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A hui from Paʻauilo hope to bring Makahiki into the community consciousness with an event that celebrates the season and educates the public about its importance in Native Hawaiian tradition.

The Big Island is once again teeming with events, activities, shows and more for any and everyone to enjoy. Check out what’s happening in this week’s top 10!

The long-awaited playground redevelopment project at Pu‘u Nui Park in Waikōloa Village is finally underway.

Last year, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands announced plans to purchase the Courtyards at Waipouli, which will force current tenants to find a new place to live.

Researchers at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa have made an exciting discovery: a virus found in the ocean called FloV-SA2 carries the genetic instructions for making part of a ribosome—a crucial component in cells that turns genetic information into proteins. This is the first time a virus that infects eukaryotic organisms (such as plants, animals, and fungi) has been found to have this capability, according to UH researchers.

The US Department of the Interior has announced $41 million in funding through the Biden-Harris administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support 21 water and ecosystem health projects nationwide, including two in Hawaiʻi.

The services are being stopped at the Honokaʻa, Laupāhoehoe, Volcano, Pāhala and Waiʻōhinu stations after Big Island Scrap Metal in Kea‘au, Hawai‘i County’s contracted metal recycling partner, suffered a large industrial fire Wednesday.

Big Island firefighters discovered a 50-by-50-by-12-foot mound of scrap metal and large tires about 75% involved in fire under a covered, open steel metal building when they arrived at Big Island Scrap Metal at 9 a.m. Wednesday. Gray — and at times black — gritty smoke billowed into the air, easily sticking out against the bright blue clear sky.

On Tuesday during Hawai‘i County Council’s Governmental Operations and External Affairs Committee, Alameda sat in front of the council with nine of his selected department heads for Hawai‘i County, seeking the body’s confirmation on each individual.

Bernhard Langer, Fred Couples, Vijay Singh, Ernie Els and Retief Goosen will join 37 other golfers on the 18-hole Jack Nicklaus-designed course at Four Seasons Resort Hualālai in Ka‘ūpūlehu to open the 2025 PGA TOUR Champions season.

Hawai’i Island police have secured nearly $160,000 in federal grants that will be used to conduct more community outreach, purchase new equipment, improve and enhance enforcement.

Hawai‘i state Sen. Tim Richards and state Rep. David Tarnas along with Hawai‘i County Council members Heather Kimball and James Hustace are speaking during the meeting Thursday.

An agriculture inspector from the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture Plant Quarantine Branch in Kona retrieved the animal early Sunday morning and arranged for it to be transported to Honolulu. This was the second opossum in as many months to be captured in the islands.

The lack of trade winds is keeping the vog lingering over Hawai‘i Island, but that is expected to change by the weekend.

8-show residency scheduled to begin later this month at House of Blues at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas indefinitely postponed as iconic 77-year-old musician recovers.

The officer successfully investigated several cases within the first two months of his solo patrol that resulted in the recovery of stolen property.

A total of $60,000 will be awarded to qualified applicants.

Clare E. Connors submitted her resignation to President Joseph R. Biden Jr., and Attorney General Merrick Garland, which will become effective at 11:59 p.m. on Jan. 19, 2025.

The declaration of emergency is in effect from Jan. 6 through March 6.

From Suisan Fish Market to to the Grand Naniloa Hotel, artists will be showcasing their craft and art that honors Queen Liliuokalani’s legacy on Banyan Drive.