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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has entered into an agreement with Hawaiʻi Community Lending to expand access to homes in rural Hawaʻi for low and very-low income residents.

Outrigger Resorts & Hotels announced Thursday it plans to acquire Kaua‘i Beach Resort & Spa in Līhu‘e, which would give the company a property on all four major Hawaiian islands.

Part of developing a new management plan for Maunakea on the Big Island will be including voices that might not have been heard in the past and will include public input.

Have you seen her? Harley Hendricks was reported as a runaway. She was last seen the morning of June 24 in Fern Acres in Puna.

Hawai‘i bucks the trend of anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment in several states throughout the nation, but that doesn’t mean members of the community here on the Big Island don’t still face challenges.

The National Weather Service in Honolulu says winds have diminished below advisory levels.

Rep. Trish La Chica has been chosen as a delegate for the Filipino Young Leaders Program, a collaborative initiative between the Philippine Embassy, Consulates General in the U.S., and the Ayala Foundation, Inc.

At the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, 127 student-athletes have been recognized on the Pacific West Conference 2022-23 Academic All-PacWest Team.

The Zonta Club of Hilo is providing an opportunity for women entrepreneurs on Big Island to receive financial support through its Pay It Forward microgrant program.

The new Maunakea Stewardship and Oversite Authority is tasked with creating a new management plan to balance the use of land considered sacred by Native Hawaiians and revered as one of the best places in the world for astronomy.

Gay right supporters and advocates in rainbow colors and decorated in an assortment of glitter and costumes also flooded downtown Hilo to begin the festival celebration with this yearʻs theme: “Fabulous Free Future.”

The National Weather Service has issued a high surf alert for all south-facing shores of the Hawaiian Islands until 6 a.m. Monday.

Big Island resident Luis De Alba found the GPS coordinates and decided they would go great on a T-shirt to commemorate two separate incidents of tourists driving right into the same Kona harbor.

Canoe clubs Kai ‘Ehitu, Keauhou and Kai’Ōpua worked together to bring up all 28 cinderblocks used for the May 27 regatta.

Kumukahi Health + Wellness on the Big Island provides a safe space and crucial health care programs for all underserved communities on Hawai‘i Island including the LGBTQ+ community and especially people affected and living with HIV and similar health disparities.

On Tuesday at approximately 11:33 p.m., Hawai‘i Island police responded to a call about a weapons incident behind a business in the 300 block of East Maka‘ala Street. When officers arrived on scene they encountered a 44-year-old woman with a laceration to her arm and 52-year-old man with a puncture wound to his stomach.

While Gov. Green is not required to issue a veto for every bill on the intent to veto list, all bills not included in the list will become law by July 11.

Hawai’i Gov. Josh Green on Friday signed 18 “Good Government” bills into law that govern ethics, lobbying, campaign spending and other activities to provide greater transparency and accountability.

A 72-year-old man from Kailua-Kona has died five days after being involved in a single moped crash on the night of June 18 in North Kona.

Hawaiʻi County Department of Parks and Recreation is reopening Aunty Sally Kaleohano’s Lū‘au Hale at the Ho‘olulu Complex in Hilo for private function reservations beginning on July 1, 2023.