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The Hawai‘i County Council on Wednesday voted 5-1 to approve first reading of Bill 48, which would create a new Hawai’i County Office of Sustainability, Climate, Equity and Resilience to help the Big Island weather the storm of climate change.

A Kona jury found a 29 year-old man from Captain Cook guilty of second-degree murder and first-degree arson for a 2021 shooting that occurred at a location known as the “End of the World.”

The 21,047 permits issued last year cover a total of 51,883 firearms registered throughout the year, resulting in a 9.1 percent decrease from 57,091 firearms registered during 2021.

The summit eruption at Kīlauea volcano on the Big island has paused, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said Monday night.

Hawai‘i police are investigating a break-in at the Merrie Monarch Festival office in Hilo where several items were stolen, including replicas of King David Kalākaua medals.

Southwest Airlines once again will end daily nonstop flights between Los Angeles and the airports in Kailua-Kona on the Big Island and Līhuʻe on Kaua‘i the day after Labor Day.

Come out and enjoy the rainbows as the Big Island’s most colorful kiki — the annual Hawai‘i Island LGBTQ+ Pride Parade and Festival — returns June 24 to Downtown Hilo.

The State of Hawai’i has proposed manta ray viewing rules for Kona with a limit on tour operators, but the process is in a holding pattern while waiting to see if Gov. Josh Green will sign into law a bill that would enable enforcement of the new rules.

Parker Ranch in Waimea on the Big Island announced that the partnership between its Paniolo Cattle Company and the national grocery store chain will end in mid to late July.

An eruptive vent on the southwest side of Halema‘uma‘u crater has exhibited renewed lava fountaining since June 16 as it continues to pump lava into a lake in the far southwest portion of the crater.

Kimo Alameda, who is perhaps now best known for being the lead for the Hawai‘i Island Fentanyl Task Force and speaking about the fentanyl epidemic, visited three schools before the end of the 2022-23 school year to spread the message of aloha and accepting diversity.

Cultural blessings, celebratory dances and protocol were conducted Thursday at the Global Launch Ceremony.

Hawaiian Electric’s power purchase contract with Wailuku River Hydroelectric was set to expire on May 12. The partners are negotiating a new long-term contract now, but have asked for an amendment to their existing agreement that would extend the contract for up to five years and could also provide savings to Big Island electricity customers.

The large affray that resulted in three male teens being assaulted while they sat in a vehicle at the Big Island beach park might have been the result of mistaken identity following a separate fight that occurred earlier in another section of the park.

Jimmy Yagi, known as the “Father of Small College Basketball in Hawai‘i,” remains the winningest men’s basketball head coach in UH-Hilo history with 252 wins over 12 seasons.

The Top 20 list of things to do on the Big Island, for the week of June 15-21, includes gawking at Kīlaueaʻs eruption, the Mākaha Sons and the first Climate Community Fair on the island.

s National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration veterinary staff continue their necropsy of the seal they say their findings will take time as they conduct further laboratory analysis in hopes of identifying a probable cause of death.

Six men were arrested in connection to the assault of three teenagers who were mistakenly identified in retaliation for a fight between mothers and daughters at a Hilo beach parking lot.

The new task force will be tasked with finding ways to stop the importation of illegal fireworks and explosives into Hawai‘i, among other responsibilities. The bill establishing the task force was one of nine measures signed into law last week by the governor.

With the help of an observatory atop Maunakea on the Big Island, a team of astronomers were able to capture a bizarre quadruple image of the supernova dubbed “SN Zwicky.”