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Hāmākua-Kohala Health and its Board of Directors has appointed Catherine Marquette, a Family Nurse Practitioner and Medical Director, as Interim Chief Executive Officer to lead its four health centers in North Hawaiʻi.

U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, said in a statement issued today that Indigenous Peoples’ Day should be designated as a federal public holiday.

Elevated seismicity beneath Kīlauea summit region began Oct. 4 18 days after an eruption, which lasted only six days.

The Kailua-Kona Public Library will be closed starting Saturday until November to replace the air conditioning system.

As the free parking has dwindled, it makes it difficult to eat, shop or cruise Ali‘i Drive without it impacting the wallet.

Triathletes must eat the right kinds of foods to fuel their bodies to maximize their results and minimize injuries. The host of the annual world championship race has several restaurant options for hungry Ironman competitors to keep them on the right track in their bid to cross the finish line.

Hawaiʻi County is seeking candidates for the role of Interim Sustainability Administrator for the newly established Office of Sustainability, Climate, Equity, and Resilience.

The poll showed a small sampling of people who voted they’d never actually been to a Coffee with a Cop event.

Eleven Big Island women will share the world stage with more than 2,000 triathletes as they descend on Kailua-Kona for the VinFast Ironman World Championship this Saturday.

The fire happened at around 2:45 p.m. on Nohea Street in Hilo on Saturday.

The Kaʻū Hoa Pili ʻĀina Training Program is a four-month program beginning on Oct. 25 focusing on pono stewardship practices at Punaluʻu and various other sites in Kaʻū. Haumāna will work closely with the members of Ka ʻOhana O Honuʻapo and Hawaiʻi Wildlife Fund and under the direction of a coordinator.

This year, the event took place Oct. 5-6 in Hilo and is planned for 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 10-11 and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 12 in Kona.

Seismicity beneath the summit region, which began Oct. 4, also decreased with the change in deformation early Saturday morning and remained low as of about 9 a.m. Saturday.

Stephany Vaioleti will join Queen’s senior leadership team in overseeing day-to-day operations at Queen’s North Hawai’i Community Hospital.

For the first time in the history of the world championship triathlon on the Big Island, the more than 2,100 women competing will get a location and single day dedicated to them.

Tyler Napoleon, a 21-year-old from Hilo, is 6-foot-2, 210 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. He is known to frequent the Hilo area.

Adib Beyah, a 36-year-old from Pāhoa, and 40-year-old John Elijah Lewis of Pāpa‘ikou were arrested following the incident the evening of Oct. 5 on Papaya Farms Road in Pāhoa.

Anyone with information on the man’s whereabouts is encouraged to call Detective Joshua Pa.

The complaint alleges that the pharmacy benefit managers’ business practices have driven skyrocketing prices for brand-name prescription medications over the past decade. These practices include charging drug manufacturers “rebates,” which are payable directly to the pharmacy benefit managers, in exchange for the favorable placement of drugs on the pharmacy benefit managers’ formularies – a ranked list of prescription medications covered by insurance.

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reported signs of elevated unrest beneath the summit region Wednesday. No unusual activity has been noted along Kīlauea’s East Rift Zone or Southwest Rift Zone.