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The network includes shared-use paths, protected bike lanes, sidewalks and transit facilities aimed at filling gaps in transportation infrastructure and improving connections between communities across Hawaiʻi.

UH Mānoa student Eric Pōmaika‘i Gee leaves at the end of the month for Chile, the starting point for the the Ice Station Antarctica Expedition to Union Glacier, 600 miles from the South Pole.

PARENTS Inc. and its donors brought holiday joy to more than 90 children during 2024, providing gifts, essentials and a renewed sense of hope. The organization’s goal this year is to reach up to 200 keiki, offering them a warm and memorable Christmas.

There have been 770 DUI arrests so far this year compared with 813 during the same period last year, or a decrease of 5.29%. DUI roadblocks and patrols will continue island wide.

With $15 million in funding, UH Hilo is addressing maintenance and repairs needed to help support its growing educational and research goals.

“When Hawaiians help Hawaiians, our aloha and pilina deepen,” said Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees Chairman Kaialiʻi “Kai” Kahele.

Current law does not permit agencies to conduct workforce cuts during a lapse in appropriations. This bill reaffirms and makes explicit Congress’ intent that no administration can use a shutdown as a pretext to initiate layoffs.

This competitive fellowship sponsors up to 6 college graduates to spend up to 1 full year in Washington, D.C., gaining first-hand experience in the heart of federal policymaking and working in congressional offices, observing committees and caucuses while engaging with key community and national partners.

Kīlauea started showing signs on Tuesday night that episode 36 of its ongoing eruption may occur soon, and those signs have continued on Friday.

Ed Sniffen, director of the state Department of Transportation, is awaiting a response to a letter he sent to the U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy on Nov. 6, asking for a full waiver for all Hawai‘i airports from the FAA’s 10% reduction in scheduled air traffic due to staffing shortages among unpaid air traffic controllers during the ongoing federal government shutdown.

Customers can still, however, access many postal products and services through the network of more than 2,600 self-service kiosks, available in select post office lobbies nationwide.

The Atlantic Aviation hangar at Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport hosted at least 150 people on Thursday to celebrate the arrival of the EC135 helicopter and Pilatus PC-12 fixed-wing aircraft to transport medical patients.

There will be tree giveaways, plantings and educational activities happening this month throughout the state — each also highlighting Hawaiʻi Gov. Josh Green’s formal proclamation of 2025 as Year of Our Community Forests.

The remains were identified as 41-year-old Alan Joseph Dush of Ocean View. What remained of his body was discovered March 24 in the unfinished building on the 75-0000 block of Ali’i Drive.

The reduction in flights stems from a surge in callouts among the nearly 13,000 air traffic controllers, employed by the FAA, who have been working without pay for five weeks due to the federal government shutdown.

A 39-year-old man reported that at 9:30 p.m., after being dropped off by a bus near the intersection of Prince Kūhiō Boulevard and Highway 11 in Ocean View, he was physically assaulted by several men who also stole his personal belongings; he sustained only non-life threatening injuries in the incident.

The Spooky Season is behind us, Big Island, which means it’s beg … Oh. Nope. Not going there yet. Get those bodies up and going, friends and neighbors. Let’s enjoy as much as we can with as many loved ones as possible to make as many special memories our own brains can hold. Check out the top things to do now!

It is now illegal to have chickens in residential areas of the Big Island, but the proposed bill would allow two for the first 3,000 feet of land and more for bigger properties.

Competitors from the mainland, Germany, Japan, and Canada will be lacing up their skates for a weekend of thrilling competition, community spirit, and island vibes.

The arrested people include two suspected associates of the foreign terrorist organization Tren de Aragua.