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At 8:53 p.m., Hawai‘i Fire Department responded to the structure fire, located in Eden Roc on the 15-1700 block of 24th Avenue. When crews arrived on scene, they found a 1,500-square-foot, single-story wooden structure on fire.

The Hawaiʻi State Department of Health has retested water samples at Kahaluʻu Beach Park in Kona and those results show that bacteria levels no longer exceed the threshold level.

Customers who enroll in the Smart Charge Hawaii pilot will have the choice of receiving an incentive of either $150 in cash or 10,000 HawaiianMiles under Hawaiian Airlines’ frequent flyer program.

“Henrietta Lacks left a legacy that has impacted research in Hawaiʻi and throughout the world,” said Brenda Hernandez, University of Hawai‘i Cancer Center researcher.

The Hawaiʻi Climate Commission, in collaboration with Hawai‘i County, is hosting a Climate Community Fair in Hilo.

In an ongoing effort to understand and treat the illness, more than 100 physicians, researchers, allied health professionals and advocates will descend on Kailua-Kona to attend the 10th International Breast Density & Cancer Risk Assessment Workshop next month.

Ella Ishoda was last seen on May 22 at 6 a.m. in Kailua-Kona.

Hawai‘i Island police along with state and local law enforcement agencies across the country will be issuing tickets to drivers who choose not to buckle up. In Hawai’i County, the fine for not wearing a seatbelt is $102 per person.

During a Tuesday raid by the State of Hawai’i and NOAA, dozens of illegal wildlife items were confiscated from the Antique Freak shop in Wailuku on Maui.

The Court had granted defense counsel’s request to dismiss the charges because the previous indictment did not specifically allege between one or more of the defined forms of “strong compulsion.”

The session will begin with an informational open house from 4:30 to 5:20 p.m., opening remarks at 5:20 p.m., and from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., oral comments will be accepted (to be recorded via audio and video).

On Wednesday morning, a large-scale enforcement operation was conducted to remove “unsafe and unhealthy” homeless encampments from Hale Hālāwai Park along Ali’i Drive in Kailua-Kona.

The Hawaiian monk seal pup Pualani, who was born in mid-April on Kaimana Beach in Waikīkī, will be relocated after she is weaned from her mama Kaʻiwi.

The contracts are for destination stewardship, visitor education and brand management throughout North America.

By developing novel deep learning algorithms, coral ecologists in the UH Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology are now able to identify and measure reef halos from space. The study was published recently in Remote Sensing of Environment.

The Kahilu Theatre concert occurs this May 28 at 2:30 p.m. In-person tickets are $25.

Honoka’a Western Week on the Big Island featured a special Cowboy Talk Story hour with host Sheriff Larry.

The Public Access Room provides the public with information, facilities, and services to assist them as they participate in the State legislative process.

Two men from Hilo have been charge with breaking into an unlocked vehicle belonging to a woman who was carrying items into her business in downtown Hilo, according to Hawai’i Island police.  

A new Latte Art Throwdown and interactive workshops on cupping, roasting, green grading, brewing, grinding and field grafting will he featured at this year’s Hawaiʻi Coffee Association on Kauaʻi.