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Those planning to attend the next quarterly community meeting to discuss plant operations at Puna Geothermal Venture will need to update their schedules.

The deposition of volcanic ash following the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai eruption was likely the most important source of nutrients responsible for massive phytoplankton growth.

After finalists are identified, the public will have the chance to comment on and engage with each of the applicants for the chief’s post.

These monthly events are intended to encourage a healthy lifestyle while giving folks the chance to chat with the mayor about anything and everything Big Island.

The Hawai‘i County Council is making sure its voice is heard during the upcoming session of the Hawai‘i State Legislature.

Animal Control Services Director Regina Serrano said the agencyʻs mission is to protect public safety and deal with animal cruelty not population control.

Would you be OK with people carrying a firearm in a school or university? What about a hospital, government building or church? Where is it acceptable to carry guns in public?

Zoning and subdivision codes. Sounds boring, right?

By 2055, it is projected almost all of the world’s coral reefs, or 99%, will face unsuitable environmental conditions.

The meeting will focus on the draft environmental assessment for implementation of the Waiākea Uka Park Master Plan.

Originally called the Hilo County Jail, Hawai‘i Community Correctional Center in Hilo started out as an 11-cell jailhouse built in the 1890s.

The Hele-On Twitter feed since the beginning of August has been riddled with notices of cancellations and delays.

A new record high temperature of 89 degrees was recorded Monday at Hilo International Airport, surpassing the previous record of 88 degrees set in 1987 and tied in 1988 and 2020.

West Hawai‘i residents will have the chance later this month to meet with community police officers over a hot cup of joe.

It’s not a matter of if, but when.

The Hawai’i County Council during its regular meeting Wednesday moved ahead with plans to purchase some of the last remaining open space at Keauhou Bay.

A research team at the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center is looking to recruit nearly 400 children, ages 0-5 years old, for a study that will create advanced body shape models using 3-D scans.

Teamwork is even more important for coral trying to survive an increasingly warming ocean.

As 50 Kaiser Permanente clinicians who serve more than 260,000 patients throughout the islands continue an open-ended strike, 15 Hawai‘i state legislators on Tuesday signed a letter addressing the increasing challenges faced by health care providers specifically relating to mental health.

After two hours of discussion about a proposed new gun control policy that would restrict where firearms could be carried on the Big Island, the Hawai‘i County Council decided Tuesday the “sensitive places” listed were too broad and postponed taking action on the bill until Oct. 18 to allow for revisions.