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Gifted lauhala weavers prepare for the 52nd Annual Kona Coffee Cultural Festival that runs Nov. 3-12.

Police say the public help in their effort to find Tidwell who was located in the Hawai‘i Ocean View Estates subdivision at 9 a.m. on Tuesday.

Keone Balai, who remains in custody in lieu of $126,000 bail, is scheduled to make his initial appearance on Tuesday afternoon in Hilo District Court.

Funding for growth in the program was provided by the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division of the Hawai‘i Department of Health and in partnership with the Hawai‘i County Mayor’s Office.

Affected areas include Waiānuenue Avenue, from Kapi‘olani to Hāla‘i Streets, including side roads and lanes in Hilo.

On Hawaiʻi Island, the West Hawaiʻi Master Gardeners will have free trees available at the Mālama Market parking lot in Ocean View from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday.

During this monthly test, all Statewide Outdoor Warning Sirens will sound a one-minute Attention Alert Signal (steady tone). A test of the Live Audio Broadcast segment of the Emergency Alert System is conducted at roughly the same time as the monthly siren sounding, in cooperation with the Hawai‘i broadcast industry.

Hawaiian slack key legends perform live at the 26th Annual Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival in West Hawai’i Sunday.

Citizens who wish to remain anonymous can make an anonymous tip through Crime Stoppers at 808-961-8300 and be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000. Crime Stoppers does not record any calls or subscribe to caller ID.

From fresh vegetables, breads, meats and other essential food items, these ‘Ohana Drops’ offer communities the opportunity to drive through the line once, and receive food to help sustain their families to the next paycheck with no personal questions asked.

Summer Keliikoa was last seen in North Kohala at the Hawi town bus stop on Oct. 14 at 6:15 p.m., wearing black pants, a black jacket and a black beanie.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is highly ranked in the world in a variety of subject areas, according to two premier comprehensive subject rankings.

Research out of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa focused on ʻoʻopu nākea — a type of goby fish found only in Hawaiʻi — to link the importance of the mountain to ocean approach in the stewardship of the state’s natural and cultural resources.

The center fosters cross-disciplinary research with state-of-the-art facilities, positioning Hawaiʻi at the forefront of microbiome discovery.

Police ask anyone who may have information on the girl’s whereabouts to contact the department’s non-emergency line at 808-935-3311.

Bobby Fujimoto was a staunch advocate of higher education who served on the UH Board of Regents from 1979 to 1987, including as its chair from 1981 to 1983. He made generous donations to UH and also served as a trustee of the UH Foundation.

The tour company based at the Kona Inn Shopping Village offers several options for guests to explore “Paranormal Paradise” around the Big Island, from Kona to Hilo and places in between.

Hawai‘i Island has no shortage of hauntings and legends that will leave you with chicken skin.

An Economic Stability grant of $500,000 was awarded to the Homestead Community Development Corporation for its statewide Residential Employment Living Improvement Project, which would provide experiential employment opportunities and training including job placement services for an estimated 95 Native Hawaiians.

Currently, immunotherapy is the standard of care for patients with liver cancer. However, while newer immunotherapy medications, which use a person’s immune system to fight cancer, can slow the spread in many types of cancers, liver tumors often do not respond. University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center researcher Benjamin Green, MD, led a team to conduct public impact research and published a study aimed to better understand why this happens.