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A severe weather forecast has been issued for the entire state starting tonight through Thanksgiving Day.

Robert McKay Jr. was named the Hawai‘i Island Security and Safety Professionals Association’s Officer of the Quarter for the third quarter of this year.

From Thanksgiving through January is the park’s busiest time of the year.

There will be three shared solar programs on the Big Island: one in Pāhoe and two in Kailua-Kona.

For his chief of staff, Hawaiʻi Governor-elect Josh Green selected Brooke Wilson, who had served in the same position when he was Hawaiʻi’s lieutenant governor.

You might want to change any plans you have outside on Turkey Day.

More than 1,000 Hawaiian Electric customers in an area from Wainaku Street to Lanikāula Street were without power following the collision.

A large brush fire burning in Pāhala since Sunday is now 80% contained.

An estimated 9.7 million residents of Hawai‘i, Alaska and the U.S. West Coast plan to travel for Thanksgiving.

Facilities will resume normal operations Friday.

The price tag associated with the Thanksgiving Day feast has increased nationwide for the second year in a row — and the average cost on the Big Island is in-line with that spike.

The earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 occurred at approximately 4:03 p.m. near the Solomon Islands off the coast of Australia in the South Pacific.

The sophomore from New Zealand had a monster game against the University of Alaska Anchorage that went into overtime.

Fire crews continue to battle a brush fire in Pāhala that is not contained and has now reached nearly 100 acres.

While Laupāhoehoe Swimming Pool is closed for repairs, patrons are encouraged to utilize the Honokaʻa Swimming Pool during regular hours of operation.

As Hawai‘i Fire Department battles a 200-acre blaze in Pāhala, the National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning for Hawai‘i Island to include the areas of North and South Kohala, North and South Kona, and Ka‘ū beginning this morning through the day.

Capt. Chris Carvalho with the Hawaiʻi Fire Department said about 30 volunteers arrived to help battle the brush fire.

Haleakalā National Park released a new film, Heart of Maui.  This 7.5 minute documentary follows two biologists working to save Hawaiʻi’s critically endangered forest birds. The film describes the cause of the birds’ catastrophic decline and what is at risk if action is not taken soon. 

Leningrad Elarionoff and Carol Hendricks were posthumously awarded the DLNR & YOU Citizen Conservationist Award during an event Friday at the Waimea Nature Park.

The device is now being put to the test, sampling tree branch samples for diagnostic laboratory testing and other purposes.