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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.

The new Maunakea Stewardship and Oversite Authority is tasked with creating a new management plan to balance the use of land considered sacred by Native Hawaiians and revered as one of the best places in the world for astronomy.

Gay right supporters and advocates in rainbow colors and decorated in an assortment of glitter and costumes also flooded downtown Hilo to begin the festival celebration with this yearʻs theme: “Fabulous Free Future.”

The National Weather Service has issued a high surf alert for all south-facing shores of the Hawaiian Islands until 6 a.m. Monday.

Big Island resident Luis De Alba found the GPS coordinates and decided they would go great on a T-shirt to commemorate two separate incidents of tourists driving right into the same Kona harbor.

Canoe clubs Kai ‘Ehitu, Keauhou and Kai’Ōpua worked together to bring up all 28 cinderblocks used for the May 27 regatta.

Kumukahi Health + Wellness on the Big Island provides a safe space and crucial health care programs for all underserved communities on Hawai‘i Island including the LGBTQ+ community and especially people affected and living with HIV and similar health disparities.

On Tuesday at approximately 11:33 p.m., Hawai‘i Island police responded to a call about a weapons incident behind a business in the 300 block of East Maka‘ala Street. When officers arrived on scene they encountered a 44-year-old woman with a laceration to her arm and 52-year-old man with a puncture wound to his stomach.

While Gov. Green is not required to issue a veto for every bill on the intent to veto list, all bills not included in the list will become law by July 11.

Hawai’i Gov. Josh Green on Friday signed 18 “Good Government” bills into law that govern ethics, lobbying, campaign spending and other activities to provide greater transparency and accountability.

A 72-year-old man from Kailua-Kona has died five days after being involved in a single moped crash on the night of June 18 in North Kona.

Hawaiʻi County Department of Parks and Recreation is reopening Aunty Sally Kaleohano’s Lū‘au Hale at the Ho‘olulu Complex in Hilo for private function reservations beginning on July 1, 2023. 

The draft environmental assessment was made public for the use of Wolbachia-based incompatible male mosquitoes on Kauaʻi to stop the spread of avian malaria that is decimating native forest bird populations.

Vibrant Hawaiʻi has been selected to join the second cohort of One Nation One Project, a national initiative that focuses on the transformative power of the arts to heal and strengthen communities.

A new three-year agreement keeps Hawai‘i Health Systems Corporation, with five public hospitals on the Big Island, as part of the UHA Health Insurance network of participating providers.

The highest level of lava in the past two centuries on KIlauea was reached in the first few months of 1894, according to the most recent Volcano Watch.

Scott Okamoto was recognized for his contributions in developing and testing cancer prevention strategies in Hawaiʻi and the Pacific, making him the first researcher from Hawaiʻi to receive this award for significant work.

The County of Hawaiʻi will have fireworks in Hilo and Kona and many other events to celebrate the country’s birthday.

The first part of a three-phase project to repair Waipiʻo Valley Road and make it safe from falling rock is nearing completion, but access will continued to be limited under Hawai’i County Mayor Mitch Roth’s amended emergency proclamation.

On Thursday, Gov. Josh Green came to Hawai‘i Island — where he worked as an emergency room doctor — to sign his first health bills as the state’s leader.