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What’s happening at the Merrie Monarch Festival on Friday?
The second night of competition takes place Friday at the 60th Annual Merrie Monarch Festival with groups performing hula kahiko (ancient hula dances).
Volcano Watch: Underground imaging to begin at Kīlauea’s summit on the Big Island
The collaborative Kīlauea Seismic Imaging Project is about to start with a goal to help reveal subsurface structures beneath Kīlauea’s summit region.
University of Hawai‘i: gut bacteria linked to mental health, other chronic disease risks
Medical and economic researchers developed profiles to discover higher rates of risk among Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders.
Oʻahu wāhine wins Miss Aloha Hula at 60th Annual Merrie Monarch Festival
With 1,148 points, Agnes Renee Leihiwahiwaikapolionāmakua Thronas Brown, who dances with Oʻahu hālau Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai O Haʻehaʻe, won the title of Miss Aloha Hula 2023 on Thursday during the first night of competition for the 60th Annual Merrie Monarch Festival in Hilo on the Big Island.
Mountain View man facing charges after alleged attempt to steal a water catchment tank
The incident occurred on April 6 on Io Kea Road in Mountain View.
Hawai’i premiere of Tony-nominated musical ‘Be More Chill’ at UH Hilo Performing Arts Center
The Hawai’i Premiere of the Tony Award-nominated musical “Be More Chill” will be performed at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Performing Arts Center at the end of April.
It may be mid April, but it’s snowing at the Big Island summits
The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for the Big Island summits until 6 p.m. on Thursday.
Nā Hōkū Hanohano award-winning Kulāiwi to perform at free concert in Kona
The public is invited to the free Kokua Kailua spring concert featuring Nā Hōkū Hanohano award-winning trio Kulāwai on April 16 at Emma’s Square on Aliʻi Drive in downtown Kona.
65-year-old Kona resident reported missing by family
Kris Seizen Yamauchi, 65 of Kailua-Kona, was last seen on April 6 at about 11 a.m. in the Keauhou area on the Big island.
‘Beautiful energy’: Hōʻike Night for the ages at 60th Annual Merrie Monarch Festival
The historic and much-anticipated 60th Annual Merrie Monarch Festival officially kicked off at the Edith Kanaka‘ole Multi-Purpose Stadium in Hilo on the Big Island with a Hōʻike Night for the ages.
Kona campus tackling opioid crisis on Big Island
Students will learn how the prescription drug Buprenorphine is used in the treatment of opioid use disorder.
Watch: 3 Hawaiian monk seals return to ocean following care at Kona’s Ke Kai Ola
Three endangered Hawaiian monk seals have a second chance at life in the ocean after being rehabilitated at Kona’s marine hospital, Ke Kai Ola.
100 horses to strut their stuff during Merrie Monarch Royal Parade
The Merrie Monarch Royal Parade will be in Downtown Hilo on Saturday at 10:30 a.m., with than 100 horses gussied up to carry women dressed in long, colorful skirts (pāʻu) riding sidesaddle or as part of a private mount group.
What’s happening at the Merrie Monarch Festival on Thursday?
Today, the competition begins at the 60th Merrie Monarch Festival, with 12 candidates vying for Miss Aloha Hula.
Scheduled road closures for Merrie Monarch festivities
As of noon Wednesday till Saturday, Kalanikoa Street between Piʻilani and Kuawa Streets are converted to a one-way traffic pattern (Northerly-Hilo bound).
Hawaiʻi Sen. Schatz introduces bipartisan bill to make airports resilient to severe weather
U.S. Senators Brian Schatz and Ted Budd introduced legislation to improve airport infrastructure across the country, making them more resilient to severe weather and natural disasters.
Cat feeding at Hawai‘i Island shopping center to end
The Department of Land and Natural Resources has directed the removal of the cat-feeding station at Queens’ Marketplace, citing negative impacts to nēnē.
UH Hilo study suggests societal factors bigger driver in military suicides than combat, trauma
A study conducted by the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo suggests that societal factors are the primary drivers of both military and civilian suicides in the United States.
Hawaiʻi Attorney General Anne Lopez joins coalition to protect abortion access
Hawaiʻi Attorney General Anne Lopez joined a coalition of 24 attorneys generals who filed an amicus brief challenging a Texas district court judge’s decision that could restrict medication abortion access nationwide.
Dancers honor legacy of late Kumu Hula Johnny Lum Ho at Merrie Monarch Festival
Generations of kāne and wāhine dancers taught by the late Kumu Hula Johnny Lum Ho will take the stage tonight to honor him at Hō‘ike Night, which kicks off the 60th Merrie Monarch Festival.
