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This is the 19th traffic fatality this year compared to nine at this time last year.

While there is no active lava on the surface, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reports that levels of unrest remain high as the vent remains open, tremor is still present, glow could still be seen from the fissures overnight and active degassing of SO2 is still occurring from the fissures and blowing downwind.

More information will be provided as it becomes available.

Four of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. One of the drivers was under the age of 21.

Applications are open now through June 15. Awardees will be notified in July.

As of Monday afternoon, Gamayo was in second place. The public has until Thursday to vote for their favorite home chef and the top 15 will move on to the next round.

32-year-old Kamren Forest Adams was originally charged by way of complaint and made his initial appearance May 14 in Kona District Court. Despite objections by Hawai’i County prosecutors, he was released on supervised release.

While the lava flow has ceased, air quality levels are slightly elevated at the Pāhala and Nāʻālehu air quality monitoring stations.

22-year-old Daryl C. Sampaga Jr. made his initial appearance Monday in Hilo District Court. His bail was maintained at $390,000 and he was ordered to appear Wednesday for a preliminary hearing.

The training program at Waiākea High School in Hilo will run all day.

The affected streets for this project will be Williama Place, Melekahiwa Place, Melekahiwa Street and Mikahala Place.

Over 30 participants and their families will enjoy a morning of adaptive outrigger canoe, swimming and paddle boarding.

Hotspot distribution will take place at the DHHL Waimea District Office located at 64-756 Māmalahoa Highway.

Students from Hilo Intermediate, Waiākea Intermediate, Pāhoa Elementary, Kea’au Elementary and Pāhoa Intermediate schools on May 23 celebrated completing the DARE program.

Thirteen Big Island residents graduated the Hawai‘i Carpenters Apprenticeship & Training Fund apprenticeship program last Saturday.

The new eruption first began at about 12:30 a.m. today. The most recent eruption in this region was in December 1974, which lasted only about 6 hours. At this time, it is not possible to say how long this new eruption will last.

The popular Big Island bakery in Nāʻālehu is honoring the heritage of the Hawaiian Islands with its new Voyager Bar, the only energy bar made in Hawaiʻi, that features the traditional “canoe foods” of breadfruit, coconut and banana.

The decommissioning of the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo’s Hōkū Keʻa Observatory was completed in May.

Women entrepreneurs who are seeking financial support are encouraged to apply for microgrants up to $2,000 each.