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Only one Big Island beach made Travellers Worldwide’s list of the 24 best beaches in the United States, but it was at No. 1: Hapuna Beach. But do you think it’s the best beach on the Big Island?

The National Weather Service has canceled a wind advisory for the Big Island summits.

Passengers catching a flight on March 13 at Hilo International Airport should arrive three hours early.

A 35-year-old male was trying to climb down a cliff wall next to 80-foot-tall Rainbow Falls in Wailuku River State Park in Hilo when he fell onto a rock outcrop and then into a pond.

Mervin Nihau was last seen on Amau Road in Hilo at 7 a.m. on March 11 and is in need of medication.

HealthCAST, an innovative program at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, is celebrating 10 years of bringing together nursing and acting students so both can improve their skills in practical scenarios.

The indictments of Wayne Emch, 41, stem from incidents that occurred within the Districts of South Hilo, Waimea, and North Kona between Feb. 9 and March 2, 2023. 

More than 900 people voted in last week’s Big Island Now poll, which asked, “What is the toughest job?” Find out which profession came out on top.

Ilima Shim, a mother of two who lives in Kapolei, O‘ahu, and grew up in Hōnaunau on the Big Island’s west side, finished in the top six of season four of the CBS reality TV competition show “Tough As Nails.”

The Hawai‘i Police Department says 44-year old Ronald Kahihikolo of Ocean View was arrested just before 11 a.m. Saturday near the 39.5-mile marker on Highway 19 in Hāmākua, north of Hilo, after a five-day manhunt.

One of two security checkpoints at Hilo International Airport is down. Because of that, travelers catching a flight Sunday morning, March 12, should arrive no later than two hours prior to their flight.

After stirring earlier today, it looks like Pele, the Hawaiian goddess of volcanoes and fire, might not reawaken after all.

Geologists at Hawaiian Volcano Observatory study the volcanoes that make up the Hawaiian Islands and biologists at the research center study the ecosystems on them. 

Advisory level surf is no longer expected as a northwest swell moving through the area eases.

Composting requires four basic components: carbon, nitrogen, water and air. There is not a shortage of these in Hawaiʻi.

The goal of Friday’s “Settle The Score” rally and sign-waving event was not just to raise awareness about a recent rash of school violence and bullying, but to also open people’s eyes to the hard reality that keiki everywhere face the same kind of injustice and start the conversation about about how the community can come together to make Big Island schools and those beyond safer.

Kailea Kekipi was located in good health in Hilo on the Big Island.

Hawaiʻi Island police ask that anyone who knows the whereabouts of a person on this outstanding warrants list to call the police department’s non-emergency line at 808-935-3311.

While international tourism will continue to recover, domestic travel in Hawai’i will soften as the U.S. economy contracts later this year.

At the time of the commission of the possession and attempted distribution of methamphetamine, Sheena Andrews, 37, was on probation for felony drug crimes.