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Generations of kāne and wāhine dancers taught by the late Kumu Hula Johnny Lum Ho will take the stage tonight to honor him at Hō‘ike Night, which kicks off the 60th Merrie Monarch Festival.

“The budget reflects our administration’s commitment to maintaining crucial services while making significant investments in long-overdue infrastructure maintenance projects essential to preserving Hawai’i Island’s natural and cultural resources,” Hawai’i County Mayor Mitch Roth said about his proposed $794.3 million operating budget.

Plans to renovate the Keawe Health Center in downtwon Hilo were ended when anomalies in the exterior concrete walls were discovered, leading to demolition of the building instead.

Using ipu grown at his farm, Kalim Smith builds ipu heke, a double-gourd drum, and ipu heke ‘ole, a single gourd drum, which are used in ancient hula.

Hawai‘i residents can still access the medication abortion drug mifepristone following two federal district court rulings, and the Green Administration remains united in its determination to ensure that it stays that way. On Friday, April 7 a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a decision staying the U.S. […]

Although the initial motivation for the Merrie Monarch Festival was to boost the economy of Hawaiʻi island through tourism, this event has come to serve a far greater purpose, which is perpetuating Hawaiian culture.

The action isn’t just at the Edith Kanaka‘ole Multi-Purpose Stadium and Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium during Merrie Monarch Week on the Big Island. There are several other venues throughout Hilo and East Hawai‘i that will feature hula, music, arts and crafts, Hawaiian cultural events and other entertainment.

Today, after a 183-day stay in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, two rounds of pneumonia, 10 blood transfusions and surgeries on her heart and eyes, Kalley-Mae Yee of Hilo is a vibrant 4-year-old girl.

Get ready, world. The Merrie Monarch Festival returns next week with full regalia for the first time since 2019, and there’s just two days left until the celebration of hula and everything Hawaiian gets underway.

The warrant sweep arrested individuals wanted for offenses ranging from contempt, probation violation, and probation no bail, to warrant of arrest.

Twenty-seven-year-old Tikeo Tobin appeared in Kona District Court on charges of two counts of second-degree burglary and one count of fourth-degree criminal property damage.

A recent survey conducted by the Hawai‘i County Office of the Prosecuting Attorney showed residents were mostly aligned with prosecutors’ positions on a variety of topics, including harsher criminal penalties and adding more detention capacity, but some state officials are skeptical of the validity of its results.

Whether searching for Easter eggs is your jam or maybe you would rather have someone else do the holiday cooking, there’s something for everyone. So don those new Easter clothes and hop on over to one or more of these “egg-citing” events.

Hulihe‘e Palace in downtown Kailua-Kona was among the thousands of buildings and historical landmarks around the world that illuminated in blue on April 2 for World Autism Awareness Day.

The caller, who spoke with Central Dispatch at 9:07 a.m., said there was a student on campus with a firearm who had shot multiple students, but Hawaiʻi Island Police said it proved to be a hoax.

The Easter Bunny is working overtime this week in preparation for Easter Sunday, April 9. While that’s his Easter tradition, what about you?

When Yachiyo Hamada and Jeanette Rhamsey were born in March 1922, Warren Harding was president, Wallace Farrington was governor of the Territory of Hawai‘i and Babe Ruth had already signed a three-year contract with the New York Yankees at $52,000 a year. Later that month, the U.S. Navy’s first aircraft carrier, USS Langley, was commissioned and the first airplane landed at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Hawai‘i Police Department is currently investigating the shooting incident that occurred in Hawaiian Acres subdivision fronting a residence on Road 2.

The nearly 50-year-old Kona Community Hospital — built in 1974 — runs the risk of closure every day due to outdated utilities and is lobbying the State Legislature for funding to deal with the problems.

Multiple media outlets, entertainment blogs and social media accounts report that Big Island resident Maia Keahola will play Lilo in the live-action adaptation of Disney’s 2002 animated film “Lilo & Stitch.”