Welcome to the Saturday edition of Hawaii Island News from Hawaii News Digest.
Our lead story: Hawaii police have arrested two Honokaa women for drug and firearms violations.
Views expressed in this Hawaii News summary are those of the reporters and correspondents.
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Accessed on 21 December 2019, 1615 UTC, Post 20014.
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Women busted for firearms, drugs at DUI roadblock
Police have arrested and charged two Honokaa women with drug and firearms offenses after officers allegedly smelled marijuana in a car at a DUI roadblock in Waimea.
Man charged with arson in Volcano house fire
Police arrested a 32-year-old man wanted for the arson last month of a vacation rental home on Pukeawe Circle in Volcano Golf and Country Club subdivision in Volcano.
Fire damages Volcano home
No injuries were reported Thursday evening after firefighters extinguished a house fire in Volcano.
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Veteran Homelessness: How This Organization Is Solving The Problem
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Police commission rejects complaint by retired sergeant
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Protesters prep for possible confrontation with state as Dec. 26 deadline looms
State briefs for December 21
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County cancelling Hilo-South Kohala bus and return route tonight due to winds
The county said today in a statement that because of a high-wind warning expected at 6 p.m. tonight, the Mass Transit Agency is cancelling the Hele-On Bus 7:15 p.m. route from Hilo to South Kohala and the 11:05 p.m. return bus tonight.
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Lawyer pleads not guilty to theft, forgery
A Hilo attorney pleaded not guilty Thursday to first-degree theft and second-degree forgery in connection with a narrow piece of land containing an easement road in lower Puna.
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Complaint: ‘Enhanced’ Maunakea traffic enforcement is unconstitutional
The Hawaii County Police Commission is slated to hear a complaint today by a retired police sergeant who alleges the Hawaii Police Departments operations around the blockade of Maunakea Access Road by protesters of the Thirty Meter Telescope project is institutionalized police misconduct.
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Puna man pleads guilty to federal firearms charge
David Benjamin Cordeiro, a 37-year-old Mountain View man, pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to possessing ammunition after having been previously convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence, Kenji Price, U.S. Attorney for Hawaii, said in a statement.
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Gabbard faces heat back home for present vote on impeachment
HONOLULU Longshot presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard is facing some heat in her heavily Democratic home state of Hawaii for voting present on two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.
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Standing down: Ige, Kim announce withdrawal of law enforcement on Maunakea
After more than five months of waiting, the impasse at Maunakea Access Road has seemingly broken, with Gov. David Ige on Thursday reopening the road and withdrawing law enforcement from the mountain.
Zippy’s to serve Dave’s Ice Cream in all Hawaii restaurants
HONOLULU (AP) Hawaii chain Zippys Restaurants signed a deal to continue serving Daves Ice Cream in all of its 24 locations, officials said.
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UPDATED: County police to halt increased Saddle Road enforcement
UPDATED 3:50 p.m.:
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Suspect in California synagogue vandalism waives extradition hearing
A 24-year-old Millersville, Penn., man accused of a weekend break-in and vandalism of a Iranian-Jewish synagogue in Beverly Hills, Calif., has waived his right to an extradition hearing.
64 productions permitted, filmed on Big Island in 2019
The Big Island took to the small screen in 2019.
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Defying party, Gabbard votes ‘present’ on Trump impeachment
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Big boost for paramedicine program in West Hawaii
A program aimed at keeping frequent 911 callers in their homes and out of the emergency room received a shot in the arm Wednesday, with a $125,000 grant from the West Hawaii Community Health Center to the Hawaii Fire Department.
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