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Hawaiʻi County offering $3,000 bonuses for landlords participating in housing programs
The Hawaiʻi County Office of Housing and Community Development is offering $3,000 sign-on bonuses for Hawaiʻi Island landlords that take part in select federal housing assistance programs.
Hawaiʻi Island police identify 65-year-old who died from injuries in North Kona crash
A 65-year-old man who died following a single-vehicle collision on March 7, near the intersection of Hinalani Street and Queen Ka‘ahumanu Highway in North Kona, has been positively identified as Kevin Patrick McHugh of Kailua-Kona.
Decommissioning of UH Hilo’s Hōkū Kea Observatory on Maunakea to begin late 2023
The Hawaiʻi Board of Land and Natural Resources approved the plan submitted by the university’s Center for Maunakea Stewardship for the decommissioning of the UH Hilo Hōkū Kea Observatory.
Documentary ‘Black Fire White Fire’ follows Torah to Big Island
A documentary about a Holocaust Torah scroll, “Black Fire White Fire,” is available free on Kahilu.TV through April 30.
Drug Take Back Day events set by Hawai‘i Attorney General
Drug take-back sites will be located at the Hawai‘i Police Department’s Kona Station parking lot and the Ka Waena Lapa‘au Medical Complex in Hilo.
‘Hold Your Fire’ doc screening in Waimea this Thursday
The film is about the longest hostage siege in New York City and how the New York Police Department became the first police force with a modern hostage negotiation department.
Nationwide grounding of Southwest Airlines flights delays planes in Kona and Hilo
According to a tweet by the Federal Aviation Administration at 5:10 a.m., the airline requested that the FAA pause its departures due to a technical issue with one of its internal systems.
Kings’ Shops in Waikōloa to host Lei Day Festival
Kings’ Shops in Waikōloa will participate in the Waikoloa Lei Day Festival on April 30 to celebrate the art and history of lei-making in Hawai‘i. Festivities will take place all day from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and will be held throughout the resort area at Waikoloa Beach Marriott, Queens’ Marketplace, as well as Kings’ […]
N2 Dance brings musical spanning century to Palace Theater in Hilo
‘Decades’ follows a group of children who discover the ‘Escape Room,’ a run-down shack that sends them traveling through time.
Hawai‘i Volcanoes offers free family events for National Park Week, April 22-30
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park invites everyone to join the celebration of National Park Week from April 22 to April 30 with free programs, events and activities.
Hawai‘i Tourism Authority announces Kūkulu Ola and Aloha ‘Āina programs
The Hawai‘i Tourism Authority will provide funding support to programs that will perpetuate and preserve Hawaiian culture and natural resources.
Hawai‘i police seek public help finding teenage boy
Hawaiʻi Island police report that missing 16-year-old Daniel Soares was located in good health on April 23, 2023.
Watch: Voyaging canoe Hōkūle‘a lifted onto Matson ship for transport to Washington State
The ship was successfully lifted by crane Sunday morning onto the R.J. Pfeiffer at Honolulu Harbor’s Pier 52 and is scheduled to arrive in the northwestern state on April 21.
State of Hawaiʻi reaches tentative contract deal with teachers association
he settlement, which covers 13,500 teachers represented by the union, was announced on April 17 by Gov. Josh Green, Department of Education Superintendent Keith Hayashi and Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association president Osa Tui, Jr.
Once iconic Coco Palms to be demolished for new 350-room resort on Kauaʻi
The dilapidated remains of Coco Palms, which once hosted Elvis Presley, will be demolished and a new 350-room hotel and cultural center will be built on the Kauaʻi property, according to Utah-based developers that own the 46-acre site.
Waikoloa business offers ‘Home Watch’ services
A professional Home Watch company conducts scheduled visits and is not a house-sitting or live-in service.
Schatz leads resolution recognizing the importance of local news
The resolution recognizes local news as a public good that serves an essential function in democracy.
Check out winners from the 60th Annual Merrie Monarch Festival Royal Parade
The results of the float and paʻū winners from the 60th Annual Merrie Monarch Festival Royal Parade were announced by festival officials this morning.
Kohala Coast resort plants 1,000 trees in honor of Earth Day
Fairmont Orchid also supports Waikōloa Dry Forest Initiative’s Future Foresters program.
University of Hawai‘i, electric vehicle group holding Earth Day events on Big Island
Earth Day on April 22 is just around the corner and there are several ways to celebrate on the Big Island.
