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High school bus routes on the Big Island and Maui have been modified due to the bus driver shortages, but school bus service will continue.

So far this year, there have been 548 DUI arrests on Big Island roadways compared with 580 during the same period last year.

Hawaiʻi’s reimbursement rate for school meals and other federal child nutrition programs has been increased to 30% above the continental U.S. rates, which is projected to bring an additional $8 million a year to Hawaiʻi to support healthy meals for children.

Cummings was last seen on the 600 Block of Wainaku Street in Hilo on July 25 at 10:15 a.m. wearing a pink blouse.

Upon arriving at “Loneliness Tree” in Hilo, officers discovered an unconscious 41-year-old man lying in sand next to a fire pit and portable metal grill, with his right arm pinned under a large boulder of the fire-pit.

Four spear fishermen entered the ocean near the public beach access at Hokulia in Kailua-Kona at 1:30 p.m. on July 24, but three hours later when they exited the water one of the fishermen could not be found and was later located unresponsive on the ocean floor.

Landon Fairbanks was last seen on Aug. 3, 2022, at noon, in an area referred to as “Two-Step” beach near Pu‘uhonua O‘Hōnaunau in Hōnaunau.

During a 2022 survey, only 243 wild ‘Aupaka plants were recorded, making it one of the rarest plants found at Pōhakuloa Training Area.

The Hawaiian Islands Cetacean and Ecosystem Assessment Survey is the only comprehensive study of its kind in the islands and takes place from July through December 2023.

Good weather brought sunshine, a welcome cloud cover at times and a light breeze that kept everyone cool during Saturday’s festival which started at 10 a.m. and ended at 3 p.m.

The Royal Standard of Queen Lili’uokalani, Hawai‘i’s last reigning monarch, was returned July 24, 2023 to her Washington Place home and placed on public view for the first time in 130 years, since it was illegally seized in 1893.

“We apologize for any inconvenience this postponement may cause,” said Rick Whisman, Nexamp’s vice president of business development.

Sector 15, a Formerly Used Defense Site, is 11,200 acres located east of Waimea and primarily comprised of Pu’ukapu Hawaiian Home Lands, including Kūhiō Village and Kanu o ka ʻĀina school.

Louis Pauole, owner and chef of Miyo’s Restaurant & Izakaya Bar in Hilo is in the process of opening a new restaurant in Kona.

Alicia Jean Nakamura is scheduled to make her initial appearance in Hilo District Court on Monday afternoon. She remains in custody in lieu of $32,000 bail.

The Hawai‘i Police Department collected more than 275 backpacks for keiki from the community during its drive in June and July.

On June 30 at 4:30 p.m., Hawai‘i Police Department’s Ka‘ū patrol officers responded to a report of a swimmer in distress near the Kalae Cove Park, commonly known as the “Hoist,” at South Point.

American Savings Bank’s “This is HOME” program provides affordable financing solutions for first-time home buyers, assisting hardworking kamaʻāina in buying a home in Hawaiʻi.

For decades, Banyan Drive was known as the “Hilo Walk of Fame” because of the iconic banyan trees planted by celebrities, but now the area on the Big Island’s Waiakea Peninsula has become downtrodden and known more as a walk of shame.

The event will take place at the Waimea Hawaiian Homes Hall, located at 64-756 Māmalahoa Highway, from 5-7 p.m.