Update: Brush fire reported in Kaʻū; South Point Road closed near Ka Lae Point : Big Island Now
Big Island police advise the public to avoid the area.
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Big Island police advise the public to avoid the area.
The victim was identified as 30-year-old Koa Kane Clark of Waikōloa. Big Island police have initiated a coroner’s inquest investigation into the single-vehicle collision.
Hawai’i County drivers should avoid Highway 11 in Ka’u.
There were two separate wildfires burning Wednesday afternoon on each side of Mill Camp Road in Pāhala. Police say one was determined to have started under suspicious circumstances.
The horrific mauling by a pack of four dogs that caused the tragic death of 71-year-old Bob Northrop of Kaʻū earlier this week has again shined a burning light on animal control issues that have plagued the Big Island for years.