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This race will be decided on Saturday.

The free community event is aimed at giving Puna’s youth a path to stay, work and thrive at home; businesses and employers who want to host a table should register by Aug. 6.

There have been 445 DUI arrests so far this year, a decrease of 15.56% compared with 527 during the same period last year.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a food safety alert due to multistate outbreak of Salamonella linked to jalapeños distributed by Coast Citrus Distributors.

The Hawaiʻi County Council was going to vote Wednesday on whether to authorize condemnation of 3.74 acres of land to make Government Beach Road safer, but was asked to postpone the decision to allow for the agreement to be finalized with Lum Family Enterprises.

Application period now open for first-of-its-kind butchery and meat preservation training at the Diamond Head campus of Culinary Institute of Pacific on Oʻahu; participants can learn from nationally recognized instructors.

Hawaiian Electric plans pole replacement work the evening of Aug. 6 along Māmalahoa Highway, between junction of Hualālai Road and Halelani Road.

Hawaiʻi is first international port of call during the ARM Cuauhtémoc’s first major training voyage following a 2025 New York tragedy.

A quick look at news happening around the Big Island and throughout the state.

Puʻu Waʻawaʻa youth and disabled is weekends and state holidays throughout August; Puʻu Waʻawaʻa makai muzzleloader hunting and Puʻu Anahulu Game Management Area makai muzzleloader from first Friday in September through last Sunday in October.

With County Council member Ashley Kierkiewicz unable to pursue re-election due to term limits, four candidates are running to represent Lower Puna.

Residents are asked to take their recyclables to the Volcano or Keaʻau recycling and transfer stations during the construction period.

Kimball is being challenged by retired entrepreneur Ren del Rosario and UFC Hall of Famer BJ Penn.

After being flowing to a hospital on Oʻahu on July 30, 64-year-old Clifford Gouveia died four days later from his injuries.

Kona Community Hospital has achieved Level 3 trauma center verification from the American College of Surgeons, becoming the first in the Hawaiʻi Health Systems Corporation to earn this status.

Preliminary state statistics show total visitor spending in June was $1.98 billion, a 0.6% increase from June last year, with 858,577 total visitors last month, up 0.2% compared with 857,102 visitors in June 2025.

Route 19 in Hawaiʻi is now open to all traffic following its closure.

Authorities arrested Mountain View resident Kawika Ah Nee on suspicion of attempted murder after a shooting in Hilo.

Workshops will be held statewide to help organizations interested in applying understand the process and technical requirements.

The first episode of “Hānau Ka Mele” from Nā Leo TV will reveal how mele carries history, identity, and aloha across generations through the Lim Family.