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Skeletal remains found in Puna
Tribune-Herald News Flash Comments Updated: Jun 04, 2013 3:31pmThe discovery of skeletal remains in Puna has triggered a police investigation.
On Friday, May 24 at about 2:03 p.m., police responded to a report of skeletal remains in a forested area near...
Island jolted by 5.2 quake
Tribune-Herald News Flash Comments Updated: Jun 04, 2013 3:20pmThe Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reports that a 5.2-magnitude earthquake occurred Tuesday afternoon in the deep ocean southeast of the Bis Island. No tsunami was generated.
There were no...
Police: Beware of phone scams
Tribune-Herald News Flash Comments Updated: Jun 04, 2013 11:34amBig Island police are warning the public to beware of telephone scams, especially those that require a phone call to an unfamiliar area code.
Some three-digit area codes that look like toll-...
Man sought for questioning in woman’s murder
Tribune-Herald News Flash Comments Updated: May 31, 2013 2:24pmPolice are renewing their request for information about a 22-year-old Alaska man who was reported missing.
Boaz D. Johnson of Petersburg, Alaska, last spoke to his family at noon Monday....
Applegate retires from visitors’ bureau
Tribune-Herald News Flash Comments Updated: May 31, 2013 11:54amGeorge Applegate retired today as executive director of the Big Island Visitors Bureau. Succeeding him is Ross Birch, a longtime marketer on Hawaii Island who brings more than 20 years of...
Robbery suspect arrested
Tribune-Herald News Flash Comments Updated: May 31, 2013 10:15amPolice have arrested a suspect in connection with a robbery Thursday afternoon at a credit union in Pepeekeo.
Investigation of the 1 p.m. robbery at the Hamakua Coast Community Federal...
Police: Woman found off Kalapana coast was murdered
Tribune-Herald News Flash Comments Updated: May 30, 2013 9:13amBig Island police said a body that was found Tuesday in waters off Kalapana was the vicitim of a homicide.
An autopsy conducted Wednesday determined that the female victim died of...
Missing Idaho couple located
Tribune-Herald News Flash Comments Updated: May 29, 2013 7:03pmA missing couple from Idaho has been found safe in the Hamakua area Wednesday evening, according to police.
Kevin Butler, 21, and Kimberly Linder, 18, both of McCall, Idaho, were located in...
Two killed in Kona crash
Tribune-Herald News Flash Comments Updated: May 29, 2013 11:04amA man and a woman were killed Tuesday from injuries they received in a one-vehicle crash on Queen Kaʻahumanu Highway at the 79-mile-marker in North Kona.
The driver was identified as...
Body found in ocean off Kalapana coast
Tribune-Herald News Flash Comments Updated: May 28, 2013 4:47pmBig Island police are investigating the discovery of a body in waters off Kalapana in the Puna district.
At 6:28 a.m. Tuesday, personnel from the Hawaii Police Department and Hawaii Fire...
