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These meetings aim to facilitate outreach and engagement with residents in the Puna community.

Neighborhood Place of Puna plans to use its Day 1 Families Fund grant to reduce the number of families and children experiencing homelessness in Hawai‘i County.

And while the cost of the holiday meal seems to have gone down on a national level, the Big Island community appears to still be paying premium prices for their Thanksgiving dinners.

From the Waimea Community Chorus singing in the season, the Downtown Hilo Christmas Light Parade kicking off the Christmas parade season and the annual tree lighting in Kona to a slew of craft fairs and Black Friday deals, not to mention a few Thanksgiving dinners if you don’t want to cook or are looking to meet some new friends, you shouldn’t have any issues finding the right event for you.

The Hilo Temple Corps is most thankful this year for the Big Island community and its support and wants to give back by feeding people’s bodies and souls.

The whale, in about 70 feet of water, initially spotting by one of the 24 guests, was moving north along the shoreline.

This year there have been 33 traffic fatalities on Hawai‘i Island roads, with impairment a factor in 14, or 42%, of those deaths.

Areas accessed by Chain of Craters Road, including coastal backcountry sites, Kulanaokuaiki Campground, Keanakākoʻi and the Devastation Trail and parking area, are now open.  

The boy was last seen in the 100 block of Kapiolani Street in Hilo on Monday at around 3 p.m.

This annual closure also includes the East Hawai‘i Organics Facility, the West Hawai‘i Organics Facility, the Hilo Reload Station, the HI-5 redemption centers at County facilities, and the Reuse Centers.

The Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center rotation is a large-scale training exercise that enables collaboration between 5,300 Active Duty, Reserve and National Guard members from across the U.S. Joint Forces, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Indonesia and Thailand.

The Kaua‘i Police Department has arrested a suspect in connection with a robbery and auto theft who was on the run for a week. Police arrested 27-year-old Sateki Nisa of Pāhoa, Hawai‘i Island, Tuesday morning. He is currently being held on bail totaling $114,000. He is being charged with first-degree robbery, Unauthorized Control of Propelled […]

For the past 20 years, the ministry has been giving away turkeys for Thanksgiving meals. The drive started at 7 a.m. Wednesday as people were off to work or dropping off kids at school.

Rikar was last seen in the Pahoa area on Nov. 20 at approximately 6:30 a.m. wearing a red t-shirt and black pants.

The warrant sweep arrested people for offenses ranging from contempt of court, probation violation, probation no bail and failure to appear.

This event was part of the preparations for the upcoming finals scheduled for April 13, 2024. It was organized by the Hawai’i Keiki Rodeo Association.

As a precaution, the park has closed Chain of Craters Road at the intersection near Devastation parking lot and nearby areas.

The couple was granted supervised release by Hilo District Court Judge Jeffrey Hawk over prosecutors’ objections.

The Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu (HNL); Kahului Airport (OGG); the Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keāhole (KOA); Hilo International Airport (ITO), and Līhu‘e Airport (LIH) are expected to be busy.

While more than 500 families who lost their homes in the devastating Aug. 8 blazes have been placed, but thousands of displaced families are still languishing in temporary shelters