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Big Island Now launching 2023 special graduation section
With the 2023 high school graduation season right around the corner, Big Island Now has launched a new special section that salutes all graduates and provides information about graduations across the island.
Bail maintained for husband, wife facing attempted murder of police officers
On Monday, Dylan Alcain and his wife Leilani Alcain appeared before Judge Kimberly Taniyama for an initial appearance after being arrested and charged in connection to two Hele Gas Station break-ins — one in Kona and the other in Captain Cook; an armed robbery in Kona Paradise Subdivision in South Kona; and shooting at police officers.
Police need help locating 15-year-old in Holualoa area on Big Island
Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 15-year-old Isaiah Gravette.
DOCARE begins around-the-clock watch of Kaimana Beach monk seals
State conservation officers are monitoring endangered monk seals and their young in Honolulu.
Big Island’s Sharon Beck named Hawaiʻi’s top public school principal for 2023
Sharon Beck, principal of Ka ‘u High & Pahala Elementary School on Hawaii island, was named winner of the 17th Masayuki Tokioka Excellence in School Leadership Award as Hawaii’s top public school principal for 2023.
Fire destroys vacant home in Leilani Estates in Pāhoa on Big Island
A vacant, single-story residential house was destroyed by a fire on Sunday in Pāhoa.
Hawai‘i County seeking proposals for affordable housing funding
The county’s Office of Housing and Community Development will be requesting proposals for Affordable Housing Production Program funds from eligible developers, nonprofit and for-profit organizations, public agencies and community land trusts starting May 1.
What’s the best way to address cat colonies on the Big Island? Take our 30-second poll #9
What is the best way to humanely address the overpopulation of feral/community cats on the Big Island? Take our 30-second poll.
Recent blood shortage sparks discussion to bring back Elvis Sheppard drive on Big Island
The blood supply has always fluctuated within the state of Hawaiʻi, but the situation was dire on Easter weekend when there was only a day-and-half worth of type O blood.
Carbon cuts, common heatwave terminology urged by Hawai‘i scientists
Two articles by University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa oceanographers highlight the limitations of carbon dioxide removal.
Hōkūleʻa safely arrives in Washington State; headed for Alaska May 1
The canoe was received by a crew from the Polynesian Voyaging Society and then towed from the Matson shipyard to the Maritime Museum at Foss Waterway Seaport.
Public invited to remember victims and survivors of crimes on the Big Island
The 42nd Anniversary of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week kicks off on Monday.
Which Merrie Monarch Festival event was chosen favorite in Big Island Poll #8?
From April 9-15, the sleepy town of Hilo came alive as the world celebrated the 60th Annual Merrie Monarch Festival. Which event won our Big Island Poll?
K9 Kim joins Hawai‘i Police Department to replace retired crime-fighting K9 Rory
Kim, a 2-year-old German Shorthaired Pointer, specializes in sniffing out narcotics.
Only one lane open on Wailuku Bridge during emergency repairs
The emergency repair work on Wailuku Bridge in Hilo was initially to be completed by May 5, 2023, but with the new findings of additional element degradation, the estimated finish time is now late May.
4.2 magnitude earthquake shakes Big Island, light damage reported
At about 2:24 p.m. on April 22, a magnitude 4.2 earthquake occurred about 1.25 miles south southeast of Volcano on the Big Island, causing light damage in early reports.
Husband and wife charged after shooting at Hawai‘i Island police officers
Dylan and Leilani Alcain are set to appear in District Court in Kona on Monday.
Earth Day celebrated at Pālamanui preserve in Kona by gardening, planting, composting
To celebrate Earth Day (Lā Honua), more than a dozen volunteers gathered on Friday at the Hawaiʻi Community College’s Pālamanui Campus in West Hawai‘i to garden, plant and compost.
22 motorists arrested for DUI from April 10-16
Three of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. One of the drivers was under the age of 21.
Update: Escapee from correctional center caught in riverbed in Hilo; tried to steal 2 cars
Hawai’i Community Correctional Center escaped inmate Dyllan Paulo-Leslie was captured at 1:04 p.m. in the riverbed of Wailuku River, in the area behind Hilo High School, police said.
