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A Pāhoa-based Veterans of Foreign Wars post joined a mission to provide aid to any veterans impacted by the devastating Aug. 8 Lāhainā wildfire.

The goal of the research is to determine if any contaminants from the devastating and deadly Lāhainā Fire will alter the ecosystem and affect its resilience in the future.

The United Nation’s official International Day of Peace is Sept. 21 each year. This year’s parade in Honoka‘a was originally scheduled for Sept. 23, but it was postponed.

As part of their ongoing investigation, police are seeking leads on what led up to the incident and who may have been responsible for the shooting.

While Kailua-Kona’s Brenda Avery was the first to cross the finish line Saturday at the VinFast Ironman World Championship, her overall ranking among Hawai‘i Island’s competitors was third.

After a week of events leading up to race day, a champion has been crowned for the first ever VinFast Ironman World Championship triathlon completely dedicated to some of the best women athletes from around the world. What was your favorite part of this year’s festivities?

Hawai‘i County and the University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program were recently awarded grants through programs of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to undertake the project.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is launching the University of Hawaiʻi Pacific Center for Genome Research with a $10.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the genetic causes of diseases disproportionately affecting Native Hawaiians and Asian Americans.

Funds directly benefit those communities where Ironman events are hosted by providing charitable support to a variety of local nonprofit organizations.

The Great Hawaiʻi ShakeOut is an annual event for kamaʻāina and visitors alike to practice and prepare for when a large damaging earthquake hits the Hawaiian Islands.

The university is one of two Hawaiʻi employers and only eight universities throughout the nation that made the global news magazine’s list of “America’s Greatest Workplaces for Parents and Families.”

Ironman World Championship competitor Julie Moss reflects on 1982 race and her relationship with Hawai’i ever since.

Starting at 6:25 a.m. HST, women will begin the grueling 140.6-mile race at Kailua Bay. Following the 2.4-mile swim, athletes will transition to the bike for 112 miles and finish the race with a 26.2-mile run.

Police know school bus stops have a high number of young pedestrians that interact with vehicle traffic and want to ensure everyone is safe.

The VinFast Ironman World Championship women’s triathlon isn’t the only show in town this week. There’s plenty of activities, festivals, entertainment and more around the island to keep keiki to kūpuna busy.

42-year-old Jennifer Michelle Showen of Hawaiian Shores is described as about 5-foot-7, 150 pounds, with dirty-blondish hair.

The traditional double-hulled canoe, revered for reviving the lost art of Polynesian voyaging and navigation, has been sailing from Southeast Alaska down the Pacific Coast of North America since June as part of the Moananuiākea Voyage.

Ramona Okumura, a retired prothesis expert who was born and raised in Honoka‘a, frequently travels to Gaza, volunteering to help children who lost their limbs because of violence between Israel and Palestine.

So far this year, there have been 752 DUI arrests compared with 760 during the same period last year, a decrease of 1.1%.

Healthy, viable trees, especially native species, enhance environmental health and help mitigate fire risk. However, social media posts following the wildfires seemed to fuel the notion, and the calls, that people should chop their trees down.