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48-year-old Tara Little of Kaʻū was last seen the afternoon of Aug. 25 in Hawaiian Ocean View Estates.

The death toll in the deadliest U.S. wildfire in the past century remains at 115; a total of 38 victims have been identified so far.

Spending by the 1.6 million visitors to the park last year supported 1,500 jobs in the area and $195 million in economic output in local gateway economies surrounding the park.

The festival at the Big Island astronomy center featured special planetarium shows, Japanese crafts and traditional games, bon dance lessons, taiko performances, entertainment, ʻono food and more.

Once accused of being a petting zoo for illegally acquired day octopuses, the Kanaloa Octopus Farm has shut down its West Hawai‘i research facility.

Big Island police report that 64-year-old Georgette Olinger-Sakai was located in Hilo in good health.

Darryl Oliveira will take over day-to-day operations of the Valley Isle’s emergency management agency, including response to the Maui wildfire disaster, as of Aug. 28.

The sweep was conducted by the Hawai‘i Police Department, in conjunction with the U.S. Marshals Service Hawai‘i Task Force, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations, Hawai‘i Department of Public Safety Sheriff Division, Hawai‘i Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement and investigators from the Hawai‘i County Office of the Prosecuting Attorney.

Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s help in locating 36-year-old Joseph Narzisi of Kailua-Kona, who is wanted on an outstanding Parole Violation warrant.

Hawaiʻi County has been chosen as one of 12 U.S. municipalities to join the Cities Forward program, empowering cities across the U.S., Latin America and the Caribbean to find sustainable solutions to urban challenges.

The Hawaiʻi Police Department provided the following list of 25 people with outstanding misdemeanor or traffic warrants.

Maui County officials released a list of 388 people who have been validated as missing since the Aug. 8 Lāhainā fire.

The award honors a team for outstanding contributions to education and modeling innovation and adaptation within education program planning, development and implementation.

Girl Scouts of Hawaiʻi leaders and troops hosted nearly 90 guests for a Distinguished Visitors Day on Aug. 17 to showcase the Innovative Readiness Training team’s repairs to the camp outside Waimea.

Employees and residents of Blackstone’s Maui properties will receive $3,000 assistance payments, while $500,000 will be donated to Hawai‘i Community Foundation’s Maui Strong Fund and the Maui Food Bank.

Lis Gallant has spent the past two and a half years at the U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory on the Big Island as a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow and is joining the Department of Geology at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo as an assistant professor.

Maui County officials released the name of eight more individuals killed in the Aug. 8 Lāhainā fire on Thursday.

According to a recent report, Kailua Pier Sta. D in Kailua-Kona has historically met the acceptable beach threshold level, and there is no known source of fecal contamination.

The inaugural Going Home Hawaiʻi Re-entry and Restoration Summit in Kailua-Kona on the Big Island featured speakers who presented integrated methods meant to spark positive change for justice-impacted individuals.

The teen was last seen on Komohana Street in Hilo.