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Visitors spent $260 million on the Big Island in January 2023, according to a state report.

The Hawai’i Fire Department responded on Monday afternoon to a blaze at a vacant wood frame home at the corner of Makuʻu Drive and 23rd Avenue in Paradise Park.

Hawaiʻi County’s Department of Environmental Management holds these regular collection events at no charge to the public, so households can conveniently dispose of acceptable household hazardous waste in a manner that protects both public health and the environment. 

Turns out, former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton weren’t just on the Big Island last week for the blessing of the Grace Parish Center at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Parish in Kailua-Kona. They also made a stop at Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park with their daughter Chelsea and her family.

At the Waimea Community Association’s hybrid Town Meeting on March 2, Pwo Navigator Chadd Paishon will retell the amazing story of cultural discovery, learning, growth and persistence of the Makali’i voyaging canoe.

Big Island police report that 14-year-old Serenity Salmo-Kāʻawa was found Feb. 25 in Hilo.

The forecast for portions of the Big Island is for east winds of 25 to 35 mph, with localized gusts up to 55 mph, through at least Wednesday.

The enoki mushrooms being recalled in Hawai’i are produced by Taiwan-based Changhua County Mushrooms Productions Cooperative and distributed by Jan Fruits.

A few days after the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association disclosed long-time rat, mold and structural problems at Hōlualoa Elementary School on the Big Island, state school officials began making concrete steps toward some short-term fixes.

Funds collected from a proposed $50 annual green fee for tourists would then be used to fund conservation efforts across Hawaiʻi. 

To qualify for a unit at the Waikōloa Family Affordable rental housing development, households must have annual incomes of 30 and 60 percent or less of the area median income.

The 44-year-old female passenger in the fatal car crash on the Big Island suffered only minor injuries.

On Feb. 5, red sprites briefly — and we mean briefly — danced before the eyes of people watching the Subaru-Asahi Star Camera at the Subaru Telescope atop Maunakea on the Big Island.

In 2023 there have been some extraterrestrail events spied from Earth that have had the public, internet and social media buzzing. What was your favorite?

Honolulu-based Visionary Marine used a salvage ship late Sunday to attempt more than a dozen “pulls” of the grounded luxury yacht Nakoa during high tide. In the dark, and on the final pull, the vessel moved 10 to 20 feet.

Customers along Kealaka‘a Street between Palani Road and Manawale‘a Street, including all side roads and lanes, may experience slightly discolored and turbid water for several hours after the test.

Hawai‘i’s largest major market area, the U.S. West, saw 80.6 percent of visitors indicating an interest in returning, followed by 77.8 percent of those from Korea, 67.1 percent from Canada, 64.7 percent from the U.S. East and 61.6 percent from Oceania.

Since its first edition in 2010, Ma‘ema‘e has evolved from a resource for media to a living toolkit for anyone who has a role in representing Hawai‘i.

Maui volunteers spotted the most humpback whales on Feb. 25 with 596, followed by O’ahu with 232, the Big Island with 105 and 64 for Kaua’i.

Beginning Feb. 16 in East Hawai’i, back-to-back Kona Lows followed by persistent showers ushered in by returning trade winds drenched places from Honomū to Pāhala, but the rain finally stopped long enough on Saturday to give the saturated ground a chance to dry out a little, at least in Hilo.