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The AARP Foundation Tax-Aide will be providing free tax preparation assistance to Hawaiʻi taxpayers beginning Feb. 1. The service is available for low to moderate-income taxpayers, and special attention will be given to people 50 years and older. You do not need to be a retiree or AARP member. Service locations include libraries, senior centers […]

the proposal would put 218,975 Hawaiʻi seniors’ benefits at risk and threaten the guarantee of benefits for 268,118 workers, ages 50-64, who are currently paying into the system.

HCFCU is offering $20,000 in scholarship money this year.

First Hawaiian Inc. has announced that its majority stockholder, an affiliate of BNP Paribas, will offer 25,000,000 shares of its common stock…

Hawai‘i State Sen. Kaiali‘i Kahele introduced a bill to create the Hilo Community Economic District.

The community-based nonprofit and Smithsonian Museum partner Kona Historical Society (KHS) has received a $28,000 grant from the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority (HTA) to expand its Hands On History program at Kona Coffee Living History Farm in Captain Cook.   KHS’s Hands On History engages visitors and residents with traditional Hawaiian crafts, trades, practices and foods […]

A distracted driving and road safety for teen drivers event hosted by Waiakea High School in Hilo will be held on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, beginning at 8:30 a.m.

Over the past four years, Lava Lava Beach Club’s annual Feast on the Beach has helped raise nearly $130,000 for local charities.

Attorney General Doug Chin announced that state circuit judge Rhonda Nishimura has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Sandwich Isles Communications against the PUC.

More than 600 students, parents and employees gathered at Hawaii Preparatory Academy to celebrate the schoolʻs Blue Zones Project Approved Status.

Hawaiʻi County’s 3.1% unemployment rate for December was slightly lower than the 3.4% last month and lower than the 3.6% reported at the same time last year.

  Subaru Hawaiʻi presented the Hawaiʻi Island Humane Society with a check for $5,000 on Friday, January 20 as part of its Share the Love sales event. “We love participating in Subaru Hawaii’s Share the Love campaign,” said Hawaiʻi Island Humane Society Executive Director Donna Whitaker. “The support we receive through Subaru Hawaiʻi’s Share the […]

The IRS announced that it has successfully started accepting and processing 2016 federal income tax returns. The deadline this year is Tuesday, April 18, 2017 to file a 2016 individual tax return and pay any outstanding taxes. The deadline is three days later than the usual April 15 deadline, owing to the date falling on […]

The public is invited to attend the dedication of Hilo’s first ever U.S. Postal Service stamp featuring Hilo’s iconic Lili‘uokalani Gardens on Jan. 23.

Blue Ocean Mariculture, an open ocean mariculture company operating out of Kailua-Kona, is a nominee for HVCA’s “Island Innovator of the Year” category.

They join more than 600 physicians and other health care providers within the state’s largest medical group

The Harry McKee Scholarship Foundation board of directors invites college-bound high school seniors and current college students to apply for a $1,000 scholarship.

Today, the EPA announced a settlement with Matson over federal Clean Water Act violations relating to the September 2013 molasses spill into Honolulu Harbor.

Safeway failed to submit payments and reports required of beverage distributors by the state’s deposit beverage container law.

Big Island anthurium grower Eric Tanouye has been selected to receive one of the UH College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources’ top honors for 2017.