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According to Hawai‘i police, South Hilo patrol officers and Hawai‘i Fire Department were called to the area just west of the Bayshore Towers shortly after 6 a.m. after a caller reported observing a body at the water’s edge.

Just three Big Island rain gauges measured less than 100% of their average rainfall for February, with several spots in Kaʻū and on the windward side of the island recording rain totals up to nearly six times greater than average.

Throughout his 45-minute 2023 State of the County address Monday, attended by dignitaries including Hawai‘i County Council Chairwoman Heather Kimball and several Council members, Kaua‘i County Mayor Derek Kawakami, representatives of Maui County and Hawai‘i Gov. Josh Green, Hawai‘i Mayor Mitch Roth touched on several issues and topics, including affordable housing, homelessness, infrastructure, public transportation, economic development and public safety, among others.

Benjamin Tautges received his Doctor of Optometry from Western University of Health Sciences’ College of Optometry in Pomona, Calif.

Forty-four-year-old Ronald Kahihikolo appeared virtually from the Hilo cellblock Monday afternoon where Judge Jeffrey Hawk ordered him to appear for a preliminary hearing at the Kona District Court on Wednesday morning.

Hawai’i Gov. Josh Green has included in his budget request to the State Legislature funding for three long-desired Big Island infrastructure projects.

Only one Big Island beach made Travellers Worldwide’s list of the 24 best beaches in the United States, but it was at No. 1: Hapuna Beach. But do you think it’s the best beach on the Big Island?

The National Weather Service has canceled a wind advisory for the Big Island summits.

Passengers catching a flight on March 13 at Hilo International Airport should arrive three hours early.

A 35-year-old male was trying to climb down a cliff wall next to 80-foot-tall Rainbow Falls in Wailuku River State Park in Hilo when he fell onto a rock outcrop and then into a pond.

Mervin Nihau was last seen on Amau Road in Hilo at 7 a.m. on March 11 and is in need of medication.

HealthCAST, an innovative program at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, is celebrating 10 years of bringing together nursing and acting students so both can improve their skills in practical scenarios.

The indictments of Wayne Emch, 41, stem from incidents that occurred within the Districts of South Hilo, Waimea, and North Kona between Feb. 9 and March 2, 2023. 

More than 900 people voted in last week’s Big Island Now poll, which asked, “What is the toughest job?” Find out which profession came out on top.

Ilima Shim, a mother of two who lives in Kapolei, O‘ahu, and grew up in Hōnaunau on the Big Island’s west side, finished in the top six of season four of the CBS reality TV competition show “Tough As Nails.”

The Hawai‘i Police Department says 44-year old Ronald Kahihikolo of Ocean View was arrested just before 11 a.m. Saturday near the 39.5-mile marker on Highway 19 in Hāmākua, north of Hilo, after a five-day manhunt.

One of two security checkpoints at Hilo International Airport is down. Because of that, travelers catching a flight Sunday morning, March 12, should arrive no later than two hours prior to their flight.

After stirring earlier today, it looks like Pele, the Hawaiian goddess of volcanoes and fire, might not reawaken after all.

Geologists at Hawaiian Volcano Observatory study the volcanoes that make up the Hawaiian Islands and biologists at the research center study the ecosystems on them. 

Advisory level surf is no longer expected as a northwest swell moving through the area eases.