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The Hawai‘i State Department of Health reports that water sample retesting results showed enterococci levels no longer exceed the threshold level.

Guests aboard a vessel with the touring company Hawaiian Adventures Kona watched the wildlife encounter on Tuesday during the morning whale watch tour.

A man, identified as 43-year-old Ebn Wandell of Hilo, walked into a management office and stated he had a bomb in the bag he was carrying, police said.

John Bull Macomber, 51 of Kona, was arrested and charged with robbery, assault and drug offenses.

The 2023 Environmental Legislative Caucus package includes bills to establish green fees, create a tax credit for cesspool conversion and implement a soil health initiative.

A Hawaiian monk seal died at Ke Kai Ola, the Marine Mammal Center’s hospital in Kailua-Kona after suffering a severe shark bite.

Twenty-three motorists were arrested for driving under the influence of an intoxicant during the week of Jan. 16-22, according to Hawai‘i Police Department.

A high surf advisory is in effect until 6 a.m. Friday for west-facing shores of the Big Island.

Geologist Frank Trusdell will talk about the historic 2022 eruption of Mauna Loa and what we’ve learned from it.

Christine E. Wormuth, the U.S. Secretary of the Army, toured Pōhakuloa Training Area, which wants to extend its lease that expires in 2029 with the State of Hawaiʻi.

A Hilo judge ordered the immediate release of Albert “Ian” Schweitzer on Tuesday, ending Schweitzer’s 130-year sentence more than 20 years after it began.

Rancey Sonny Kawika Lee, 35 of Pāhoa, was charged after an armed robbery of a fast food restaurant in a shopping center in Pāhoa.

Benjamin Kawika Jerin-Kealoha, 46 of Ocean View, was charged with stealing a Jeep rental car, resisting an order to stop and methamphetamine possession following his arrest on Jan. 21 in Kona.

Fifty years ago nēnē, a rare goose and the Hawaiʻi State bird, was a species on the brink of extinction, with fewer than 30 geese in the wild statewide. They are still endangered and federally protected.

Keone Emeliano has joined the Hawaiʻi Land Trust as the new steward and educator of Māhukona on the Kohala Coast of the Big Island.

Puna Geothermal Venture will host its first community meeting in 2023 on Jan. 31 at 4 p.m. at the Pāhoa Neighborhood Facility.

The 2023 Hawaiʻi Housing Planning Study will identify current housing conditions; present demographic and economic characteristics of Hawaiʻi’s households; measure housing needs and preferences; provide updated information on the overall housing inventory; and summarize rental housing data.

Researchers hope to make various cancers more susceptible to therapy, by targeting BAP1 gene activity.

Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander women diagnosed with breast cancer have higher rates of Inflammatory Breast Cancer, which is rare but aggressive.

Hawai‘i Island police have charged 34-year-old Drosstain Pua, of Kona, with multiple offenses in incidents six months apart; and he also is a suspect in several other ongoing criminal investigations.