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Merrie Monarch Festival moves forward with its regular presentation and 59th anniversary – after a cancellation in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and no live audience in 2021. Some live audience will be allowed this year and only a fraction of tickets were sold to the public.

By all accounts, the monarch butterfly is doing well throughout the Hawaiian Islands. But that doesn’t mean all butterfly species that call the state home, including the Big Island and Kaua’i, are flourishing.

Hawaiʻi County Mayor Mitch Roth sits down with Pacific Media Group COO and Big Island Now Director, Jack Dugan to address some of the greatest challenges facing the county today.

A report of two minors caught in the wake of Wailuku was made at 5:19 p.m. Monday. First responders were on the scene seven minutes later to begin the swift water rescue.

In light of the COVID-19 Emergency Proclamation, there are enhanced penalties for certain offenses. These offenses include burglary, theft, criminal property damage and robbery.

As of Saturday, 19 people had been hospitalized due to the virus, including one new patient overnight. To date, 82 people have been released from isolation, including four in the last 24 hours.  

All projects are weather permitting.

The victim was transported via ambulance to the Hilo Medical Center Emergency Room, where he later underwent surgery.

HPD detectives have arrested and charged a father and son with several offenses stemming from a traffic-related altercation on Wednesday in Keaʻau.

Reports are also swirling about bogus checks. If you receive a “check” in the mail now, it’s a fraud. It will take the Treasury Department a few weeks to distribute the payments.

DLNR Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation bathrooms are being trashed across the state. 

Hawai‘i confirmed 27 new cases of coronavirus Thursday, as the statewide total climbed to 285. 

Officials confirmed 34 new cases of coronavirus across the state Wednesday, the largest one-day increase in Hawai‘i since the outbreak began.

Hawaiʻi Island Police are looking for a missing Big Island man. 

Tenants need not worry about being removed from their homes for a lack of rent payment until April 30 at the earliest.

Big Island Mayor Harry Kim believes shopping with reusable bags over and again is an unnecessary health risk during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Police ask anyone with any information about this case to call the department’s non-emergency line at 808-935-3311.

Localized flooding may occur.

Thus far, 15 of the 258 people infected with the coronavirus have been hospitalized, including two over the last 24 hours.

As of Wednesday, no patients on Hawai‘i Island had required coronavirus-related hospitalization.