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More than 40 participants will be participating in the training from Hawai‘i and twenty Pacific Island Countries and Territories: American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Hawaii, Kiribati, Republic of Marshall Islands, Nauru, Republic of Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna.

Launched and managed by the University of Hawai‘i Office of Innovation and Commercialization, Patents2Products is a new and unique program to develop the next generation of technology innovators from within the University of Hawai‘i’s ranks of PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers.

Hawai‘i Island police came into contact with the suspect at 11:20 a.m. on Friday after they saw the vehicle exiting the parking lot in the 75-6000 block of Kuakini Highway in Kailua-Kona and conducted a traffic stop.

This is the fifth eruption in the past four years.

Join Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park on Sept. 13 to learn the traditional Hawaiian practice of making poi from kalo (taro) root, guided by park ranger Keoni Kaholoʻaʻā.

The most significant rain event for last month was Aug. 21, as the remnant moisture from what was Tropical Cyclone Fernanda moved across windward slopes of the Big Island and Maui. Automated rain gauges on the eastern side of the Big Island recorded 2 to 4 inches of rain.

The West Hawai‘i Sanitary Landfill, the only working landfill on the island since the Hilo Landfill on the east side closed permanently 3 years ago, has about 20 to 25 years before it reaches capacity.

The bouldering gym opened in the Kona Brewery Block on Aug. 1.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Sunday announced it will be providing $95 million to Hawaiʻi for temporary support services for those impacted by the recent fires on Maui.

Live webcam footage from the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is showing an eruption at the Kīlauea volcano’s Halemaʻumaʻu crater.

“Ka Māno Wai: The Source of Life” authored by Noreen Mokuau, Kukunaokalā Yoshimoto, and Kathryn Braun, explores Native Hawaiian cultural practices from the perspectives of 14 revered kumu loea, or experts.

One of the event’s organizers Tim Bostock said: “We all need to work toward making our homes, our properties and our communities more resilient. The time is now.”

A new $30 million loan repayment program was unveiled on Saturday to address the growing shortages of physicians and other healthcare professionals across the Hawaiian islands.

There was a tie for the top two, with your aunty’s potato-mac salad and other each getting 21 votes, or 20% of the total vote.

Puna residents in lava zones 1 and 2 on the Big Island are now left with just one alternative for homeowners insurance since Universal Property and Casualty decided to get out of the Hawaiʻi market, and costs are skyrocketing.

Closure schedules can change at any time without further notice.

The Department of Water Supply will be working between Keawe and Kino‘ole Streets starting at 8 a.m. till 4 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday.

The Hawaiʻi Police Department provided the following list of 25 people with outstanding misdemeanor or traffic warrants as of Sept. 8, 2023.

The arrow left a small puncture hole in the driver’s side passenger door but did not pierce all the way through. Fortunately, no one was injured in the Big Island incident.

62-year-old Elroy Pacheco was last seen Aug. 16 in the Hilo area.