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Big Island Now asked what advice would you give high school seniors graduating in 2023 in its latest poll. Topping the list was not live with your parents forever.

Willaim “Iam” Tongi from Kahuku, O‘ahu, will take the “American Idol” stage for his last time this season during the popular TV singing competition’s live finale today beginning at 2 p.m. Hawai‘i Standard Time, facing off against fellow finalists Colin Stough and Megan Danielle.

Lane closure schedules can change at any time without further notice. All projects are weather permitting.

So far this year, there have been 378 DUI arrests on the Big Island compared with 393 during the same period last year, a decrease of 3.8 percent.

Finalist Kianni Dodson plans to attend Hawaiʻi Pacific University to become a nurse.

While on his trip, the governor will meet with government officials and others working to solve homelessness, housing and health care issues in Washington state.

For the latest Gardening in Hawai’i column, master gardener Tom Timmons explains why its best to follow his wife’s advice and read the directions when planting papaya seeds.

Ke Kula ‘O ‘Ehunuikamalino kicked off the weekend’s graduation ceremonies for high schools on Hawai‘i Island with a ceremony spoken all in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi.

Hawai‘i Island police have identified two pedestrians who were killed during the past month in separate traffic collisions, one in Keaʻau and the other in Volcano.

The Hawaiʻi County Department of Health has issued a brown water advisory for Puako Bay to Kaipae Point on Big Island.

Hawaiʻi County has opened a new Park & Ride location at Loloku Street, conveniently situated on the south side of Target in Kailua-Kona to address parking woes along the historic Aliʻi Drive corridor.

Emergency repairs to the deep well at Hawaiian Ocean View Estates in Ka‘ū on the Big Island have been completed.

Hawai‘i Island police are renewing their request for the public’s assistance in locating 42-year-old Jennifer Michelle Showen of the Hawaiian Shores subdivision in Pāhoa who has been missing since July 2022.

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park’s “ʻOhi Wai” is a 10-minute video describing how Hawaiians used lava tubes to gather water in gourds.

A water main break has been repaired on Friday afternoon after causing the closure of Ali’i Drive in Kailua-Kona on the Big Island due to flooding and road damage.

Since that 2018 activity, Kīlauea has experienced nearly constant change with distinct episodes of calm, unrest, eruptions and everything in between.

A warehouse fire broke out early Friday morning at Hilo Mechanical in the industrial area. There were no injuries.

The National Weather Service has canceled a flash flood warning for the Kona and Kohala districts of the Big Island.

Voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa is scheduled to depart Juneau for Yakutat on Friday morning to begin the first leg of the Alaska Heritage Sail.

The Big Island’s largest renewable energy project, with 94,000 solar panels on 300 acres in Waikōloa, was blessed on Thursday with Hawai’i Gov. Josh Green in attendance.