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The Hawai‘i Department of Health was notified and issued a water quality advisory for the bay, outside of the Hilo breakwater.

New and unfilled backpacks may be dropped off at any Hawai‘i Island police station.

Another head-to-head matchup between former state Sen. Laura Acasio and incumbent state Sen. Lorraine Inouye, both of Hilo, is on the ballot, as well as a race for a new face to fill the seat being vacated by longtime legislator state Rep. Richard Onishi, who is retiring this year.

Hawai‘i County is seeing an average of 14 new cases a day throughout a week’s time, with a 6.6% test positivity rate. The state on the other hand is seeing an average of 175 new cases a day during a 7-day period, an increase of 3 from the prior week, and has a 16.7% test positivity rate.

The student-led mission aims to study solar energetic particle events and increase knowledge of the Sun.

This veto list reflects our need to prioritize Hawaiʻi’s crippling high cost of living, the state’s affordable housing crisis and Hawaiʻi’s families impacted by the Maui wildfires,” said Gov. JoshGreen.

Lane closure schedules may change at any time without further notice.

The defendant, Beau De Dier, was reportedly in possession of a loaded Ruger .357 caliber revolver while driving a Dodge Ram pickup truck on Kanoelehua Avenue in Hilo on June 13, 2024.

Beginning June 24, the work schedule will be Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Hawaiʻi DOH advised the FDA of an outbreak of norovirus illnesses associated with the consumption of the affected oysters on June 13. A week later, the ROK advised the FDA that Central Fisheries Co., LTD voluntarily recalled the affected oysters.

The newest gift by the Benioffs adds to the 282 acres they previously donated to Hawai‘i Island Community Development Corporation in December 2023.

Hawaiian monk seal Rocky (RH58) gave birth to a pup overnight. Today, Rocky and her pup rested on a beach at Sand Island State Recreation Area (SRA) on O‘ahu.

Those honored were Traffic Services Manager Torey Keltner and officers Jason Miyashiro, Lawrence Kobayashi, John Harvey and Adam Roberg.

In May of this year, a group of volcano geochemists and petrologists (scientists who study the chemistry, textures and origins of volcanic rocks) met in Hilo to discuss how to improve our understanding of magma storage and evolution at Kīlauea with these considerations in mind.

The 50-year-old hospital — built in Kealakekua in 1974 — could potentially move to the old Kmart site or the Queen’s site in the West Hawai‘i business park next to Costco.

Results of water sample retesting at Puako Middle of Lot on the Kohala Coast showed that enterococci levels no longer exceed the acceptable threshold.

Thirteen youth from throughout the Hawaiian Islands brought the Navahine v. Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation constitutional climate case in June 2022, asserting their rights to a safe and healthy climate and asking the Hawaiʻi state government to act to meet the climate emergency and enable the state’s paradigm shift to a climate-safe, zero-emissions transportation system.

The unidentified 58-year-old O‘ahu man was seen swimming about 50 feet offshore when he began calling for help. He was not breathing and unresponsive when a friend got him to shore.

Hawai‘i Police Department is the official name of the only police department on the Big Island. The department also does not have a ‘Civil Processing Unit.’

State says water sample retesting results showed enterococci levels no longer exceed the threshold level.