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The Hawaiʻi Police Department, in collaboration with the County of Hawaiʻi Parks and Recreation Elderly Services Division, is set to host its monthly Kūpuna Watch meeting on January 21, 2026, at Hale Hālāwai in Kona.

The Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority, in partnership with Kua o Wākea, will hold a series of 10 community workshops across the Hawaiian Islands starting Jan. 15.

The nonprofit and its partners laid out a legislative campaign for immigrant justice to advance policies that protect the dignity, safety, and constitutional rights of all Hawai‘i residents regardless of immigration status.

Hosted by Hawai‘i Police Department’s Hilo Community Policing Section, the event provides parents and guardians with the opportunity to obtain identification cards for their children.

After nearly 10 hours, Episode 40 of the Halemaʻumaʻu eruption comes to a sudden end.

As the economy continues to edge into a mild recession, Child and Family Service highlights services available for financial hardships and long-term stability in recognition of Poverty Awareness Month.

The teen is considered endangered due to a medical condition.

Amid heightened global tensions, U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz champions a bipartisan fiscal 2026 appropriations bill that defies President Trump’s cuts and supports critical investments that advance the country’s national interests and promote its values.

The Hilo demonstration is one of hundreds that have taken place across the United States since the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good, including earlier events in Waimea and Kona this week.

Fifteen acres once cleared for cattle grazing was replanted to bring back the forest, and now is used for education, tours, sound baths, yoga and day retreats.

In a public memorial attended by more than 200 people, Hawaiʻi County celebrated the life and legacy of Fire Chief Kazuo Todd who died unexpectedly in December at age 45.

The shutoff that will impact customers on ʻĀinaloa Drive, mauka of Waikahe Road; Hoaka Road, mauka of Māla‘ai Road; and Māla‘ai Road, Ala Waena Street and ʻAinakahele Street, including all side roads and lanes, is necessary for emergency repairs to a water main.

A tragic single-vehicle accident on January 11 claimed the life of 20-year-old Hilo resident Logan Quintal when his Jeep Renegade overturned on Māhiai Street.

Māhiai Street in South Hilo has reopened to traffic after a brief closure following a traffic accident.

Smaller counter donations programs in 2022 and 2023 became permanent at all Hawaiʻi Pacific Parks Association park store locations in March 2024; there were $100,000 in direct donations in just the last 3 months of 2025.

A total of 19 businesses and entrepreneurs from throughout the islands will be featured by Hawai’i Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism during the event from today through Jan. 13 in San Diego, Calif.

The free, downloadable resource from Bishop Museum contains updated information about species — alive and extinct — from each of the main Hawaiian Islands.

Community leaders in Puna are promoting the safe use of wild pig meat in more cuisine as a way to solve issues posed by the invasive species and to enhance food security across the island.

Konane Zager, owner of the vessel Waiʻaka, will be fined the maximum penalty of slightly more than $10,000 and lose his commercial marine license for violation in May 2025.

The event returns to celebrate and honor Hawai‘i’s first astronaut, who died in January 1986 when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded, and give all ages the chance to explore the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics during a fun day filled with science.