#Hilo International Airport

The work is part of the Hawai‘i Department of Transportation’s ongoing efforts to maintain the runway and improve takeoff and taxiway operations at the airport.

The money will support planning and design work of the T-Hangar and West Ramp improvements.

Hawai’i airports brace for an influx of interisland passengers traveling to Hilo for the 63rd annual Merrie Monarch Festival, ongoing until April 11.

According to the National Weather Service in Honolulu, a powerful, yet slow-moving kona low storm has arrived in the Hawaiian Islands, with rain arriving on Kaua‘i on Tuesday.

Hawaiʻi Department of Health State Laboratories Division confirmed the case of measles in a vaccinated adult visitor to Oʻahu, who also visited Hawaiʻi Island; after arriving, the visitor became ill, sought medical care and is now recovering at a private residence on Oʻahu.

Big Island musicians and Hawaiian music lovers mourn the loss of Ben Kaili, a legenday slack key guitarist from Hilo.

Hawaiʻi’s Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keāhole and Hilo International Airport are using a new ticketless system powered by Metropolis that reads a vehicleʻs license plate.

Crews will begin installing the new speed limit signs this week, and the new speed limits will go into effect once the signs are in place.

Ahead of the new flight schedule, Southwest will offer special service between Las Vegas and Hilo during the 2026 Merrie Monarch Hula Festival.

The newly opened Laniākea Café in the Hilo International Airport terminal offers travelers an all-day menu of food, coffee and alcoholic beverages from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. every day.

The exercise will simulate a collision between two commercial airliners.

Hawaiʻi Island faced an exceptionally dry August, marked by record low rainfall, with only select areas like parts of Kohala and Kona receiving above-average rain.

The work will include pavement repairs and crack sealing.

Affected customers will have little to no water pressure from 10 p.m. Friday until 4 a.m. Saturday while the Department of Water replaces a valve.

State Department of Transportation personnel at Hilo International Airport have worked with Transportation Security Administration staff in anticipation of the increased number of travelers heading to the Big Island for the 62nd annual Merrie Monarch Festival.

Funds will go toward replacing cesspools with wastewater systems and for upgrades needed to the infrastructure on the tarmac at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.

Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting units will be testing response protocol at both airports will be from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 10 through Wednesday, Feb. 12.

Phase 4 of the Taxiway and Runway Lighting Replacement Project will replace all runway and taxiway lighting infrastructure, light fixtures and airfield signs as well as improve the electrical draining system at Hilo’s airport.

U.S. Coast Guard Sector Honolulu watchstanders received a report at 3:22 p.m. Monday from the captain of fishing vessel Honua-‘Oe requesting a medevac for a 51-year-old man who injured his abdomen when he fell into a porthole.

The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation issued an advisory Sunday night.