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Lava erupts from Napau Crater

Lava returned to the remote Napau Crater in Hawaiian Volcanoes National Park for the first time in nearly 30 years Tuesday as Kilauea’s latest eruption continues.

Second phase of Lahaina fire findings released

No “single factor” led to the devastation caused by the Lahaina fires that killed 102 people, left thousands homeless and decimated the visitor industry, according to the second phase of findings from the state Department of the Attorney General’s investigation of government’s management of the disaster.

Puako Beach Drive resurfacing project begins Monday

Hawaii County’s Department of Public Works Highways Division (South Kohala) next week will be paving on Puako Beach Drive from Queen Ka’ahumanu Highway to Hokuloa United Church from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, weather permitting.

Sides spar over evidence in Ireland case

The associate director of the Hawaii Innocence Project told the state Supreme Court on Thursday that prosecutors — who provided information that helped overturn the convictions of Albert “Ian” and Shawn Schweitzer in the Christmas Eve 1991 abduction, rape and murder of Dana Ireland in Puna — now appear to be impeding the brothers’ quest to be compensated for being wrongly imprisoned.