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Ambronette ‘Amber’ Rivera received the award earlier this month from Friends of the Library of Hawaiʻi during its annual Membership Meeting; congratulated by Hawaiʻi Gov. Josh Green and first lady Jaime Kanani Green and honored by state legislators and others.

The family-friendly fundraiser April 18 at Walter Victor Baseball Complex in Hilo is dedicated to strengthening families and preventing child abuse and neglect in Hawai‘i.

The newly reopened branch in Hilo — which has been inside the KTA Super Stores location at Pū‘āinakō for 30 years — demonstrates the bank’s continued commitment to Hawai‘i Island.

Police have made 95 DUI arrests so far this year, a decrease of 22.76c5 from the 123 DUI arrests made by the same time last year.

The National Weather service have extended the island’s high surf advisory until 6 p.m., with waves of 7 to 10 feet still expected.

The collection events March 7 in Waimea and March 8 in Pāhoa will allow households a chance to conveniently dispose of acceptable hazardous waste in a manner that protects public health and the environment.

Hilo Benioff Medical Center is consistently over capacity, which will not be alleviated until the hospital’s 66,000-square-foot expansion is complete.

This weekend is so packed with events and activities — all on Friday and Saturday — there wasn’t room in the top 10 for anything else! Check them out now; we’re sure you’ll have a great time at whichever events and activities you attend.

Fee at Kealakehe Recycling and Transfer Station will be $5 per cubic yard; fee at East Hawaiʻi Organics Facility will be $20 per cubic yard as of March 1.

Hawaiian Electric is replacing utility poles on Māmalahoa Highway near Nohealani Street in Keauhou from 10 p.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday.

Main focus of Waimea Community Association monthly meeting will be transportation issues affecting Waimea and South Kohala; Hawaiʻi County Department of Public Works Deputy Director Neil Azevedo also will joint conversation.

On Wednesday, Blane Kenolio, a six-year member of the police department, entered his no contest plea before Judge Henry Nakamoto.

Applications are open for the new “Cultivating Canoe Crops Course,” which offers hands-on training and valuable business insights to expand the local food economy.

Hawaiʻi’s Hale Kamaʻāina program is lowering costs for first-time homebuyers by offering a chance at 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with interest rates as low as 5.4%.

Hawai‘i Police held a welcoming ceremony for the department’s newest K9, a 3-year-old Labrador retriever whose job is to finding missing people.

Young at Art features artwork from Hawaiʻi Island students in kindergarten through 12th grade from all public, charter, private and home schools at the Wailoa Center in Hilo until March 26.

Kona community police are holding a monthly Kupuna Watch meeting to build rapport with kupuna on Feb. 27, and then on Feb. 28, the Keiki Fun Run/Walk will encourage the community to stay active.

The 15,372-square-foot site known as Keakealaniwahine was once slated for development of a 5-story condominium.

New information about the power companyʻs Repower Project, timelines and next milestones will be presented the public meeting at the Pāhoa Neighborhood Facility.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is encouraging international student applicants with new microsites available in their language.