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Hawaiʻi Island police detectives are again asking if anyone has any information about the December 2023 murder of 68-year-old Albert Harry Pacheco Sr.

Proposal would provide a $40 monthly increase in benefits a family of 4 in Hawai‘i receives through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, often still referred to as food stamps.

Hunting is allowed in the Puʻu Mali and Kaʻohe restoration areas on non-bird hunting days during the general game bird hunting season and then every day after, excluding state and federal holidays.

Orchid Isle Ford and Steve Marshall Group Fill the Ford Food Drive collects more than half-ton of food, $10,000 donated to The Food Basket, Hawai’i Island’s food bank, to help end hunger, increase food security around the island.

Staff members and partners of the Hilo zoo went to great lengths to ensure the 8-year-old female Bengal tiger’s health, administering anesthetics, taking samples while she was under, hand-feeding her while she recovered and more.

North Kona Councilman Holeka Goro Inaba will serve as council chairman for the 2024-26 term, and Hilo Councilman Dennis “Fresh” Onishi will serve as vice chairman.

New Hawaiʻi County Mayor Kimo Alameda, who was sworn in after noon today, and his administration will take over ongoing arbitration with three additional public unions currently under negotiation.

Mayor-elect Kimo Alameda, Prosecuting Attorney-elect Kelden Waltjen and members of the Hawaiʻi County Council will be sworn in. If you can’t make it in person, the ceremony is also being livestreamed. Alameda, Waltjen and incoming Council Chairman Holeka Inaba will give remarks.

“Both defenses played great,” Konawaena coach Brad Uemoto said. “We couldn’t get nothing moving offensively. I mean, we had spurts and then we just couldn’t finish drives.”

The Postal Service also urges customers to plan ahead and ship as early as possible during the holiday season.

The airline that entered the interisland market in 2019 is reducing its flights between islands by as much as 30% beginning in April of next year and also reshaping it services between the mainland and Hawai‘i beginning in the summer.

From the Kohala coast to the deep jungle of Pāhoa, the island retreats offer an array of eco-sustainable amenities equipped with farm-to-table gardens, yoga studios and saltwater pools.

The crash occurred Sunday afternoon on Queen Ka‘ahumanu Highway in North Kona.

The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation issued an advisory Sunday night.

Police activity is ongoing in the area.

The Big Island, as always, has plenty to do now that we all might have a little more free time after the Thanskgiving holiday weekend.

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park is thankful this Thanksgiving holiday weekend for staff, volunteers and all of its partners who work behind the scenes — and even on holidays — to protect it from invasive, non-native introduced pests. You can get involved, too.

The Big Island is “such a dynamic environment that I think we take for granted because most places on Earth don’t have those dramatic changes,” said Steve Lundblad, geology professor at UH-Hilo.

The earthquake happened at 8:40 a.m. Saturday morning 11 miles west-northwest of Volcano at a depth of 13 miles below sea level. It was felt around the island and as far away as Honolulu.

Lataja Andrade was arrested on Nov. 26, after she was found in possession of Ford Fusion reported stolen in August.