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The Hawaiʻi County Department of Water Supply has lifted the water-use restrictions for the Lālāmilo and South Kohala areas after power was restored following Hurricane Nolo.

The discharge occurred Sept. 21 through the Hilo Wastewater Treatment Plant’s ocean outfall, located about three-quarters of a mile offshore in Puhi Bay.

Hawai‘i Island police have identified the victim as a 53-year-old man from Pāhoa.

Earlier this month, 9 Big Island youth shared their talents on stage during the 2nd annual HI-PAL Music Showcase in Kona.

Hawai‘i County Mayor Kimo Alameda said it’s an “unbelievable yin-yang story” as some businesses have been forced to shutter while others are thriving.

The most significant change is the adoption of a new single rate for plastic.

Hurricane Nolo is 400 miles west of Honolulu and is now a category 4 hurricane.

A Big Island “emerging reader” won one of two grand prizes for reading more than 800 minutes during the eight-week challenge.  

As climate change and El Niño fuels more storm activity, a Native Hawaiian organization is exploring the ancient ahupuaʻa system as a sustainable path to defense.

The Hawaiʻi Dental Service Foundation awards more than $2 million a year to nonprofits providing oral health programs.

This would have been the first visit by the traditional voyaging canoes to Fiji and Tuvalu; the visits were postponed potentially until May 2027.

The Help Find Me website/app developed by a computer engineer in Pāhoa is a simple way to find or report on the stock of water, ice, gas, propane, butane and other necessary supplies around storms.

RSVP now for the Humanity Hale event Oct. 2 in Kailua-Kona that features new Science & Nonduality’s latest film that doesn’t try to explain what is Hawaiʻi; it listens to its heartbeat.

Rates are periodically updated because beverage container sizes and weights change with time; all certified redemption centers are required to use the revised rates beginning Oct. 1.

Big Island officials report dangerous driving conditions caused by high winds resulted in the closure of several miles of the roadway between Waimea and Hāwī.

However, saturated ground conditions from recent rainfall continue to increase the risk of falling trees and vegetation-related damage to electrical equipment — even in areas not experiencing the strongest winds.

Declaration provides federal assistance for emergency protective measures in the City and County of Honolulu as well as Hawaiʻi, Maui and Kauaʻi counties, including direct federal assistance, at a 75% federal cost share.

“There’s no substitute for talk story and being able to really get into the stories of Hilo,” UH President Wendy Hensel said.

The new state cemetery office in Hawaiʻi recently completed a $200,000 project at Waiʻanae Japanese Cemetery that included removal of trash, cutting down trees that were uprooting graves and installing fencing.

The observatory based on the Big Island in Hawai‘i most of the year remotely keeps an eye on American Samoa, annual visits to the U.S. territory are essential for maintaining and strengthening partnerships on those islands and the territory’s volcano and earthquake monitoring network.