Those looking for a reason to get fit can start training for the 2011 Hualien Cup Triathlon, one of the nation's longest-running sporting event that is slated to start on May 21.

A total of 25 pilgrims were injured when their tour bus rolled over in Hualien County yesterday.

Hualien Prison yesterday threw a special pre-Mother's Day event, during which eight inmates washed their respective mothers' feet as a symbol of their repentance, love and gratitude.

Hualien County Magistrate Fu Kun-chi asked the central government to resolve the potentially fatal problem of falling rocks, after he made an inspection of Taroko Gorge trails yesterday.

A magnitude-4.7 earthquake struck eastern Taiwan's Hualien County yesterday but did not cause any damage or casualties, according to the Central Weather Bureau.

Hualien's top executive has demanded the reconstruction of the trunk road traversing his jurisdiction be completed within three years by winners of an international tender.

A prosecutor is investigating a mainland Chinese visitor's claim that he was swindled out of more than NT$490,000 at a jewelry store in Hualien last year, where he purchased two Cat's Eye stones.

A Hualien County man who was found dead after hanging himself Sunday confessed in suicide note that he had murdered his ex-wife and subsequently abandoned her corpse near a riverbank in Kuangfu Township.

A section of the Suhua highway in eastern Taiwan will be closed at the end of March for an emergency drill aimed at minimizing the effects of natural disasters during the rainy season, the Directorate General of Highways (DGH) said yesterday.

A section of the Suhua Highway will be closed some time between March and April for an emergency drill aimed at minimizing the effects of natural disasters during the southwestern monsoon season, the Directorate General of Highways (DGH) said yesterday.