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No new COVID-related deaths were reported.

Queen’s North Hawaii Community Hospital plans to offer weekly walk-in vaccination opportunities for all state residents aged 16 years and older.

On Mother’s Day, May 9, 1999, eight people were killed and nearly three dozen were hurt when rocks tumbled down the waterfall’s steep cliffs.

People with information pertaining to unsolved homicides may submit tips anonymously on the website.

Vaccines are available to all adults.

Taniguchi also leads Community First, a nonprofit founded by his late father, Barry Taniguchi, a forum for finding ideas to improve health and reduce medical costs on Hawaiʻi Island.

Pulse Utility was one of three finalists which presented to a group of judges at the venture competition’s final virtual event on May 5.

New Funding From the American Rescue Plan Follows The $352 Million In Rental Assistance Allocated to Hawai‘i.

Eight new cases of the virus were identified on the Big Island Sunday, per DOH statistics.

Young women, ages 14 and up, are eligible to apply for this week-long summer program.

The children that died from vehicular heatstroke ranged in age from five days to 14 years with more than half of the deaths, 54 percent, under two years of age.

Sen. Lorraine R. Inouye has secured $3.8 million in funding for two capital improvement projects in District 4.

Two years worth of collected ocean debris was taken to the Waikoloa landfill over the past two weekends by volunteers with the Hawai‘i Wildlife Fund (HWF).

Bill Chen started as a Vice Principal at Kealakehe High School last summer but has worked in West Hawai’i schools for eight years.

Most of the April rainfall totals across the Big Island were near to below average.

The Hawai‘i Department of Health reported 91 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday.

A team of earth and atmospheric scientists from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa looked to the source—rainfall on Hawaiʻi Island to better understand how and where groundwater is recharged.

No injuries were reported following a structure fire in Volcano Village early this morning, May 8.

Inter-county travelers who’ve received the COVID-19 vaccine will be able to bypass the pre-travel testing and/or quarantine requirement starting next week.

All projects are weather permitting.