More areas sprayed to fight dengue fever

Department of Health personnel sprayed areas of South Kona, Hilo, Puna and Kau on Sunday in an ongoing effort to combat the spread of mosquito-borne dengue fever on the Big Island.

As of Friday there were 107 confirmed cases of dengue fever — 93 residents and 14 visitors — originating on the island.

Community information meetings continue this week:

>> 6 p.m. today at the Waimea Middle School cafeteria.

>> 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Kohala High School cafeteria.

>> 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Pahoa High School cafeteria.

Thieves make off with nonprofit’s equipment

HILO >> Police are investigating the theft of equipment from a Hilo nonprofit organization that employs adults with disabilities.

The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reports employment training manager Charmaine Ka-ipo discovered the theft when she arrived at the Arc of Hilo on Friday morning.

Ka-ipo says surveillance video shows the theft of equipment worth more than $4,800, including a 2013 Carson utility trailer with the license plate 745 HYZ. The trailer contained three orange-and-silver weed trimmers, a 15-gallon poison sprayer, five green Ryobi Echo backpack blowers, a red Shindaiwa 18-inch chain saw, a black-and-red Honda 21-inch lawn mower and an orange Stihl hedger.

Police Maj. Sam Thomas called the theft “disgusting.”

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Star-Advertiser staff and Associated Press