In Case You Missed It

Flu activity traditionally begins to pick up during October, but in Hawai‘i it usually lags behind the mainland. Now, however, is probably the best time to get vaccinated.

A Hawai‘i Island police officer accused of breaking into a Ka‘ū residence and assaulting a 20-year-old man was indicted by a Kona grand jury.

The ongoing eruption at Kīlauea summit within Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park remains confined to the downdropped block and Halemaʻumaʻu crater.

Make the trip to Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park to see the Kīlauea eruption or cheer on your favorite choice to win Hilo Idol. There are more opportunities to support those affected by the devastating wildfires on Maui and also a celebration planned for International Dot Day, as well as a pageant featuring some of the island’s best horse riders in period costumes.

The death toll from the deadly Aug. 8 blaze that devastated Lāhainā remains at 115, with a total of 63 victims now officially named.

The 40-year-old is being held in lieu of $334,250 bail.

The death toll of the Aug. 8 blaze that devastated Lāhainā remains at 115 with 61 people now named.

Also in August, authorities made six fentanyl-related arrests and confiscated 36 fentanyl pills. No arrests were made and no pills were recovered in East Hawai‘i.

Daniel James Lemaire, 42, appeared before Judge Kimberly Taniyama on Monday where she reduced his bail from $288,250 to $10,000 over the prosecutor’s objection. He is scheduled to appear for a preliminary hearing on Wednesday.

The Kīlauea summit eruption that began on Sunday continues this morning. Eruptive activity is confined to the downdropped block and Halemaʻumaʻu crater within Kīlauea’s summit caldera at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. Several lava fountains remain active on the western side of the downdropped block within Kīlauea’s summit caldera. Fountain heights have decreased since the eruption […]

As of Sunday, permanent air quality monitoring stations across the state report that air quality levels are elevated at the Ocean View and Pāhala air quality monitoring stations.

At 11:30 a.m. while on Kaiminani Drive, a Kona patrol officer was flagged down by a Kamuela man, 35, who reported that he and another male victim had been shot at by a male suspect while seated in their parked vehicle in the 73-4300 block of Lau‘i Street.

This is the fifth eruption in the past four years.

The most significant rain event for last month was Aug. 21, as the remnant moisture from what was Tropical Cyclone Fernanda moved across windward slopes of the Big Island and Maui. Automated rain gauges on the eastern side of the Big Island recorded 2 to 4 inches of rain.

The West Hawai‘i Sanitary Landfill, the only working landfill on the island since the Hilo Landfill on the east side closed permanently 3 years ago, has about 20 to 25 years before it reaches capacity.

The bouldering gym opened in the Kona Brewery Block on Aug. 1.

One of the event’s organizers Tim Bostock said: “We all need to work toward making our homes, our properties and our communities more resilient. The time is now.”

A new $30 million loan repayment program was unveiled on Saturday to address the growing shortages of physicians and other healthcare professionals across the Hawaiian islands.

There was a tie for the top two, with your aunty’s potato-mac salad and other each getting 21 votes, or 20% of the total vote.

Puna residents in lava zones 1 and 2 on the Big Island are now left with just one alternative for homeowners insurance since Universal Property and Casualty decided to get out of the Hawaiʻi market, and costs are skyrocketing.