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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.

Hawai‘i Department of Transportation announced weekly lane closures for Nov. 19-25.

The proposed amendments come nearly four years after the County adopted the initial short-term vacation rental ordinance in November 2018.

Federally-funded food shipped from the mainland typically makes up 85% of the supply for the Big Islandʻs nonprofit Food Basket, but now it’s only about 10% due to national supply chain issues.

There are 22 games on tap in November and December, with the first to be played Nov. 22-25 at Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium in Hilo.

East winds of 20 to 35 mph, with gusts up to 50 mph, are forecast in the advisory areas.

“Wiliwili is a keystone species in our dry forests, and nearly every part of this special tree is used by cultural practitioners. The impact of losing this species would have been profound.” — Chipper Wichman, President of the National Tropical Botanical Garden

The holiday season begins in Kailua Village with a tree lighting on Nov. 25 that features a special musical performance by Kapulanakēhau Tamure and keiki hula performances.

More than 8,000 photographs taken before, during and after the eruption, along with satellite imagery, make up the largest available dataset of lava flow impacts in the world.