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Waikōloa Beach Resort Golf offers discounted rate for Junior Golfers
Waikōloa Beach Resort Golf is offering discounted rate for junior golfers to play nine holes after 3 p.m.
Hawai‘i Attorney General announces settlement with Suboxone maker for alleged illegal monopoly tactics
In 2016, the states filed a complaint against Indivior alleging that it used illegal means to switch the Suboxone market from tablets to film, while attempting to destroy the market for tablets, in order to preserve its drug monopoly.
2nd annual World Ocean Day event in downtown Hilo on June 10
The 2023 theme for World Ocean Day is “Planet Ocean: Tides Are Changing.”
Big Island Now Poll #14: What is your favorite creature that lives in the ocean around Hawaiʻi?
World Ocean Day is June 8. In Big Island Now Poll #14 we ask: What is your favorite creature that lives in the ocean around Hawaiʻi?
Medicare Fraud Prevention Week: June 5-11
Senior Medicare Patrol Hawaiʻi is organizing Medicare Fraud Prevention Week from June 5 to 11.
David Kauila Kopper named executive director of Legal Aid Society of Hawai‘i
Legal Aid Society of Hawai‘i has chosen David Kauila Kopper as its new executive director, starting June 13.
June flight operations over Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park announced its flight operations for June 2023, which includes the volcano observatory retrieving temporary seismic instruments.
UPDATE: Police locate 3 young missing hunters from Mountain View on Big Island
Two 12-year-old boys and one 15-year-old boy were last seen at noon on June 3 walking on Ihope Road in Mountain View on the Big Island for a hunting trip.
12 people graduate to become adult correctional officers in Hawaiʻi
Twelve people completed Basic Corrections Recruit Class 23-01 training and will begin their careers as correctional officers in facilities across Oʻahu and on the Big Island.
Unexploded munitions cleared on some of Waimea homestead lands, paving way for new homes
On May 23, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers held its first Waikōloa Maneuver Area’s Restoration Advisory Board meeting of the year and had good news that no munitions were found in the Puʻukapu development project area.
Hawaiʻi police still need help finding 34-year old from Pāhoa who went missing May 19
Hawai‘i Island police still need the public’s assistance in locating 34-year-old Kelly Gravitt of Pāhoa, who was reported missing and last seen on May 19.
Hawaiian Electric’s preparation for hurricane season, with tips for its Big Island customers
With the beginning of hurricane season on June 1 in the Central Pacific, Hawaiian Electric is advising residential and commercial customers to be prepared and have emergency plans in place.
Gardening in Hawaiʻi with Tom Timmons: Is my tomato a hypochondriac? Or is it really sick?
In another gardening column by Master Gardener Tom Timmons, he writes: “Sadly, tomatoes are subject to so many diseases that I think they may have suicidal tendencies. But with a little TLC, they will survive nicely until you rip them from the plant and chop them up for salsa.”
Big Island English teacher debuts first album recorded during pandemic in Kentucky cabin
In a tiny Western Kentucky cabin in December of 2020, Madison McCreary Stuart began recording songs for her first album in a loft she and her childhood friends converted into a music studio. It was during the COVID-19 pandemic. In between teaching English online to her 10th grade students at Kealakehe High School — who […]
Speed limit to be reduced to 35 mph on Hawaiʻi Belt Road between Kopilimai, Kaʻieʻie roads in Papaʻikou
The speed limit on Hawai‘i Belt Road (Route 19) between Kopilimai Road and Ka‘ie‘ie Homestead Road in Papaʻikou will be reduced from 45 mph to 35 mph as part of the Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation safety improvement plan.
30-year-old flees police into thick brush in Kona; later calls dispatch because he’s lost
After a 30-year-old man ditches a vehicle he was driving recklessly in Kailua-Kona on Tuesday afternoon, police saw him running in the distance in thick brush.
Hawaiʻi Gov. Green signs laws prohibiting firearms in certain locations; mandating active shooting training in schools
Hawaiʻi Gov. Josh Green signed laws that prohibit firearms at a variety of places — including hospitals, beaches, stadiums, movie theaters and bars that serve alcohol — and mandates active shooting training at all public and charter schools in the state.
Hawai‘i Island police seek public help locating 3 wanted Puna men
The Puna men are considered armed and dangerous.
Update: Police located 40-year-old woman wanted for 2 outstanding warrants
Update: Hawai‘i Island police have located a 40-year old woman who was wanted for two outstanding warrants and questioning for several other criminal investigations.
Residents vent concerns about ‘Repower Project’ at Puna geothermal plant on Big Island
Residents vented numerous concerns Thursday night during a public meeting to discuss the new draft Environmental Impact Statement for Puna Geothermal Venture’s proposed “Repower Project.”
