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No injuries were reported following a structure fire in East Hawai‘i on Monday afternoon.

“While some agencies saw this kanaloa as a ‘specimen,’ we understand that this kanaloa is our ancestor and as such, requires us to engage in a specific manner.” — statement from Native Hawaiian group Kiaʻi Kanaloa regarding handling of dead whale that washed ashore on Kauaʻi.

Two new viruses are infecting hibiscus plants in Hawaiʻi and they could pose a threat to the state flower, the yellow hibiscus, according to researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

The word of the day for Feb. 7 is “palaoa,” which is one of the colossal giants of the deep ocean and a necklace worn by royalty.

The Hawai‘i County Council hopes to address these abandonment and other issues by creating a new “Animal Control and Protection Agency,” which will be discussed for the first time Tuesday at 1 p.m. during the Governmental Operations and External Affairs committee meeting.

Hawaiʻi County Prosecutors have provided notice of an intention to seek an extended term of imprisonment arguing that Aina Cachero of Hilo is a persistent and/or multiple offender.

Gov. Green also plans to meet with members of Hawai‘i’s Congressional Delegation and will attend the National Governors Association Winter Meeting.

This month’s first event will be held Wednesday, Feb. 8. All three events will run from 8 to 10 a.m.

Kūpuna can learn to embrace technology rather than fear it at free webinars offered by AARP Hawaiʻi and Senior Planet.

Bill 22 proposes the creation of the Animal Control and Protection Agency. This bill follows the county’s pilot program when Hawaii Police Department took over animal control duties in July 2021.

February is Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, or Hawaiian Language Month.

Experts anticipate up to two inches of snowfall and freezing rain tonight. Travel on summit roadways may become very difficult to impossible.

The 30th anniversary Waimea Cherry Blossom Heritage Festival put a spotlight on not just the cherry blossoms in Church Row Park but also Japanese tradition and heritage.

Nationally, in 2019, 49% of drivers who were killed in crashes and were tested for drugs, tested positive.

A third victim was transported to a hospital, where he is currently in stable condition.

Recruits undertake six months of academy training and four months of field training, once they’re hired.

To improve system reliability, Hawaiian Electric will conduct quarterly aerial inspections of its major overhead transmission lines from Feb. 7-10.

In the 1980s, Akeakamai was the best-known of the “language” dolphins in Louis Herman’s animal language studies at the Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Laboratory in Honolulu.

Outplanting sites include two owned by Kamehameha Schools, and a third home to a tree found nowhere else in the world.

The mysterious blue swirl and green laser light show captured by the Subaru-Asahi Star Camera at the Subaru Telescope atop Maunakea on the Big Island inspired a lot of different ideas as to what they could be, but the explanations aren’t as out of this world as some might think.