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So far this year, there have been 600 DUI arrests compared with 628 during the same period last year, a decrease of 4.5%.

Genki Sushi is donating $50,000 to the Hawai’i Community Foundation’s Maui Strong Fund. It also will be donating every month for the rest of the year to support the wildfire relief and recovery efforts.

Resources and special funding are available for UH-Maui College students from the hard hit areas of West Maui and Kula.

Fire safety is a collective responsibility, and everyone on the Big Island and beyond has a kuleana (responsibility) to take proactive measures to mitigate wildfire risks in their residences and neighborhoods.

The restaurant fire occurred in the early morning on Sunday. The residential structure fire was reported in the evening.

This initiative addresses concerns raised by various groups and individuals who have organized resource drives in recent days and encountered shipping backlogs, leading to storage challenges.

The event is raising disaster relief funds urgently needed to support and sustain victims of the wildfires that have affected communities around Maui and devastated the historic town of Lāhainā.

The names of people who died in the Lahaina fire are now beginning to become public by their family members.

Police encountered the 64-year-old on Thursday after finding him asleep within in the driver’s seat of vehicle parked, engine idling, in the drive-thru area of the Kino‘ole Senior Residences apartment complex.

The elevated unrest suggests that an eruption at Kīlaueaʻs summit might be possible with little or no warning, but there is no sign that an eruption is imminent.

Hawai‘i police responded to the crash Sunday at 8:08 p.m. on Highway 11 fronting the entrance of Manukā State Recreational Park.

While officials and organizations are taking steps to help prevent wildfires, what do you think is the best way to stop them on the Big Island?

Thirty years after “Jurassic Park” first roared into movie theaters, Kaua‘i film professionals continue to remember the film with love. And so do tourists, who flock to the Garden Isle to visit the locations of their favorite movie moments.

Despite a new 4-year contract that raises the average annual pay for teachers by 3.4%, how much teachers in Hawai‘i make remains a concern of Big Island Now readers.

Scientists around the globe are working on myriad ways to reduce the effects of climate change, including István Szapudi, an astronomer at the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy, who has devised a novel idea to lessen the amount of sunlight hitting our planet.

Firefighters continue to extinguish flare-ups in the Lāhainā and Upcountry Maui fires.

With the official death toll rising to 89, the Lahaina fire became the deadliest US fire in the past century. And, Hawai’i Gov. Josh Green said the number of dead “is going to rise.”

It’s too early to tell, however, if the tropical storm or two other developing low pressure systems in the Eastern Pacific will impact the Hawaiian Islands.

Officials encourage cash donations, which can buy good that support the Maui economy and be delivered where and when they are needed.

Businesses, organizations and individuals throughout the Hawaiian Islands have come together to send much needed water, non-perishable food and other items to help people affected by the wildfires.