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Byron Goo, CEO of Tea Chest Hawaiʻi, will serve as chair of the nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting U.S. exports and international trade development.

Police have continued to follow up on tips and have interviewed many of the fisherman’s known associates, friends and family.

Anyone with information on the teen’s whereabouts is asked to call 911 or the police department’s non-emergency line at 808-935-3311.

The Hawaiʻi Board of Land and Natural Resources has approved $7 million for five grants to be paid out from the Land Conservation Fund.

While a pilot program to send some willing homeless persons back to their home states was deemed a success, the State Legislature failed to pass a measure to make the program permanent.

Participating Hawaiʻi public schools served ʻulu banana bread for breakfast this month using local ʻulu flour supplied by the Hawaiʻi ʻUlu Cooperative.

A man from Honoka‘a is facing a myriad of drug charges after a search warrant at a home yielded varying amounts of methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana.

The kayaker is the second waterman to go missing at sea in the past two weeks.

Big Island lawmakers once again secured $1.5 million to fund the Puna Alternate Study after funding lapsed last year.

The limited liability company recalled packages in the 0.6-ounce and 4-ounce bags that were distributed to multiple retail locations.

The report of the brush fire came in at 12:21 p.m. on Sunday on the 11-3400 block of Plumeria Street in Kea‘au.

Nicole Bullock was located in Hilo after being reported missing and “endangered.”

Oasis Skateshop in Hilo continues to host events and engage the local scene while the skate community eagerly anticipates the building of the long-awaited county skatepark for all ages and skill levels.

The 62nd annual Merrie Monarch Festival’s competition ended Saturday night, but the pageantry, passion and poetry lives on in photos.

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) presented an ambitious awards schedule before the Hawaiian Homes Commission Monday and announced its plan to issue more than 2,600 leases by the end of 2025.

According to the Coast Guard Sector Honolulu command center, watchstanders received a report at 10:09 a.m. from Hawai‘i Fire Department dispatchers regarding an unmanned yellow kayak 400 yards offshore from Keauhou.

According to Hawai‘i County Civil Defense Agency, no residential structures were reported damaged. 

Shanice Ogata-Staudinger, 30, got separated from a relative while out picking opihi on July 9, 2023, in the area of Kahakai Boulevard and Papio Street in Pāhoa, at a spot commonly known as “Hau Bush.”

The Merrie Monarch Hula Festival concluded Saturday at the Edith Kanaka‘ole Multi-Purpose Stadium in Hilo with ‘auana (modern hula) performances from 20 hālau across the state of Hawai‘i and California.

How to pay for and support county services, programs, services and essential public safety is a timely question given challenges ahead for the island’s government because of anticipated and dramatic changes to federal and state funding supports as well as local revenue mechanisms, including property taxes.