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The U.S. Department of the Interior has committed nearly $16 million as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to prevent the imminent extinction of Hawaiian Forest Birds.

The 2023 Transpac competition from California to Oʻahu begins on Tuesday with the first wave of 16 sailboats crossing the starting line in the vicinity of Point Fermin in San Pedro.

The new funding from the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program will be used to help build and improve broadband infrastructure across Hawai‘i.

Financial educators and counselors from Hawaii State FCU will lead attendees through interactive activities while sharing financial wellness tips.

After being scammed on an engine and years of meticulous preparation, Kona nurse Jenny Decker will set sail on Wednesday to circumnavigate the globe with her 6-pound Maltese Yorkie named Romeo — and while battling a rare neurological disease that ultimately will put her into a wheelchair.

Kunia Hassard, 37, was charged Monday afternoon with multiple counts of assault and a single count of theft.

Victor Kandle is the new mass transit agency administrator for Hawai’i County.

The charges stem from an incident that occurred on June 22 at 7:10 p.m. in the drive-thru of a Kea‘au business, in which an off-duty police officer observed a pickup truck strike a pole in the drive-thru.

Committee approval is the first step in the process to establish defense funding levels and set policies for the Department of Defense.

Sylvia Hussey has served as chief executive officer since December 2019, and was the organization’s chief operating officer since joining the agency in November 2018.

Guy Lawrence Harper is scheduled to make his initial appearance in Hilo District Court on Monday afternoon. He remains in custody in lieu of $85,000 bail.

Both lanes of Keawe Street will remain open to traffic and parking during nighttime hours, weekends, and holidays.

This summer, a portion of all sales at Ohana Fuels locations on Hawai’i Island will be donated to Hawai’i Island United Way.

Hawaiʻi County is holding its third town hall in the series, “Sustainable Horizons: Mayor Roth’s Community Impact Check-in,” at the Waikōloa Elementary School cafeteria.

Update: The National Weather Service has canceled a high surf advisory for Hawaiʻi Island.

The ‘Āina Informatics Network was established by ʻIolani School in 2017 to develop place-based curricula for genome science centered on local biodiversity and global issues in bioethics.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has entered into an agreement with Hawaiʻi Community Lending to expand access to homes in rural Hawaʻi for low and very-low income residents.

Part of developing a new management plan for Maunakea on the Big Island will be including voices that might not have been heard in the past and will include public input.

Have you seen her? Harley Hendricks was reported as a runaway. She was last seen the morning of June 24 in Fern Acres in Puna.

The Zonta Club of Hilo is providing an opportunity for women entrepreneurs on Big Island to receive financial support through its Pay It Forward microgrant program.