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Based on numerous scientific journals and publications provided to the Health Department and College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, the state concluded that the use of the noble variety of ‘awa root, mixed with water or coconut water, is safe and consistent with the substance and intent of federal regulations.

Firefighters arrived at the scene in Kea‘au just before 7 p.m. Jan. 29 and discovered the fire in a 40-foot container that housed an electric generator and power transformers.

This move comes in response to deceptive labeling concerns and a recent report from the Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture, which offered clear economic justification for the Legislature to increase the minimum content required for a product to bear the Kona name on its packaging.

The Kailua Village Business Improvement District has been returning abandoned shopping carts to merchants for the past few years. Now, the district hopes to involve the public in their efforts.

The Feb. 2 hearing will be the first hearing on a Senate Bill about short-term vacation rentals following the Governor’s State of the State Address and the December 2023 federal court ruling in Hawaiʻi Legal Short-Term Rental Alliance v. City and County of Honolulu.

Surf heights have fallen below advisory thresholds.

King Kehoe is known to use the Hele-On bus for transportation and frequents “the Lawn” in Kalapana, Kahena Beach, Pāhoa town, Hilo town, including the mall and Kailua-Kona.

Buildings on the Big Island, O‘ahu, Kaua‘i and Maui have free product dispensers.

No matter on which side of the issue you stand, the goals the proposed legislation hopes to achieve have merit, so give us your opinion on what the bills are trying to accomplish by voting now.

Keiki and Kope officially opened in mid-December. Business has been good as it’s also filling a void where parents can take their children to after-school programs and drop-off childcare.

Saturday was the first of three coordinated whale counts between Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Ocean Count from the shores of Kaua‘i, O‘ahu, Molokaʻi and Hawai‘i Island and the Great Whale Count by Pacific Whale Foundation from Maui and Lānaʻi.

In a poll last week we wanted to know what issues you thought should take priority this legislative session. Out of the 445 votes, 118 voters agreed all the issues listed in the poll were priorities.

Since opening the exhibit Wednesday, at least 11,000 people have come to see The Wall That Heals, a replica of the Vietnam War Memorial that was dedicated in 1982 in Washington D.C.

There were no formal speakers, but there was plenty of laughter, hugs, music and food, with a few tears; it was almost like a family reunion of sorts, exactly how Kenoi’s youngest sister Kina Kenoi Sai said her brother would have wanted it.

A new eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula began on Jan. 14, threatening the small fishing village of Grindavik.

The flavor fluency, scrumptious skill set and culinary creativity the Big Island’s Tasi Savage has nourished through the years at home now are being showcased in a much larger kitchen in front of a nationwide audience as she competes during the 12th season of the competition series.

West winds are forecast at 45 to 65 mph, with gusts up to 75 mph, atop Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa.

The 45-year-old was last seen Thursday on Kanoelehua Avenue in Hilo before being located on Saturday.

Anyone with information on the man’s whereabouts is asked to call Hawai‘i Police Department at 808-935-3311.

The Sentry Aloha fighter exercise that is being hosted by the Hawai‘i Air National Guard