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The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) has revised its reporting of the number of COVID-19 vaccination series completed and booster doses administered in Hawai‘i and the revisions increase the percentage of people getting boosters. The revisions are the result of a DOH review of vaccination reporting.

A 26-year-old man wanted in connection with a Kona robbery that took place in December turned himself in to police on Jan. 10, the Hawaii Police Department reported.

A 33-year-old Ocean View man was arrested and charged for several crimes occurring in the Ocean View area of Ka‘ū.

The state Department of Health reported 2,660 new COVID-19 cases Monday, bringing the statewide total to 204,993. No new fatalities were reported.

A student team from Makua Lani Christian Academy in Kailua-Kona joined the list of winning teams from 57 schools throughout the country in the NASA TechRise Student Challenge.

The National Weather Service extended the high surf advisory till 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 24, for west-facing shores.

The Hawaiʻi Medical Service Association has donated $1 million to establish the HMSA Distinguished Endowed Professorship in Health Economics at the University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization in UH-Mānoa’s College of Social Sciences.

A University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center researcher was awarded $3.1 million from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to further his efforts to provide new technologies to detect the risks of metabolic consequences of obesity among young children.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology is getting a financial boost to help restore Hawaiʻi’s ocean health.

An upcoming phase of the Kalanianā’ole Avenue Reconstruction in Hilo is being delayed.

No injuries were reported following a fire this weekend at a home in Holualoa.

The state Department of Health reported 3,167 new COVID-19 cases Sunday, bringing the statewide total to 202,273. Four new fatalities were reported.

The National Weather Service in Honolulu has downgraded the high surf warning for west-facing shores of the Big Island to a high surf advisory, to include North and South Kohala and North and South Kona, through Monday morning, according to Hawai’i County Civil Defense.

The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation announced this week in a press release that the Airports Division has sold new airports system revenue bonds to deliver critical funding for projects that will continue to modernize and expand air service facilities across the state.

Miguel Angel Jimenez defeated Steven Alker on the second sudden-death playoff hole to win the season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualālai on Saturday.

Charles Robbins spent Saturday rummaging through the charred rubble of his old house, looking for his cellphone and his cat.

The National Weather Service high surf warning remains in effect for west facing shores of Hawai‘i Island, including North and South Kohala and North and South Kona, through Sunday morning.

Volunteers with the American Red Cross are responding to a single-family residential fire reported in Keauhou that has impacted 10 people, the organization stated Saturday.

The state Department of Health reported 3,955 new COVID-19 cases Saturday, bringing the statewide total to 199,106. Five new fatalities were reported.

A Puna woman is facing charges of possession and attempted distribution of methamphetamine and marijuana in relation to a Jan. 19 incident.