Kealakekua News

The board that oversees Hawaii's public libraries was told Thursday about a proposal to close five libraries statewide to deal with budget cuts.

The Board of Education, which oversees operations of state libraries, is considering closing five libraries due to budget cuts.

A Big Island deputy prosecutor yesterday said the department was shocked and disappointed by a state judge's decision to reduce the sentence of a Kealakekua woman who caused a fatal accident while intoxicated in 2006.

Burglars were forced to settle for little more than a local-style ice cream social after learning they couldn't lug Swing Zone's cumbersome safe through a lava field.

Big Island police arrested two males on Thursday in connection with the theft of 82 football jerseys from Konawaena High School.

Hawai'i Police Department Juvenile Aid Section Lieutenant Glenn Uehana Phone: 326-4646, Ext.

When Emmanuel Verdugo moved to the Big Island four years ago, there was too much work.

KEALAKEKUA - Family members were left questioning the county prosecutor's office and police after a former Captain Cook resident pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge yesterday - nearly three years after he hit and killed 88-year-old Mildred Mitamura with his vehicle as she was gardening in her front yard.

Convicted wife killer Roy William Hartsock will have to serve 100 years of his life prison sentence before he is eligible for parole, according to the minimum set by the Hawaii Paroling Authority.

HILO - Hawaii County police are continuing their search for a Kealakekua woman who failed to return home May 4. Everdina Malasig, 48, was last seen at about 1 p.m., leaving Keahole Airport on foot.

KAUNAKAKAI>> A funding shortfall is forcing a 50-year-old private school on Molokai to close at the end of this school year, making it the latest small Hawaii school to shut its doors because of the recession.

A tiny high school on the Big Island that provides a free college-preparatory education to students from Pacific island nations expects to shut down at the end of the academic year for lack of funds.

Hawai'i Police Department Kona District Officer Sheldon Nakamoto Phone: 326-4646, Ext.

Holiday aisles in stores are starting to get more bare this week. Pastel Easter decor made way for Mother's Day cards and candies, which are starting to get picked over.

Big Island residents can help save lives by donating blood at one of six blood drives to be held in Kona and Hilo in May.

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To mark the 25th anniversary of Mauna Loa's last eruption, several agencies are joining together for events aimed at reminding Big Island residents of volcano hazards and discuss when the mountain may erupt again.

Brother Noland Brother Noland Conjugacion holds an important place in local music as a pioneer of Jawaiian music.

Live World / Hitchhike Arguably the No. 1 'ukulele virtuoso, Shimabukuro tours solo, jams with Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band and Bela Fleck and the Flecktones and records with Yo-Yo Ma.

Traffic moved smoothly in Kealakekua yesterday afternoon, even as motorists tested out the Mamalahoa bypass for the official start of its 60-day test.