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American Savings Bank will continue its full range of banking and financial services under the existing brand and name after the sale of 90.1% of common stock from Hawaiian Electric Industries to individual investors.

Phase 4 of the Taxiway and Runway Lighting Replacement Project will replace all runway and taxiway lighting infrastructure, light fixtures and airfield signs as well as improve the electrical draining system at Hilo’s airport.

The Department of Water Supply scheduled the temporary water shut off for 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Friday morning for an emergency valve replacement.

The suspect is scheduled to return to court for a preliminary hearing on Jan. 23.

Behind us are the holidays and ahead is a whole new year, full of exciting experiences and opportunities to reinvent ourselves. Let’s make a resolution to try something new during 2025.

Completed applications must be submitted to the Recreation Division or postmarked by Feb. 28.

The eruption at Kīlauea volcano that began on Monday, Dec. 23, continues this morning. Over the past day, vents in the southwest portion of the caldera have continued producing a fan of lava flows covering the western portion of the crater floor during sustained lava fountaining.

Hawaiʻi County firefighters started the new year off by responding to a structure fire, finding occupants safely outside and putting out the blaze in 30 minutes.

It is unknown what caused the fire.

Hawai‘i joins 12 other states leading the way with expanded continuous Medicaid coverage for children, alongside Colorado, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah and Washington.

Local and international musicians and artists will be in Pahala and Kailua-Kona to teach young artists and connect with the culture of Hawaiʻi beginning Saturday.

After an explosion caused by illegal fireworks killed 3 and injured dozens more in Aliamanu on Oʻahu, officials begin discussing ways to stop the systemic issue once and for all.

Two minutes after midnight, Hawaiʻi Island police responded to a vehicle collision in South Kona that killed a pedestrian, marking the first traffic fatality of 2025.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation reported a 10% increase in traffic fatalities in 2024 with 51 from the City and County of Honolulu, 29 from Hawaiʻi Island, 14 from Maui County and 8 from Kauaʻi County.

The County of Hawaiʻi Department of Environmental Management has scheduled tree trimming along the driveway entrance to the Keaʻau Transfer Station between 8 a.m. and 4:45 p.m. from Tuesday, Jan. 14 through Thursday, Jan. 16.

There were 770,940 visitors to the Hawaiian Islands in November of this year, which is an increase of 5.3% compared to the same month in 2023.

As 2024 comes to a close, the Hawai‘i Island Humane Society is highlighting seven dogs who spent the entire year – and some longer – in the shelter.

Duncan Mahi, 54, of Hilo, entered his plea Tuesday in Kona Circuit Court. He remains in custody, is being held without bail and is ordered to appear for sentencing on March 14, 2025.

Gov. Josh Green signed an executive order protecting primary caregivers cultivating cannabis for patients within the bounds of the law that exists as of Dec. 31, 2024.

This is the 29th traffic fatality on Hawai‘i Island in 2024 compared to 15 this time last year.