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Observations conducted with a Big Island observatory helped a team of astronomers discover a rare pair of brown dwarfs that has the widest separation of any brown dwarf binary system found to date.

The Hawai‘i Police Department has opened an arson investigation related to the fire early Friday morning at the former Uncle Billy’s Hilo Bay Hotel.

Hawai‘i County Mayor Mitch Roth told Big Island Now that it’s difficult to determine an exact cause of a Kailua-Kona brush fire in February that closed two highways and caused the evacuation of multiple neighborhoods.

The state is moving ahead with reopening facilities to the public as new COVID-19 case numbers and hospitalizations continue to decline throughout the islands.

A change in traffic pattern is planned later this month for a portion of a Puna roadway.

Brief closures are planned this month for a few areas at Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park in Kona for helicopter operations.

Firefighters responded to a report of a vehicle fire on Kamaili Road in Pāhoa early Friday morning, which led them to a burning building, the Hawai‘i Fire Department stated.

As of Friday, March 4, 2022, the following individuals are wanted by the Hawaiʻi Police Department because of outstanding warrants

The state Department of Health reported 234 new COVID-19 cases Friday, bringing the statewide total to 236,983. Four new fatalities were reported.

Hawai‘i News Now reported Friday morning that a fire broke out at the former Uncle Billy’s Hilo Bay Hotel early Friday, citing Hawai‘i County officials.

The state Department of Public Safety again reported no new positive COVID-19 test results among inmates at the Big Island’s two correctional facilities in Hilo.

The Feb. 3 installment of “Volcano Watch” introduced some of the data streams that are used to monitor eruption pauses and renewals at Kīlauea’s summit, including ground tilt from borehole tiltmeters. Tilt data also provided valuable insight into the behavior of the lava lake that occupied Halemaʻumaʻu crater from 2008–2018, before the series of collapses in 2018 changed Kīlauea’s summit topography.

After a two-year pandemic pause, Hawai‘i Island Humane Society is bringing back a popular fundraising event.

Big Island police are asking for the public’s help with locating four men who have outstanding warrants for their arrest.

A Big Island organization whose mission is to promote the health and productivity of Hawai‘i’s forests recently was awarded a grant that will benefit several of the nonprofit’s projects.

Big Island police have charged an East Hawai‘i man in connection with an investigation into reports of child porn.

The Ironman Group has banned athletes from Russia or Belarus from participating in any Ironman races, including the October championship races in Kona.

Several University of Hawai‘i agencies and others have teamed up to provide easy public access to climate data and information, creating a powerful new tool that also helps close data gaps.

The state Department of Health reported 314 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, bringing the statewide total to 236,749. Three new fatalities were reported.

The state Department of Public Safety on Wednesday, March 2, reported one positive COVID-19 test result among inmates in the latest batch of tests administered at Hawai‘i Community Correctional Center in Hilo.