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On Friday, Hawaiʻi Gov. Josh Green signed a $37.3 billion biennium state operating budget for fiscal years 24 and 25 and a bill that extends family tax credits for five years.

Grantees will implement quick-action projects that help communities become more livable by improving public places; transportation; housing; digital connections; diversity, equity and inclusion; and more, with an emphasis on the needs of adults age 50 and older.

A 36-year-old woman from Pāhoa suffered serious injuries following a hit-and-run collision early Friday morning on Highway 130, near Malama Street in Pāhoa.

According to the Hawai‘i State Department of Health, 453 per 100 mL levels were detected during routine beach monitoring.

In the latest Volcano Watch, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists are looking for a new place to put a summit gas measuring station to replace the one destroyed by the 2022 Mauna Loa eruption.

Big Island Native Wehilei will sing “Kohala, HI” at the 2023 Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards. She is up for Single of the Year and six other awards.

Alec Timpson of Captain Cook faces multiple charges for a hit-and-run incident near the Manago Hotel.

A two-vehicle traffic crash that occurred on Wednesday night on Daniel K. Inouye Highway near the 9-mile marker in Hilo caused injuries to four people, including an 18-year-old female who was airlifted to an O’ahu hospital in critical condition.

Between April 2023 and May 2023, the City and County of Honolulu discharged effluent from the wastewater treatment plant in exceedance of daily National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit limits for enterococci on 13 occasions, including exceeding the monthly permit limit for the month of April.

University of Hawai’i President David Lassner called the U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down affirmative action in college admissions “beyond disappointing.”

Lt. Col. Timothy L. Alvarado will be the new U.S. Army Garrison Commander at Pōhakuloa Training Area on the Big Island.

UH’s flagship campus ranked No. 66 among U.S. institutions (out of nearly 4,000 colleges and universities in the country) and No. 386 in the world (out of more than 25,000 worldwide colleges and universities), according to the Quacquarelli Symonds rankings released June 27.

Astronomers from the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy have made the remarkable discovery of a planet’s survival after what should have been certain demise at the hands of its sun.

A flock of birds flew over Kona nurse Jenny Decker’s liveaboard sailboat as she pulled out of Honokōhau Small Boat Harbor Wednesday morning to begin her long-awaited journey to circumnavigate the globe.

This weekʻs Top 20 things to do on the Big Island are dominated by Fourth of July celebrations, including a 5K run/walk, rodeo, rubber duckie race and, of course, fireworks. Find our comprehensive listing HERE.

Honolulu couple Avery Garrard and Keina Drageset were arrested on June 23, each on a charge of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of Fentanyl, resulting in the deaths of Steven Berengue, 53 of Kailua-Kona, and Joseph Iseke, 44, of Kailua, O‘ahu.

Construction of the new U.S. Geological Survey research facility on the Big Island, which will house the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center, is expected to be completed by late 2025.

The top three spellers from each of the preliminary competitions will be eligible to compete in the Kiwanis Kupuna Spelling Bee Finals Competition on July 29, 2023, at 1 p.m. at Lanakila Multipurpose Center, Honolulu.

Since 2010, HTA has provided nearly $13.3 million to support 370 programs that preserve Hawai‘i’s natural resources and more than $12.5 million to support nearly 360 community organizations and programs that focus on perpetuating Hawaiian culture.

The Department acknowledged the community’s efforts to reduce their water usage while the conservation notice was in effect.