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Now through Dec. 8, public and private high school students from across the state are invited to submit their videos online at www.DriveAloha.com. All approved videos will be uploaded to the contest page for public voting from Dec. 11 to 17. The top 10 videos earning the highest number of votes will be selected as finalists. A panel of judges consisting of local personalities and DTRIC executives will select the top two winners. First place will receive $2,000 for their school and second place will receive $1,000.

Hawai‘i Island police first encountered the 43-year-old on Monday at around 9:06 a.m. while a Hilo patrol officer was conducting beat checks in the Wainaku area.

High surf on Wednesday resulted in waters reaching into foliage and other areas above the normal high-water mark, including roadways.

So far this year, there have been 771 DUI arrests compared with 787 during the same period last year, a decrease of 2%.

Hawaiʻi residents can now apply to any of the University of Hawaiʻi’s 10 campuses without an application fee, as the University seeks to strengthen the pipeline into public higher education across the state.

There’s again plenty to do on the Big Island during the next week, whether you’re searching to tickle your taste buds, groove to live music, honor breast cancer survivors and more.

A Puna man on felony probation is once again in custody and facing burglary, theft, criminal property damage charges as well as offenses of attempted sexual assault against a woman. The charges against Brandon Blye, 38, of Kea‘au, stem from several different incidents dating back to late August 2023, up until Sunday morning, when he […]

This morning, Kevin Kodama, senior service hydrologist at the National Weather Service’s Honolulu Forecast Office, hosted a press conference discussing the outlook for this year’s wet season. He said El Niño conditions have been present since the spring and intensified during the summer.

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reports that the summit of Kīlauea volcano remains at a high level of inflation and eruptive activity is possible in the coming weeks or months. The unrest is expected to fluctuate as magma moves around the area. Over the past 24 hours, USGS recorded around 86 earthquakes in the Kīlauea summit region. Most of the earthquakes from the seismic swarm south of the caldera are at depths of around 1–3 km (0.6–2 mi) below the surface.

Carnival has 16 cruises featuring 14- and 15-day itineraries to Hawai‘i that are currently available on the following ships: Carnival Miracle, Carnival Legend, Carnival Spirit and Carnival Radiance. Additionally, a 25-day sailing from Singapore to Long Beach on Carnival Panorama features stops in Honolulu and Maui (Kahului) after visiting Ho Chi Minh (Phu My), Kota Kinabalu, Manila and Guam in Southeast Asia. 

Officers responded to a report of a distressed swimmer Tuesday afternoon. When they arrived on scene, they learned the visitor was knocked down by a wave and pulled out to the ocean.

The Hawai‘i Police Department expresses its gratitude to the Hawai‘i Island communities for supporting the recently rebranded “Badges and Buckets” fundraiser, which raised $20,000 to benefit Special Olympics Hawai‘i’s year-round sports programs for athletes.

This effort is a part of Hawai‘i Tourism Authority’s newly launched Hawai‘i Island Community-Based Action Stewardship Program. The Hawai‘i Tourism Authority is funding this community-driven approach to destination management as guided by its 2020-2025 Strategic Plan and Hawai‘i Island Destination Management Action Plan (DMAP). 

Known for his iconic beard and ponytail and affectionately called Dr. Jim by many, Kauahikaua joined the Big Island volcano observatory’s staff in 1988. He became scientist-in-charge, the first Native Hawaiian to serve in the position, in 2004 and served 10 years in the post until he stepped down in March 2015 and rotated back to his former position.

The new grants will support Native American language use, revitalization, and instruction to advance the goals of the Native American Languages Act of 1990, which recognized the inherent rights and freedoms of Native Americans to use their Indigenous languages. The full list of Native American Language Resource Center Act grant recipients includes:

Malaria is a unique mosquito-borne disease caused by a parasite and is transmitted through female anopheles mosquitoes often found in tropical and subtropical areas such as in Africa south of the Sahara and parts of Oceania such as Papua New Guinea. Anopheles mosquitoes are not found in Hawai‘i. Malaria is not spread from person to person and is not sexually transmitted. The incubation period is typically from seven to 30 days.

Luis Rincon, who has been operating Rincon Family Farms in Waimea for 35 years, is a lifelong farmer, starting out with his family in Mexico. The 70-year-old says the hardships of farming are many, no matter what your age, but for him, it’s hard to bend down and work in the field eight hours a day so availability of labor is important. Rincon farms about 13 acres in the Lālāmino Farm Lots. 

The “Change 23 Coalition” steering committee includes the Hawaiʻi LGBT Legacy Foundation, Hawaiʻi Health and Harm Reduction Center, Papa Ola Lōkahi, Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, and the ACLU of Hawaiʻi.

According to Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, an increase in earthquakes, from 23 per day on Monday, to 136 were recorded in the past 24 hours.

Surf of 12 to 16 feet was expected along west-facing shores.