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VIDEO: U.S. Coast Guard tracking Russian ship off coast of Hawaiian Islands

In recent weeks, the U.S. Coast Guard has continued to monitor a Russian vessel, believed to be an intelligence gathering ship, off the coast of the Hawaiian Islands.

Update: Big Island police finding missing male teenager from East Hawaiʻi

A missing male teenager was found in good health in Hilo on Feb. 13, 2023.

4 Hawaiʻi Island correctional officers sentenced for beating an inmate, covering it up

Jonathan Taum, 50, the officer who supervised the beating of the Hawaiʻi Community Correctional Center inmate and orchestrated the conspiracy to cover it up, received the biggest sentence: 12 years.

32nd Hawaiʻi State Legislature opens today with priorities and optimism

This year, the Hawaiʻi State Capitol is open to the pubic and in-person public sessions for the first time since COVID-19 led to social distancing.

Agriculture and forestry cooperation provide blueprint for Hawai’i land stewardship

Over the past 20 years, the state Department of Land and Natural Resources has transferred 19,000 acres of land to the state Department of Agriculture and another 19,000 acres to the DOA’s Agribusiness Development Corporation.

7.0 earthquake in Moloucca Sea near Indonesia; no tsunami threat for Hawaiʻi

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reported an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 occurred at approximately 8:06 p.m. HST in the Molucca Sea near Indonesia.

21-year-old Joshua Ho charged with killing his grandparents in Hilo

Joshua Ho, 21, was charged with first-degree murder, two counts of second-degree murder and second-degree attempted murder, and is in custody with a bail set at $2.75 million.

Hawaiian Kingdom overthrow, National Day of Racial Healing commemorated at UH

To commemorate 130 years since the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom and the 7th annual National Day of Racial Healing, the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa held an inaugural event called Hawaiʻi Kuʻu Home Aloha (Hawaiʻi my beloved home). Hosted by the UH Mānoa Native Hawaiian Place of Learning Advancement Office, more than 200 participants gathered on the Honolulu […]

UH Hilo’s Mobley Smith receives national leadership award in pharmacy

Miriam Mobley Smith, interim dean of the UH Hilo Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy, was recently honored by the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists with its Distinguished Leadership Award.

Hawai‘i Island students can join conservation-based summer program

The program, which runs from June 5 through July 23, typically caters to students between the ages of 17 and 22.

Hawai’i Island Housing Coalition holding online January meeting on Jan. 19

To meet the need, Hawaiʻi County needs 13,303 additional housing units by 2025.

New disaster, emergency leadership for State of Hawaiʻi

Luke Meyers will join the Office of Hawaiʻi Gov. Josh Green as State Disaster Management Advisor and retired Col. James D.S. Barros was named as the new Administrator for the Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency.

Kaiser Permanente volunteers participate in annual day of service in Hilo, Kona

About 100 Kaiser Permanente physicians, providers, nurses, staff and their family members volunteered at two Big Island sites as part of the organization’s Annual Day of Service on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Second webinar about Hawaiʻi County transient accommodation rental proposal

Hawai’i County Council members Ashley Kierkiewicz and Heather Kimball, and the Hawaii County Department of Planning will hold a second information session on Jan. 20 about the draft transient accommodation rental proposal.

Permit office of Kona Recreation Division to be relocated

The Hawai‘i County Department of Parks and Recreation will be relocating Kona Recreation Division permit office from the West Hawai‘i Civic Center to Kailua Park, effective Feb. 1, 2023. 

Hawaiʻi Island police seek help locating missing ‘at-risk’ 35-year-old woman

Cassie-Mae Fusco-Kobayashi is a missing “at risk” 35-year-old who was last seen in Mountain View on the Big Island.

On approach to Molokaʻi Airport, small plane crashes with two aboard

A single-engine Cessna 208 crashed while on approach to Molokaʻi Airport in Hoʻolehua at around 5 a.m. on Monday.

Fisherman missing after hooking ʻahi, going overboard

Mark Knittle said “the fish is huge” before disappearing into the ocean four miles outside the Hōnaunau Boat Ramp.

Mayor Roth mourns murdered Hilo couple

A 21-year-old man was arrested Jan. 16 in connection to the deaths of his grandparents in Hilo.

Hawai‘i leaders commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Today, the nation celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr., and his legacy to fighting for equality.
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