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Lessons from Waipi’o Valley in Huinawai Project
Huinawai participants at Waipio Valley lookout after the campout (Photos courtesy North Hawaii Drug-Free Coalition/Five Mountains Hawaii) MEDIA RELEASE Immersed in a different world, free of cell...
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Employees of IHS volunteer with Friends of the Future
Roya Sabri | Hawaii 24/7 Reporter On Friday June 7, employees of Information Handling Services (IHS) left their suits and ties at home to clean up the entrance of Waipio Valley. The Colorado-based...
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Hikers trapped by rising rivers rescued from Waipio Valley
View Big Island in a larger map Fire/rescue crews responded to a 5:26 a.m. alarm Sunday (March 23) to Waipio Valley for a set of missing hikers. Eight hikers were overdue on their Saturday trip on the...
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Body found in Waipio Valley may be missing hiker
MEDIA RELEASE Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating whether a body found in Waipio Valley on Sunday is a 22-year-old hiker who was reported missing on Saturday. Lindsey Nickerson of Kailua-Kona was...
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Autopsy reveals missing hiker in Waipio Valley drowned
MEDIA RELEASE Hawaiʻi Island police have identified the body found in Waipio Valley on Sunday as 22-year-old Lindsey Nickerson of Kailua-Kona. An autopsy conducted Tuesday (December 2) determined that...
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Possible drowning at Waipio Valley leaves Puako man dead
MEDIA RELEASE Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a possible drowning in Waipio. Hāmākua District units responded to a 1:35 p.m. report of a drowning at the beach in Waipio Valley. When police and...
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Fourteen people rescued after flash flood traps them on trail
By Hawaii 24/7 Staff Fire/rescue crews responded to a 3:48 p.m. alarm Monday (Aug 17) to the Lalakea Trail near Waipo Valley. Rescue crews from Honokaa arrived to find 14 people in two separate groups...
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Waipio Valley Access Road closed for part of November 19-20, 2015
MEDIA RELEASE The Waipi‘o Valley access road will be closed for tree trimming work between the hours of 8-11 a.m. and 12-2:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 19, 2015 and Friday, November 20, 2015. This...
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DLNR closes Muliwai Trail, Waimanu Valley campground due to Dengue Fever cases
MEDIA RELEASE The Muliwai Trail can be seen zig-zagging up the Western wall of Waipio Valley where it leads to Waimanu Valley. Hawaii 24/7 File Photo HILO — The Department of Land and Natural...
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Body found in Waipio Valley stream, police investigating
MEDIA RELEASE Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating the discovery of body in the Honokaʻa District. At 5:56 p.m. Thursday (March 3), police responded to Waipio Valley after receiving a report of an...
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Murder investigation underway for body found in Waipio Valley
MEDIA RELEASE Hawaiʻi Island police have opened a murder investigation in connection with the body that was discovered in Waipio Valley on March 3. The victim has been identified as 49-year-old Thaine...
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Mauliwai Trail and Waimanu Valley campgrounds reopen
MEDIA RELEASE The Muliwai Trail can be seen zig-zagging up the Western wall of Waipio Valley where it leads to Waimanu Valley. Hawaii 24/7 File Photo HILO — The Department of Land and Natural...
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Information still wanted in Waipio Valley murder investigation
MEDIA RELEASE Hawaiʻi Island police are renewing their request for information about a body that was discovered in Waipio Valley on March 3. The victim has been identified as 49-year-old Thaine...
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Fifteen people trapped in Waimanu Valley rescued on New Year’s Day
By Hawaii 24/7 Staff Fire/rescue crews responded to a 2:52 p.m. alarm Sunday (Jan 1) to Waimanu Valley where 15 hikers were trapped due to a raging Waimanu Stream. The heavy rains made Waimanu Stream...
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Police arrest Hamakua man for a 2016 murder in Waipio Valley
MEDIA RELEASE Wayne Teves Hawaiʻi Island police have arrested a 67-year-old Hāmākua man following his indictment by a grand jury for a 2016 murder in Waipiʻo Valley. On (August 14), Wayne Teves was...
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Man drowns at Waipio Valley Wednesday (May 16)
By Hawaii 24/7 Staff Fire/rescue crews answered a 9:24 a.m. alarm Wednesday (May 16) to Waipio Valley Beach for a possible drowning. Upon arrival rescue crews found bystanders doing CPR on a man about...
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Man drowns at Waipio Valley Sunday (June 10)
By Hawaii 24/7 Staff Fire/rescue crews responded to an 11:24 a.m. alarm Sunday (June 10) to Waipio Valley Beach for a possible drowning. Crews arrived to find bystanders performing CPR on a...
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Man dead after possible drowning off Waipio Valley beach Saturday (Aug 11)
By Hawaii 24/7 Staff Fire/rescue crews responded to an 11:58 a.m. alarm Saturday (Aug 11) to Waipio Valley beach for a possible drowning. Crews arrived to the beach and found a bystander performing...
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Waipio Valley Access Road was temporarily closed due to a landslide Wednesday...
UPDATED (3 p.m. on 2/27/2019) HCCD update: DPW reports the Waipio Valley Access Road, which was closed earlier today due to a landslide, is now open. Mahalo for our kokua. — This is a Civil Defense...
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Police renew the request for info to locate missing Kyle Brittain
MEDIA RELEASE Kyle Brittain Hawaiʻi Island Police are renewing their request for the public’s help in locating 27-year-old Kyle Brittain who was reported as missing. He was last seen near the Waipio...
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