East Hawaii News

Get ready for a week filled with theater, music, comedy and just plain fun on the Big Island.

The four leading hopefuls in the 2024 race will have the chance to shaire their views about the future of the Big Island and answer questions from the public.

The most serious offenses — first-degree promoting a dangerous drug and first-degree attempted promoting a dangerous drug and possession of a firearm with intent to facilitate the commission of a felony drug offense — are Class A felonies each carrying a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.

Primary Election Day is Aug. 10. Voters should receive their ballots in the mail by July 23.

Closure schedules can change at any time, without notice. All projects also are weather permitting.

The Department of Public Works Highway Division has announced it will install three raised crosswalks in front of Kohala Elementary, Middle, and High Schools from June 17 to 21, causing lane closures.

Multiple witnesses confirmed 44-year-old Collins Kaholo of Volcano was standing by a stop sign prior to running into the road and in front of the truck.

Also don’t miss three cultural events coming up at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, the opening of a new culinary market in Waikōloa and a slew of other events and activities.

There is plenty to do around the island during the next week. If you’re looking for something else, don’t miss Jeremy Enslow’s “Strength” art show at The Exhibit in Hilo in celebration of Pride Month or the Kona Daifukuji Orchid Club’s 39th annual Show & Sale either. Plus, catch the live performance of Fourever Fab in honor of The Beatles.

22-year-old Daryl C. Sampaga Jr. made his initial appearance Monday in Hilo District Court. His bail was maintained at $390,000 and he was ordered to appear Wednesday for a preliminary hearing.

Students from Hilo Intermediate, Waiākea Intermediate, Pāhoa Elementary, Kea’au Elementary and Pāhoa Intermediate schools on May 23 celebrated completing the DARE program.

The U.S. senator, a Hawai’i Democrat and senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has been able to secure millions of dollars in federal funding to help protect native Hawaiian birds and rebuild infrastructure at the national park.

The Big Island certainly isn’t calming down heading into the summer months. In fact, it looks like the enterainment, festival, music and event scenes are heating up.

Because of her age and a medical condition that requires her to take medication, 75-year-old Glynda Evangelista is consider an endangered missing person. Her family continues to seek answers.

Angelique Bergmann was found in good health Friday morning. No one had seen nor heard from her since May 24.

It wasn’t somberness or melancholy that kept the thousands of people gathered on the shores of Reeds Bay on Sunday evening in Hilo, it was reverence; a shared sense of honor and respect for fellow community members going through the same experience.

Abstract Collab, consisting of Hilo abstract artist Kristie Fujiyama Kosmides, Hilo filmmaker Tracey Niimi and ‘ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro, creates multimedia project, including murals at Hilo International Airport, to show the island is more than just a place to come and drink mai tais.

For one evening each year, at the end of May, thousands of Big Island community members gather at Reeds Bay Beach Park in Hilo during the annual Hawai‘i Care Choices Celebration of Life to launch lanterns to pay tribute to the lives lived by loved ones who passed away and how they touched the lives of others.

The students were among a total of 59 from throughout Hawaiʻi, one student from each of the state’s qualifying public and independent schools, awarded financial assistance through the foundation’s annual Legacy Scholarship Program.

The long Memorial Day Weekend gives you an opportunity to check out all the events happening around the Big Island.