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Hawai’i Island police have arrested and charged 60-year-old Troy Ashley Young of Kea’au with sexual assault of an 88-year-old female family member who is mentally incapacitated.

The 2023 VinFast Women’s Ironman World Championship in Kona in photos.

After finishing second four times, Lucy Charles-Barclay of Great Britain wins the 2023 VinFast Ironman World Championship in Kona in a record time of 8:24:31.

Research from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa revealed that intense tropical cyclones, equivalent to category 4 and 5 hurricanes, are arriving three to four days earlier with each decade of climate change, increasing the risk of compounding extreme weather events.

A man from Honoka’a has been arrested and charged with shooting an arrow into the arm of a woman while she was walking to her car on Sep. 6 at Hāpuna Beach State Recreation Area on the Big Island.

The Uēkahuna summit tiltmeter north of the Big Island volcano’s caldera recorded a flat trend during the past 24 hours, with the Sand Hill tiltmeter just south of the caldera displaying the same.

Funds directly benefit those communities where Ironman events are hosted by providing charitable support to a variety of local nonprofit organizations.

The Great Hawaiʻi ShakeOut is an annual event for kamaʻāina and visitors alike to practice and prepare for when a large damaging earthquake hits the Hawaiian Islands.

The university is one of two Hawaiʻi employers and only eight universities throughout the nation that made the global news magazine’s list of “America’s Greatest Workplaces for Parents and Families.”

Ironman World Championship competitor Julie Moss reflects on 1982 race and her relationship with Hawai’i ever since.

US Chief District Judge Derrick K. Watson on Tuesday sentenced Lyle Cummings, 47, of Maui, to 10 1/2 years of imprisonment and seven years of supervised release for attempted coercion and enticement of a child to engage in sexual activity and trafficking cocaine and crack.

Starting at 6:25 a.m. HST, women will begin the grueling 140.6-mile race at Kailua Bay. Following the 2.4-mile swim, athletes will transition to the bike for 112 miles and finish the race with a 26.2-mile run.

48-year-old Roberta Mokihana Perry of Pāhoa, who was also wanted in connection with an unrelated theft investigation, was found Oct. 12 in Pāhoa.

According to the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, an eruption of the Big Island volcano in the region from Halemaʻumaʻu crater south to the December 1974 vents could emerge with little notice.

Police know school bus stops have a high number of young pedestrians that interact with vehicle traffic and want to ensure everyone is safe.

The VinFast Ironman World Championship women’s triathlon isn’t the only show in town this week. There’s plenty of activities, festivals, entertainment and more around the island to keep keiki to kūpuna busy.

Hawai‘i Fire Department responded to the scene, 286 Kaiulani Street, at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. When they arrived, they climbed down 30 to 40 feet where they began treating the victim, who had hit his head.

42-year-old Jennifer Michelle Showen of Hawaiian Shores is described as about 5-foot-7, 150 pounds, with dirty-blondish hair.

The traditional double-hulled canoe, revered for reviving the lost art of Polynesian voyaging and navigation, has been sailing from Southeast Alaska down the Pacific Coast of North America since June as part of the Moananuiākea Voyage.

Ramona Okumura, a retired prothesis expert who was born and raised in Honoka‘a, frequently travels to Gaza, volunteering to help children who lost their limbs because of violence between Israel and Palestine.