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Chocolate is a good bet if you’re looking for a Valentine’s Day gift for your sweetie. But why not give them an experience at the same time and take them on one of the many “chocolate farm” tours on the Big Island?

The explanation for the green laser light show over Maunakea two weeks ago seemed pretty cut and dry; it was a NASA satellite. But that’s not the case, and it looks likely the lasers were from a Chinese satellite instead.

Basil seems to relish the attention of having its leaves clipped. Regular clipping not only gives you fresh basil for salads and cooking, but it also stimulates the plant’s growth.

The Big island resort worker who is leading the attempt to break the Guiness World Record for longest fresh flower lei said he thought it was “bizarre” that the record was set in India and not Hawaiʻi.

The Wiliwili Festival on Feb. 11 is hosted by the Waikōloa Dry Forest Initiative and will feature informational booths, guided tours and self-guided hikes, food and beverages at the Waikōloa Dry Forest Preserve on the Big Island.

A committee of the Hawai’i County Council agreed that a 1937 code regulating dance halls needed to be repealed because it was obsolete and offensive.

A Big Island high school is celebrating its past, present and future this week, and the community is invited to come be part of its history. The 2023 Hilo High School Homecoming Ho‘olaule‘a will wrap up a week of festivities that looked back at the events that contributed to the school’s storied history. This year’s […]

All reported Big Island power outages impacting Hawaiian Electric customers have been restored.

Reservations to participate in the hunt open at 6 p.m. on Friday.

Hawai‘i Fire Department responded the fire, located on Silversword Drive in Ainaloa Subdivision, at 3:39 p.m. When crews arrived on scene they found a 30-foot-by 40-foot wood structure involved in flames.

Tre Evans-Dumaran is a 2016 graduate of Kamehameha Schools Hawai‘i in Kea‘au. He died Saturday after spending more than a week in the intensive care unit at a Maui hospital after being sucked into a storm drain and washed out to sea on Jan. 27 while responding to an emergency call during flash flooding in Kīhei.

Seventy-seven-year-old Serena Nishihara was last seen this morning in Hilo on Ua Kahele Street.

Hawai‘i Police Department reports 19 motorists were arrested during the week of Jan. 30 to Feb. 5 for driving under the influence of an intoxicant.

Queen’s North Hawai‘i Community Hospital will end its COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Feb. 22.

Animal Control is currently being run as a pilot project under the Hawai‘i Police Department, with a current annual budget of approximately $3.4 million.

The Hawai‘i Police Department released body-worn camera footage of moments following a Hilo shooting that left a suspect injured last week.

The 30th anniversary Waimea Cherry Blossom Heritage Festival put a spotlight on not just the cherry blossoms in Church Row Park but also Japanese tradition and heritage.

The mysterious blue swirl and green laser light show captured by the Subaru-Asahi Star Camera at the Subaru Telescope atop Maunakea on the Big Island inspired a lot of different ideas as to what they could be, but the explanations aren’t as out of this world as some might think.

On Jan. 6, Kanaloa Octopus Farm was sent the letter, which said the state’s Division of Aquatic Resources learned the facility “is propagating Octopus cyanea and attempting to rear juvenile individuals.” Without a permit, even the temporary possession of Octopus cyanea specimens less than one pound in weight (including newly hatched larvae) is unlawful.

The Waimea Cherry Blossom Heritage Festival celebrates its 30th anniversary this year as it returns with in-person activities after a two-year hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic — and thousands are expected to descend on the North Hawai‘i community.