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Free training leading to immediate employment available for all Hawai‘i residents
These trainings will provide options for people to earn industry credentials in the healthcare, clean energy, skilled trades and technology industries.
Water shut-off notice issued for South Hilo
Water will be temporarily turned off for the Keawe Street Reconstruction Project.
Big Island Now Poll No. 37: Will you be among Black Friday shoppers on the Big Island this year?
Turkey Day, for some, is a prelude to bargain-hunting on Black Friday. They line up in the wee hours of the morning, in order to be the first to enter their favorite big-box store.
Business Monday: Wailuku Brew Works sharing love of crafting beer with the Big Island
The Kea‘au taproom and brewery opened in July and has a total of 24 taps, with 18 craft beers on tap now, including beer, sours and mead. The menu includes red and white wines as well.
Climate actions centered on Indigenous knowledge can improve resilience
Climate change in Hawaiʻi and the Pacific Islands worsens inequities and threatens unique island ecosystems and more.
OHA approves $6M for Hawaiian-focused public charter schools; 6 are on Big Island
Since 2005, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs has provided more than $21.5 million in per pupil grant funding to 17 Hawaiian-focused public charter schools.
Big Island Now poll results: Thanksgiving is here and there are lots of preferred meal options
It’s the week of Thanksgiving. People are prepping but are they doing turkey, kalua pig or both?
Community envisions revitalized future for Big Island’s Waiākea Peninsula during design lab workshop
Momentum for revitalization of the peninsula and Banyan Drive areas in Hilo picked up steam after Hawai‘i Gov. Josh Green signed an emergency proclamation in July to help clean up, secure and demolish the former Uncle Billy’s Hilo Bay Hotel property.
Big Island volunteers collect gift-filled shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child
Operation Christmas Child — created and run by Samaritan’s Purse, an evangelical Christian humanitarian aid organization — collects and delivers shoeboxes to children in more than 170 countries.
ʻImiloa in Hilo completes major planetarium upgrade
With this new system, ʻImiloa will host the first 10k-resolution planetarium in Hawaiʻi and one of the first of its kind in the country.
Geological studies of icy moons led by UH-Mānoa scientists support search for alien life
Researchers are interested in features called strike-slip faults on these moons because they can facilitate the exchange of surface and subsurface materials, potentially creating environments conducive for life
O‘ahu buyback event collected 494 guns; but Hawaiʻi police chief skeptical of programʻs benefit
For the first time since 2000, a gun buyback event was held in the State of Hawaiʻi, with 494 firearms collected on Oʻahu.
In state lottery to operate surf schools at Kahalu‘u Bay, 3 of only 4 permits go to one owner
In an effort to better manage large crowds of surfers and commercial instructors in Hawai‘i Island’s Kahulu‘u Bay, four surf instruction companies were awarded permits in a first-of-its-kind lottery, Friday.
Update: 17-year-old runaway from Kea‘au located in good health
Aiden Bowers was located in good health Nov. 17.
Hawai‘i Police Department’s CALEA accreditation renewed
Of the roughly 18,000 law enforcement agencies in the United States, only about 793 are CALEA accredited.
Men of Pa’a receives $100K ‘Aina Community Grant from Office of Hawaiian Affairs
The grant will help to reinforce and strengthen Native Hawaiians’ connections to ‘ohana, mo‘omeheu and ‘aina.
Former Kamehameha Schools employee being investigated for embezzling $360,000 on Big Island
On Thursday morning, Area I Criminal Investigation Division personnel met with Kamehameha Schools administrators, who reported that a former employee of the school embezzled more than $360,000 over a period of approximately three years.
Hawai‘i Island police seek public help finding 15-year-old girl
The teen was last seen on Oct. 27 at 3 p.m. in Kailua-Kona.
Conservation groups: State must regulate intra-island sale of infested plants, products
Little fire ants, coconut rhinoceros beetles and more could wreak havoc in the Hawaiian Islands.
One community impacted by repeated wildfires honors first responders
Every year recently, major fires have happened: Mana Road in 2021, Leilani in 2022, and the series of fires this year, on Aug. 8.
