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Hilo Medical Center’s capacity has been unchanged since its construction in 1985, while the island’s population has dramatically increased over the last 38 years.

The Big Island Chocolate Festival, hosted by the Kona Cacao Association, returns for its 10th annual installment April 28 and 29 at a new venue, Waikōloa Beach Marriott Resort & Spa.

However, Maui’s Baldwin High and Highlands Intermediate on O‘ahu nabbed the competition’s top prizes at an awards gala held Tuesday morning.

Legendary musician Melveen Leed and kumu hula Iwalani Walsh Tseu were at a craft fair at the Prince Kūhiō Plaza in Hilo giving an impromptu performance when the general manager asked them to leave, sparking some community outrage.

Authorities confirmed the second case was exposed by the previously confirmed case in an international traveler reported on April 10.

On Monday, Dylan Alcain and his wife Leilani Alcain appeared before Judge Kimberly Taniyama for an initial appearance after being arrested and charged in connection to two Hele Gas Station break-ins — one in Kona and the other in Captain Cook; an armed robbery in Kona Paradise Subdivision in South Kona; and shooting at police officers.

The county’s Office of Housing and Community Development will be requesting proposals for Affordable Housing Production Program funds from eligible developers, nonprofit and for-profit organizations, public agencies and community land trusts starting May 1.

The blood supply has always fluctuated within the state of Hawaiʻi, but the situation was dire on Easter weekend when there was only a day-and-half worth of type O blood.

The canoe was received by a crew from the Polynesian Voyaging Society and then towed from the Matson shipyard to the Maritime Museum at Foss Waterway Seaport.

Kim, a 2-year-old German Shorthaired Pointer, specializes in sniffing out narcotics.

At about 2:24 p.m. on April 22, a magnitude 4.2 earthquake occurred about 1.25 miles south southeast of Volcano on the Big Island, causing light damage in early reports.

Dylan and Leilani Alcain are set to appear in District Court in Kona on Monday.

Three of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. One of the drivers was under the age of 21.

Hawai’i Community Correctional Center escaped inmate Dyllan Paulo-Leslie was captured at 1:04 p.m. in the riverbed of Wailuku River, in the area behind Hilo High School, police said.

The planned facility by the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics that would listen for fast radio bursts recently got a boost, receiving a favorable recommendation from Hawai‘i County Windward Planning Commission for a special use permit.

A propane leak at the Kawaihae harbor Friday afternoon resulted in the evacuation of harbor workers and civilians at a half-mile radius in all directions.

This is the eighth fatal traffic collision of 2023 compared to 12 fatal traffic collisions during this same time period last year.

Marc Jones was found in good health in Keaʻau on April 21, 2023.

A Kona couple has been arrested for attempted murder as Hawai‘i police continue to investigate a series of crimes over the past three days.

The incident occurred at approximately 4 a.m. when Kona patrol officers attempted to stop a 2013 BMW on Māmalahoa Highway and Rabbit Hill Road Street that had been used to commit two burglaries in the area.