.
Police seek Pahoa man who missed court in kidnapping case
Police said Tuesday that they’re seeking a 36-year-old Pahoa man accused of skipping out on a six-figure bail in a case involving several violent felony charges.
Officials: Inmates barricade themselves, set fire and riot at HCCC
Arraignment set for man accused of fatal stabbing
A 65-year-old Orchidland Estates man accused of stabbing to death a 58-year-old Keaau man last month has waived a preliminary hearing.
Eden Roc body ID’d, police seek leads in slaying
A 49-year-old homicide victim was awaiting sentencing for violating his probation for a pair of burglary convictions, according to court records.
Police ID Eden Roc homicide victim
Police have identified a homicide victim whose body was found Aug. 17 on a remote unpaved roadway in upper Puna’s Eden Roc subdivision as 49-year-old Sean Nephi Kuhia of Eden Roc.
Search ongoing for Puna man wanted in shotgun slaying
Police are still seeking a second-degree murder suspect they describe as “armed and dangerous.”
Kim: Stay-at-home order not needed; Caldwell announces more restrictions on Oahu
Mayor Harry Kim said the increase in coronavirus cases on Hawaii Island over the past few weeks doesn’t justify what he called a “shutdown” like the one mandated by Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell for Oahu.
