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Windward Planning Commission Chairman Dennis Lin cited several serious reservations about the bill.

Since midnight of April 27, over 1,600 earthquake events have been recorded on Kīlauea on the Big Island.

Apollo Van Brunt, a kindergartner at Innovations Public Charter School in Kailua-Kona, has been playing chess since he was in preschool. He’s now competing with older students and even adults.

50-year-old Ian Benjamin Winther of Ocean View made his initial court appearance Thursday morning in Kona District Court. He was ordered to appear May 30 for a preliminary hearing.

Anyone who might have information about the whereabouts of any of the missing teens is asked to call the Hawai‘i Police Department’s non-emergency line at 808-935-3311 or contact Officer Corey Kaneko.

Four separate convoys are scheduled from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily from May 4-7, traveling from Kawaihae Harbor to Pōhakuloa Training Area.

The program is designed to help households that suffered from economic hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic and struggling to pay rent.

20-year-old Matthew Koi of Naalehu and 27-year-old Junson Heckerz of Ocean View were both previously wanted on outstanding bench warrants and for questioning in other criminal investigations.

39-year-old Dingie Anthony Dean Martin of Mountain View was found on the ground in his driveway and later died at Hilo Medical Center as the result of a single gunshot wound to his head.

“This initiative is about protecting Kona’s world-renowned coffee and ensuring that local farmers receive the prices they deserve for their products, and that dollars stay in Hawaiʻi’s economy,” said Big Island state Rep. Nicole Lowen

Live music, hands-on educational science activities and demonstrations, Children’s Day celebrations, art displays, crafts and even a party for Cinco De Mayo are on tap this weekend.

Grant funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency will be used to reduce hazardous wildfire fuels such as dry vegetation and invasive species and create defensible space for several communities and large landowners affected by the massive Māna Road Fire in the summer of 2021.

68-year-old Albert Harry Pacheco Sr. of Hilo was found dead in his vehicle with a single gunshot to his upper thigh the afternoon of Dec. 3, 2023, on the banana farm above Alae Cemetery in Hilo where he was employed

Customers in the district are asked to adhere to a voluntary 10% water conservation notice instead of the 25% water restriction, which had been in effect since Aug. 7, 2023.

The 66-year-old was issued two citations for violating state endangered and threatened species laws, which prohibit the feeding of protected wildlife, since nēnē may eat the cat food.

The case has now been reclassified as a murder investigation.

The program is put on by the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES) and caters to young women interested in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics subjects.

The Waimea Community Association’s May 2 meeting from will focus on emergency response communications and collaboration.

The first fire occurred in Hawaiian Paradise Park and the second in Hilo.

Firearm registration activity increased dramatically over the course of the 24 years for which these data have been systematically compiled and reported.