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Coffee with a Cop events are scheduled for Tuesday in Kealakekua, Wednesday in Hōlualoa and Friday in Kailua-Kona.

Starseed Ranch is offering an exclusive Farm to Table Dinner special with an educational tour at a discounted rate for kamaʻāina.

Cohort X of the Omidyar Fellows include two Hawai‘i Island residents: No‘eau Peralto, executive director of Hui Mālama i ke Ala ʻŪlili, and Rebecca Soon, COO of Solutions Pacific and president of Ward Research.

Nearly 20 local nurseries and artisans will participate in this year’s orchid show and sale at Kona Old Airport State Recreational Area.

Native Hawaiian artist and Maui resident Kirk Kurokawa painted the portrait of Gov. David Ige with a goal of capturing the essence of a leader.

Marking the start of the Performing Arts Center season, the Dance Collective will feature unique, original pieces by local choreographers that promise to captivate and inspire.

The Hawaiʻi green fee, established with the passage of Act 96, is expected to generate about $100 million annually and will be used to build resiliency against the impacts of climate change.

Registration for a new novice girls division in the East Hawaiʻi Youth Basketball League opens on September 23 ahead of the 2025-2026 season.

Community members and their furry friends are welcome to join the Queen’s North Hawaiʻi Community Hospital’s pet therapy teams on a 2-mile walk on Sept. 27.

Hawaiʻi Island police officers received a donation of 30 automated external defibrillators from the Hilo Benioff Medical Center Foundation and the Max and Yetta Karasik Foundation to better respond to cardiac emergencies.

The National Institutes of Health awarded a $2.8 million grant for the Hawaiʻi study that wants to find out if providing funding for fruits and vegetables can help people struggling with high blood pressure.

The Hawai‘i Food & Wine Festival and ʻŌuli Farms have launched the Chefs’ Garden, uniting top chefs in a journey of culinary and agricultural creativity through regenerative agriculture.

The union of nurses, pharmacists, therapists and other frontline professionals at Kaiser Permanente in Hawaiʻi and California are demanding safe staffing, better pay and respect at the negotiating table.

The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education announced Keaʻau High School’s J. Elise Hannigan, a senior mentor teacher and Freshman Academy coordinator, as its Teacher of the Year. Hannigan received the state’s top teaching award from Hawaiʻi Gov. Josh Green, Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke and Superintendent Keith Hayashi during an awards ceremony on Friday at Washington […]

John Bertsch, vice chair of the police commission, said Hawaiʻi County will have some competition vying for top qualified candidates with Honolulu and Kauaʻi counties also seeking new police chiefs.

Lava fountains reached up to 700–800 feet during the early hours of the eruption, making these the highest fountains since episode 28 in July.

Annual University of Hawai‘i at Hilo Athletics fundraiser kicked off Sept.16 and runs through Oct. 16; contributions collected support student-athlete scholarships, training and travel.

American Samoa is comprised of the easternmost islands of a volcanic island chain formed by the Samoan hot spot in the South Pacific Ocean, with its small islands the tops of volcanoes and an active volcanic seamount nearby.

LifeSmarts is a free, national educational program that teaches students critical life skills in five key areas by holding online quizzes and in-person competitions.

Water sample retesting results at the Hilo park showed enterococci levels no longer exceed the acceptable threshold level.