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Hawai‘i airports affected by FAA ground stop of all flights nationwide following ‘communication issue’
Hawaiian/Alaska Airlines has confirmed that all west coast flights will resume; and all inter island flights remain active, according to the state Department of Transportation. November 13, 2026 · 01:41pm
Lāʻau Love Fest set for Saturday at West Hawaiʻi Civic Center
The free community event features free workshop and plant adoptions with several nurseries participating.Community Hawaiʻi Tobacco Quitline launches free mobile app to help people stop smoking
Hawai'i State News State Board of Land and Natural Resources to consider setting aside 2 parcels that…
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Volcano Watch: Beneath the boardwalk; the scientific legacy of Haʻakulamanu
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Azevedo to serve as acting administrator at Hawaiʻi County Civil Defense
Daniel Volpe officially sworn in as Hawaiʻi County fire chief
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‘They answered the call’: Honoring those who served during a ceremony at West…
American Red Cross celebrates Veterans Day, honors trio of Hawai‘i-based vets
Kona International Airport to conduct triennial emergency response training exercise
Public safety power shutoffs possible for Big Island
Hawaiʻi National Guard concludes Hurricane Lala response, recovery operations
Eligible Hawaiʻi farmers once again offered free disaster-related soil, water testing
Pololū Valley lookout, trail to be temporarily closed
Wind advisory issued for portions of Big Island
Hawai‘i County Department of Water Supply urges community to be drinking water prepared
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Hawai‘i airports affected by FAA ground stop of all flights nationwide following ‘communication issue’
Hawaiian/Alaska Airlines has confirmed that all west coast flights will resume; and all inter island flights remain active, according to the state Department of Transportation.
Hawaiʻi healthcare workforce investments deliver results; job vacancies reduced 20%
Healthcare Association of Hawaiʻi releases new workforce report as construction begins on health learning lab at Big Island’s Waiākea High School.
Big Island father charged with manslaughter in death of his 3-month-old son
The 20-year-old dad told police he was playing a video game when he tried to get his son to stop crying, which led to him aggressively rocking the infant in a bouncer and causing fatal injuries, according to a court document.
10th Annual Mahalo First Responders Dinner in Waimea celebrates their service and sacrifice
The free event on Nov. 18 honors the people who protect, serve and heal North Hawaiʻi communities.
Hawaiʻi Tobacco Quitline launches free mobile app to help people stop smoking
The QuitLogix app offers free tobacco cessation services: nicotine patches, gum and lozenges, and custom support.
State Board of Land and Natural Resources to consider setting aside 2 parcels that would be leased for pastureland
Opponents claim the action would “destroy” Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge, which is cared for, protected and continuing to thrive with the help from countless people who worked hard to save the critical habitat — a sanctuary — for some of Hawai‘i’s rarest native species.
Volcano Watch: Beneath the boardwalk; the scientific legacy of Haʻakulamanu
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists since 1922 have tracked gas chemistry from wells at Haʻakulamanu, and although the original well heads have long since disintegrated, hot gases continue to seep from the place where observatory founder and volcanologist Thomas Jaggar conducted some of his first experiments at Kīlauea.
Astronomers discover Nāpōwawāʻenakaulua, the oldest compact quasar pair in universe
Gemini North telescope on Big Island’s Mauna Kea, James Webb Space Telescope observed the pair of rapidly feeding supermassive black holes just 900 million years after the Big Bang.
Lāʻau Love Fest set for Saturday at West Hawaiʻi Civic Center
The free community event features free workshop and plant adoptions with several nurseries participating.
Azevedo to serve as acting administrator at Hawaiʻi County Civil Defense
Public Works Deputy Director takes on the Civil Defense post effective Nov. 16, bringing with him years of disaster response and recovery experience as he replaces the agency’s current acting administrator Darryl Oliveira, who is reaching the end of his 89-day contract.
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Volcano Watch: Beneath the boardwalk; the scientific legacy of Haʻakulamanu
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists since 1922 have tracked gas chemistry from wells at Haʻakulamanu, and although the original well heads have long since disintegrated, hot gases continue to seep from the place where observatory founder and volcanologist Thomas Jaggar conducted some of his first experiments at Kīlauea.
Top 10 things to do on Big Island for Nov. 13-19: Lāʻau Love Fest, Toys for Tots, Honokaʻa Renaissance Faire, Smoke It Up, more
Native, canoe and food plants; take a ride to Laupāhoehoe to deliver a toy donation, get enlightened and hang with some fae folk in Honokaʻa and enjoy the bliss that is smoked meats in downtown Pahoa; and that’s not even half of all the exciting entertainment happening during the next week around the island!
55th anniversary Kona Coffee Cultural Festival underway
The annual celebration of Kona’s world-renowned coffee, honoring the farmers, artists, volunteers and others that made the industry possible and now are moving it forward, continues through Nov. 15, with plenty of activities and fun to be had.
Filmmaker goes on poignant 3-year, behind-the-scenes journey to Merrie Monarch with leaders of one hālau
Zilla Barbosa’s documentary “Making the Line” started as a desire to peak behind the curtain of hula in Hawaiʻi, but it became symbolic of the human condition.
Influential, industry-changing Chef Roy Yamaguchi honored by alma mater Culinary Institute of America
The newly named gathering space outside the institute’s student commons at its New York campus, recognizes the many contributions the Japanese-American celebrity chef and restaurateur from Hawaiʻi has made to the culinary industry and an enduring connection to his alma mater.
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DHHL Director Kali Watson will not seek reappointment after four-year term ends
Department of Hawaiian Home Lands director and chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission, Kali Watson announces he will not seek reappointment following four-year term.
FAA issues nationwide ground stop until further notice
(Update: 1:05 p.m., Nov. 13, 2026): Hawaiian/Alaska Airlines have confirmed all west coast flights will resume. All inter island flights remain active. Travelers should continue to check with their air carrier for further updates.
Hawaiʻi DOH: vaccination gaps leave schools increasingly vulnerable to disease outbreaks
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Health’s 2025–26 report shows an increase in religious exemptions for kindergarten and seventh-grade students, alongside rising rates of kindergarteners missing required vaccines and over half of seventh graders remaining not up to date.
Maui Council set to vote on top legal appointments: Mimi Desjardins and Andrew Martin
Maui County Council members are set to vote today on two resolutions to confirm Mayor Richard Bissen's appointments for the county's top two lawyers — Mimi Desjardins as corporation counsel and Andrew Martin as prosecuting attorney.
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$750K grant helps veterans build farming businesses through training from University of Hawaiʻi GoFarm Hawaiʻi, partners
The 3-year training project will provide agricultural and farm business education and support to 600 aspiring veteran farmers as well as help start, maintain or improve 25 veteran-operated farms.
FAA issues ground stop for flights nationwide, including Hawaiʻi, following ‘communication issue’
For now, the nationwide ground stop is not affecting interisland flights in Hawai'i, according to the state Department of Transportation.
Nāpōwawāʻenakaulua, the oldest compact quasar pair in universe, discovered with help from Big Island telescope
Gemini North telescope atop Mauna Kea and James Webb Space Telescope observed the pair of rapidly feeding supermassive black holes just 900 million years after the Big Bang in period known as cosmic dawn.
Volcano Watch: Beneath the boardwalk; the scientific legacy of Haʻakulamanu
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists since 1922 have tracked gas chemistry from wells at Haʻakulamanu (Sulphur Banks) in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island, and although the original well heads have long since disintegrated, hot gases continue to seep from the place where observatory founder and volcanologist Thomas Jaggar conducted some of his first experiments at Kīlauea.
