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Kilauea Volcano continued to smoke and surge Sunday, but lava flows northeast of Puu Oo crater remained slow-moving and no threat to any communities.

Two house fires in Wahiawa and Haleiwa caused about $800,000 in total damage Saturday night, firefighters said Sunday.

On Oct. 1, Anthony Maldonado, 26, of Makawao was arrested on suspicion of second-degree theft. He was been with MPD for four years.

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Korean soprano Sumi Jo wowed her audience at the Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra concert Saturday, transforming a quietly polite audience into an enthusiastic crowd of fans, their cries of “Brava!” and “Encore!” echoing through the hall in an extended standing ovation.

Community members are moving forward with plans to begin improving conditions at Sunset Memorial Park in Pearl City.

Brendan Keaney was sitting on his 9-foot longboard in the water off Waikiki on Sunday when he saw a tiger shark inches below his foot.

Federal highway officials are congratulating the state for reducing a long-standing backlog of federally funded highway projects by more than $100 million over the past year.

A new partnership between the Hawaii Association of Realtors and Gov. David Ige’s office will result in a first-of-its kind summit next month to ask landlords to do their part to ease island homelessness by renting to people currently living on the street.

The majority of Hawaii public school teachers — 98 percent — were deemed highly effective or effective educators, and fewer teachers received marginal ratings for the 2014-15 school year, marking the second year of ratings on a high-stakes evaluation system that ties performance to pay raises, tenure and termination.