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The university is one of two Hawaiʻi employers and only eight universities throughout the nation that made the global news magazine’s list of “America’s Greatest Workplaces for Parents and Families.”

Ironman World Championship competitor Julie Moss reflects on 1982 race and her relationship with Hawai’i ever since.

US Chief District Judge Derrick K. Watson on Tuesday sentenced Lyle Cummings, 47, of Maui, to 10 1/2 years of imprisonment and seven years of supervised release for attempted coercion and enticement of a child to engage in sexual activity and trafficking cocaine and crack.

Starting at 6:25 a.m. HST, women will begin the grueling 140.6-mile race at Kailua Bay. Following the 2.4-mile swim, athletes will transition to the bike for 112 miles and finish the race with a 26.2-mile run.

48-year-old Roberta Mokihana Perry of Pāhoa, who was also wanted in connection with an unrelated theft investigation, was found Oct. 12 in Pāhoa.

According to the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, an eruption of the Big Island volcano in the region from Halemaʻumaʻu crater south to the December 1974 vents could emerge with little notice.

Police know school bus stops have a high number of young pedestrians that interact with vehicle traffic and want to ensure everyone is safe.

The VinFast Ironman World Championship women’s triathlon isn’t the only show in town this week. There’s plenty of activities, festivals, entertainment and more around the island to keep keiki to kūpuna busy.

Hawai‘i Fire Department responded to the scene, 286 Kaiulani Street, at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. When they arrived, they climbed down 30 to 40 feet where they began treating the victim, who had hit his head.

42-year-old Jennifer Michelle Showen of Hawaiian Shores is described as about 5-foot-7, 150 pounds, with dirty-blondish hair.

The traditional double-hulled canoe, revered for reviving the lost art of Polynesian voyaging and navigation, has been sailing from Southeast Alaska down the Pacific Coast of North America since June as part of the Moananuiākea Voyage.

Ramona Okumura, a retired prothesis expert who was born and raised in Honoka‘a, frequently travels to Gaza, volunteering to help children who lost their limbs because of violence between Israel and Palestine.

So far this year, there have been 752 DUI arrests compared with 760 during the same period last year, a decrease of 1.1%.

Healthy, viable trees, especially native species, enhance environmental health and help mitigate fire risk. However, social media posts following the wildfires seemed to fuel the notion, and the calls, that people should chop their trees down.

Inflation at the summit of the Big Island volcano also remains at about its highest level in more than 5 years, returning to nearly the level seen just before the last eruption Sept. 10, which lasted less than a week.

The race will take place Saturday where triathletes with swim, bike and run for a grueling 140.6 miles from Kailua Bay in downtown Kona to the top of Hawai‘i Island in Hawī and finish where they started.

No appointments are needed, and all presentations are open to the public.

Here’s everything you need to know about race day.

Over the last two years, privately owned lots, previously free, moved to a paid parking system two weeks before VinFast Ironman World Championship. In 2022 it was the Kona Inn and Shopping Village lot off Hualalai Road and this year it’s Coconut Grove Marketplace.

To honor the lives of those lost, including Americans, that began with the attacks on Israel over the weekend, Hawaiʻi Gov. Josh Green has ordered the United States and Hawai‘i state flags be flown at half-staff at state facilities.