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Hawaii County police officer runs across Italy with Olympic Torch
HILO (HawaiiNewsNow) – A Hawaii County police officer has finished jogging across Italy.
Officer Michael Abran was one of about 80 law enforcement torch runners for the Special Olympics Winter Games earlier this month.
The 15-year veteran was the only officer from Hawaii.
He was chosen for his more than a decade of volunteering and coaching bocce ball and track and field athletes.
The department said he first got involved with the Special Olympics while serving in the Kona Community Policing Section. He also participated in the Badges and Buckets event, known previously as Cop on Top, were off-duty police officers and Special Olympic athletes would raise awareness and funding for Special Olympics Hawaii events.
Abran said it was a challenge running in 20 degree weather and snow.
“The air was seemed a little thinner, kind of like when you’re on top of Mauna Kea, your fingertips to get a little numb,” Abran said. “The most memorable part of it is visiting the different cities and getting to carry that torch with an athlete to run into those cities and to be in the events.”
Abran will be running in a torch run in Kona on April 26, and again on May 3 in Hilo before the Special Olympics Track meet.
His cousin Sean is a Special Olympics weightlifter from Kamuela.
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Bystander video shows damage after concrete falls at Ala Moana Center
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Concrete fell from the exterior of an Ala Moana Center parking structure Monday afternoon near the Kapiolani Boulevard exit, damaging a vehicle.
No injuries were reported.
Security blocked an exit lane as debris scattered across the roadway. Ala Moana Center said they are grateful no one was hurt, and the lane will remain closed while structural engineers and construction professionals assess the damage and make repairs.
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Hawaii weather: USGS revised 4.6 magnitude earthquake off Kona coast, south swell, passing showers
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Kilauea sets record for lava fountaining episodes in any 1 eruption
HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK, Hawaii (AP) — The on-and-off eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano broke a record Monday with the number of periods it has produced fountains of lava since it began erupting in December 2024, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said.
Monday marked 48 fountaining episodes, setting the record for any one eruption on Kilauea, said Katie Mulliken, a geologist and spokesperson with the observatory.
Episodes are separated by periods during which little to no lava erupts. Since lava is coming from the same vents in a crater at Kilauea’s summit, it is the same overall eruption, Mulliken said in an email.
There are several notable aspects of the current eruption, she said, including how accessible it is for viewing by residents and tourists. An eruption during the 1980s, in which 47 lava fountaining episodes occurred over about 3 1/2 years, occurred in a more remote area, she said.
The ongoing eruption is also reshaping the topography at the summit, she said.
But the lava fountains also can impact neighboring communities with volcanic fragments and ash, known as tephra.
Kilauea, located on Hawaii Island, is one of the world’s most active volcanoes.
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