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Nearly 20 years ago, the late U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye visited rural Miloliʻi on the Big Island and launched an initiative to build the village a much-needed community center that also will house a public charter school. Miloliʻi is still waiting for the center, although construction is underway.

It’s been almost five years since the 2018 lower East Rift Zone eruption of Kīlauea volcano and resulting lava flow landlocked the Pohoiki boat ramp, yet the battle continues for funding to dredge the beach and reopen access to the ocean.

This week, 806 people took Big Island Now’s poll #7 in which we asked: What is your favorite animal for a pet? Which animal was top dog?

The Royal Parade drew thousands to see high school bands, hālaus, paniolos, princesses, organizations and more walk the 2-mile route from Kamehameha Avenue all the way around downtown Hilo to celebrate the 60th Annual Merrie Monarch Festival.  

Tolling’s repertoire ranges from “Mission Impossible” and “Meet the Flintstones” to “Georgia on My Mind” and “All Along the Watchtower.”

Hilton Waikōloa Village is looking to fill various culinary positions and is offering on-site interviews every Monday throughout April.

The Central Pacific Bank Foundation is accepting applications for the “WE by Rising Tide” program, which helps women entrepreneurs shape their future and achieve success in the business community.

Saturday is the last day of the 60th Annual Merrie Monarch Festival, with the Royal Parade in the morning and the last hula competition and crowning of the group champions in the evening.

The official Merrie Monarch Hawaiian Arts & Crafts Fair that showcases and supports more than 150 of Hawai‘i’s best artisans and creators will be open one more day, on Saturday, at the Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium and Butler Buildings in Hilo on the Big Island.

Wāhine and kāne dancers from 23 hālau took the stage Friday on the first night of group competition at Edith Kanaka‘ole Stadium in Hilo on the Big Island.

At 5:23 p.m., radar indicated heavy rain over the South Kona District with showers falling at a rate of 1 to 2 inches per hour.

A Hilo man accused of abducting a teenaged girl last year from the Waikōloa area was found fit to stand trial, according to 3rd Circuit Court minutes on Friday.

Benjamin “Kawika” Jerin-Kealoha of Ka‘ū is also wanted in connection with other criminal investigations.

Hawaiian monk seal RK96, also known as Kaiwi, gave birth on April 14 to her fifth pup at Kaimana Beach in Waikīkī, Oʻahu. 

Motorists are advised to use caution and not weave in-out of convoys for safety, as well as the troops.

The talk on April 20 will feature Michael Lang, who will discuss the topic “Practice alone does not make perfect: 9 attributes of a reflective practitioner.”

On Thursday night, a 21-year-old from Kāneʻohe, Oʻahu, was swept over by emotions when she was announced as the Miss Aloha Hula 2023 at the 60th Annual Merrie Monarch Festival on the Big Island.

On Thursday, Judge Thomas O. Rice of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington issued an order reiterating that his injunction protecting access to mifepristone in Hawaiʻi and 17 other states remains in full force and effect notwithstanding recent orders by courts in Texas.

The second night of competition takes place Friday at the 60th Annual Merrie Monarch Festival with groups performing hula kahiko (ancient hula dances).

The collaborative Kīlauea Seismic Imaging Project is about to start with a goal to help reveal subsurface structures beneath Kīlauea’s summit region.