Hilo News

Our own Malika Dudley is from Hilo, a town that has recently been going back to its roots.

HILO, Hawaii - A letter sent Tuesday to parents of Keaau High School students says "more suspensions and/or arrests are expected to occur this week" in connection with multiple fights on Oct.

Meghan Olcott has been missing in Hilo, HI. since the overnight hours of Sunday night into Monday morning 11/1/2009. She is described as Caucasian, 5-foot-5, about 128 pounds with blue eyes and red or auburn hair.

Bello , who was one of the original members of the Ice Task Force in 2003, is assigned to the Police Department's Vice Section in Hilo .

A tsunami evacuation in Hilo was just an exercise on Monday. At the sound of the Civil Defense warning sirens, community volunteers and Hawaii County Police officers escorted about 800 people out of the low-lying coastal area of Keaukaha.

HILO - A Hilo man was sentenced yesterday to a year in jail for his 14th drunken driving conviction.

The University of Hawaii at Hilo hired a former Honolulu Police Department deputy chief and former corporate director of security for Outrigger Hotels as director of campus security at UH-Hilo. Warren J. Ferreira has more than 40 years of law enforcement and security expertise, the university said in a news release.

Big Island police are searching for an 18-year-old Hilo woman reported missing since early Sunday morning.

Thirteen films featured in last month's Hawaii Internation Film Festival will be screened Friday through Sunday at the Palace Theater in Hilo.

HILO, Hawaii - The three-year, $24.9 million renovation of Hawaii County's main office building is nearly finished, and dozens of employees, from Mayor Billy Kenoi to election workers, will return to the Hilo facility in mid-November. On Oct.

A first-of-its kind medical clinic and training center for health professionals celebrated its grand opening in Hilo on October 24.

The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement traveled to the Big Island to visit Kalalau Ranch, the site of an exciting new partnership between Hilo High School students and Hilo resident Jeno Enocencio.

A small school bus flipped in a crash in Hilo on Tuesday morning, but no one was seriously injured, officials said.

A small school bus carrying nine students, an aide and a driver flipped over this morning in Hilo after a crash, but no one was injured, Big Island police said.

A new medical clinic and training center for health professionals opened in Hilo on the Big Island Saturday.

Fabiane Seben had 14 kills and six blocks as host Hawai 'i-Hilo beat Academy of Art, 25-17, 25-15, 25-21, yesterday in a Pacific West Conference volleyball match.

QUESTION: Whatever happened to the pilot project to hold Hawaii's first comprehensive publicly funded elections? ANSWER: Plans are proceeding for the public to finance campaign expenses of some candidates running for Hawaii County Council next year, according to the state Campaign Spending Commission.

Hawai'i Police Department North Hilo Patrol Sergeant Greg Yamada Phone: 962-2120 October 23, 2009 Report No.

Hawai'i Police Department Hilo Criminal Investigation Section Lieutenant Mitchell Kanehailua Phone: 961-2252 October 21, 2009 Report No.

Hawai'i Police Department South Hilo Patrol Sergeant Regino Saludares Phone: 961-2213 October 18, 2009 Report No.