Global COVID-19 Case Count Exceeds 491 Million | KWXX – Hilo, HI

In the last week, the State Department of Health reported 1327 new cases of coronavirus with 8 new COVID-19 related deaths statewide.  The following data includes confirmed and probable cases up until Wednesday, April 13, 2022.  Full data is posted on the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Health Disease Outbreak...

For Immediate News Release: April 12, 2022 SCIENTIFIC STUDY PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR RECOVERY OF ʻŌHIʻA  Highlights Species Value in Capturing Carbon  To view video please click on photo or view at this link: https://vimeo.com/267029222 (HILO) – A newly released study by federal and university researchers provides “encouragement and guidance” for...

April 11, 2022 at 5:35 am tdemartini Hawai’i Island police are asking the public to help them locate additional suspects involved in a custodial interference investigation regarding  11-month-old infant, Alixea Fernanadez-Santos. The additional suspects include:  50 year-old Monika Santos of Mountain View.  Santos is described as having brown hair and...

LAROS Kanealii-Kleinfelder Hawaii Island business groups, facing steep increases in property values, are clamoring for relief from taxes set forth in a record high $689.9 million budget proposed by Mayor Mitch Roth. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today) Hawaii Island business groups, facing steep increases in property values, are clamoring for relief...