North Hawai‘i News

Lane closure schedules can change at any time without notice. All projects are weather permitting.

This week’s top 10 has everything from an ongoing exhibit featuring the legacy of Hawaiʻi beekeepers to raising awareness about sexual assault and how to prevent it; check out this week’s listings right now!

A free, informal talk story will be from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, April 21 at the Kohala Intergenerational Center in Kapaʻau.

Vibrant Hawaiʻi is introducing the podcast this year with renewed intention — to challenge the long-standing narrative that Hawaiʻi’s most promising ʻōpio must leave the island to succeed.

Lane closure schedules can change at any time without notice. All projects are weather permitting.

“You cannot be what you cannot see,” said nurse practitioner Joshua Lessard-Chaudoin. “Our goal is to give students meaningful exposure to healthcare careers, connect them with mentors and help guide their future pathways in medicine and wellness.”

It’s another week with plenty to do around the Big Island, but if you’re a music enthusiast — or just like to listen to great tunes — several venues have events planned that are pitch perfect for you; check out this week’s top 10 things to do on the Big Island now!

With statewide flood watch extended: “We urge everyone to stay informed and be prepared to act if needed,” said said state Adjutant General and Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency Director Maj. Gen. Stephen Logan.

Verifying accurate and current voter registration information is necessary to ensure voters receive a ballot in the mail.

Lane closure schedules can change at any time without notice. All projects are weather permitting.

There are plenty of activities and events happening around the island during the next week, and not all of them are related to Merrie Monarch Week. Check out the top 10 things to do now!

A flood watch remains in effect for the Big Island, as well as a wind advisory and winter weather advisory for the island’s summits.

More intense heavy rainfall, which could lead to more flooding in already drowned locations throughout the state, along with isolated thunderstorms, some of which could be severe, strong winds and hazardous winter weather atop Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa still in the forecast.

Stormy conditions will continue through the rest of the week, with a major risk of even more heavy rainfall Wednesday through Friday for the entire state, and especially the Big Island, bringing with it a strong potential for additional flooding.

Hawai’i airports brace for an influx of interisland passengers traveling to Hilo for the 63rd annual Merrie Monarch Festival, ongoing until April 11.

Light to locally moderate scattered showers are forecast for Tuesday, April 7, along mainly windward and mauka locations of the state, with a minor risk of locally heavy rainfall and concern for isolated thunderstorms during the afternoon on the Big Island; flood watch already in place, going into effect from Wednesday morning, April 8, through Friday afternoon, April 10.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data show 16,482 people died and about 1.6 million people were injured in crashes involving distracted drivers from 2020 to 2024 nationwide.

National Weather Service says confidence is increasing that unsettled weather — possibly even a fifth kona low since the beginning of the year — will impact the state from midweek and possibly into this weekend even as some places continue to recover from back-to-back kona lows in March and majority of Merrie Monarch Festival activities kick off Wednesday, April 8, in Hilo.

There have been a total of 198 DUI arrests so far this year, a 6.16% decrease from the 237 during the same period last year; DUI roadblocks and patrols will continue islandwide.

Lane closure schedules can change at any time without notice. All projects are weather permitting.