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Justin Jay Flores and Theresa Pua Olena Borges, both 41, with were arrested and charged Wednesday afternoon with an array of firearms and drug offenses.

Within the state budget, $16.2 million will be used to improve the hospital’s HVAC system, central utility plant, site utilities, and other building infrastructure to mitigate the risk of the hospital’s closure. An additional $2.3 million will enable the hospital to maintain its accreditation and continue providing potentially life-saving medication for oncology patients.

The University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program and its partners have been awarded over $5 million to tackle the issue of marine debris, particularly derelict fishing gear that is abandoned, lost or discarded in the ocean.

Judge Wendy DeWeese maintained bail for both Dylan and Leilani Alcain.

Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for information relative to a hit-and-run incident that occurred on the morning of March 25, in the 200-block of West Lanikaula Street in Hilo.

This was one of two incidents within the past two weeks at two of Hawai‘i’s airports where Transportation Security Administration officers discovered prohibited items concealed on the bodies of travelers during a routine screening at the security checkpoint.

Kona, Puna and South Hilo Districts each had four arrests. South Kohala had one.

The Big Island was rattled by two additional earthquakes Wednesday night, April 26, following a magnitude-4.2 temblor earlier in the day. The second happened at about 7:30 p.m. north-northeast of Hōnaunau-Nāpōʻopoʻo and the third occurred just after 10 p.m. south of Fern Forest in Puna.

The Federal Aviation Administration is accepting applications for its 2023 air traffic controller program, from May 5 to 8.

In honor of Lei Day, the second annual Waikōloa Lei Day Festival will be held on April 30 at several venues, with live music, lei making, craft fair, farmers market and keiki fun zone.

After a 37-year career, Hilton Lewis is stepping down from his position as the director of the W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea.

The public school teachers in Hawaiʻi voted 92% in favor of ratifying a new 4-year agreement, which will begin July 1, 2023, according to the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association.

The tumbler struck at 4:31 p.m. and was 7.5 miles east-southeast of Pāhala at depth of 18.3 miles below sea level.

U.S. Coast Guard crews are searching a location about 500-miles south of Kailua-Kona on the Big Island for a cruise ship passenger from Australia who on Tuesday night went overboard in waters about 500 miles south of the Big Island in Hawaiʻi.

The Department of Human Services is extending its application deadline for families seeking funding to send keiki to preschool for the 2023-24 school year.

Eric W. Clough, 42 of Volcano, was indicted by a Hilo grand jury earlier this month for receiving nearly a pound of methamphetamine in a package at the Volcano Post Office a year ago.

Hilo Medical Center’s capacity has been unchanged since its construction in 1985, while the island’s population has dramatically increased over the last 38 years.

The Big Island Chocolate Festival, hosted by the Kona Cacao Association, returns for its 10th annual installment April 28 and 29 at a new venue, Waikōloa Beach Marriott Resort & Spa.

Hawaiʻi County’s electronic permitting and information system will be temporarily offline from April 28 at 1 a.m. until May 1 at 8 a.m.

U.S. Sen. Mazie K. Hirono has voted against a Republican-led effort to overturn the Department of Veterans Affairs’ interim rule on reproductive health care.