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The report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine also recommends the Environmental Protection Agency pursue an ecological risk assessment on all UV filters, which are chemicals added to sunscreen to absorb or block the sun’s UV radiation.

Several Native Hawaiian organizations are hosting an event in East Hawai‘i to highlight the importance of civic engagement and voter turnout.

These popular community events provide the public an informal way to get to know their area community policing officers.

No matter how you choose to travel, at one point or another it’s your feet that get you where you need to go.

The 2022-23 school year is underway and the Waimea Community Association will spotlight back-to-school news during an upcoming meeting.

Two hotlines that are part of a pilot program and a proposed amendment to the Hawai‘i County Charter that will appear on this year’s general election ballot are aimed at holding government accountable.

A statewide survey that involved nearly 3,300 residents this spring has revealed some troubling data.

An expanding corruption scandal involving a former county housing specialist and his cronies has made headlines during the past two weeks and put a focus on the county’s use of affordable housing credits.

Election season is in full swing and the Hawai‘i Democratic Party invites voters to meet its candidates face-to-face before next month’s primary election.

It looks like a bus ride on the Big Island will continue to be free of charge for at least another two and a half years.

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is asking the public to provide comment for an annual report to the U.S. Office of Housing and Urban Development.

The county Department of Public Works will take another look at adding some bicycle lanes into a road project underway on a portion of a major corridor in Hilo.

The public is invited to attend an online meeting of the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary advisory council next week.

Not even Tropical Storm Darby and the rain it brought as it passed to the south of the island could keep people away from participating Saturday night, July 16, in the 30th Relay For Life of the Big Island.

A coalition focused on serving the Native Hawaiian community will convene later this month to discuss plans for funds recently appropriated to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands for waitlist beneficiaries.

A new survey by the University of Hawaiʻi, one of the first of its kind, suggests that “regenerative” tourism makes the tourism industry and tourists more attractive to residents of the islands.

Puna residents can get a plant status update and ask questions during a public meeting this week hosted by Puna Geothermal Venture.

A new University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa study explains vaccine hesitancy among Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders in Hawaiʻi at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and researchers say the findings could provide a foundation for communication strategies for other health policies beyond the pandemic.

A collaboration of individuals and organizations dedicated to Native Hawaiian youth civic engagement is hosting a Republican gubernatorial candidate forum tonight (Thursday, July 7).

Ballots for this year’s primary election are expected to arrive in Big Island mailboxes by July 26 and Waimea Community Association wants voters to be as informed as possible before making their first choices.