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Composting requires four basic components: carbon, nitrogen, water and air. There is not a shortage of these in Hawaiʻi.

The goal of Friday’s “Settle The Score” rally and sign-waving event was not just to raise awareness about a recent rash of school violence and bullying, but to also open people’s eyes to the hard reality that keiki everywhere face the same kind of injustice and start the conversation about about how the community can come together to make Big Island schools and those beyond safer.

Hawai’i County Police Chief Benjamin Moszkowicz said officers are using night vision technology and forward-looking infrared radar technology that enables officers to spot a human based on “body heat signature that might contrast with the outline of the surrounding terrain.”

Kailea Kekipi was located in good health in Hilo on the Big Island.

Both lanes of Palani Road are closed between Henry Street and Queen Ka’ahumanu Highway in Kailua-Kona due to a police investigation.

Police kill driver of stolen car during search for armed and dangerous attempted murder suspect, Ronald Kahihikolo, who was last seen near mile 40 marker on Highway 19 in Hāmākua District.

Hawaiʻi Island police ask that anyone who knows the whereabouts of a person on this outstanding warrants list to call the police department’s non-emergency line at 808-935-3311.

While international tourism will continue to recover, domestic travel in Hawai’i will soften as the U.S. economy contracts later this year.

At the time of the commission of the possession and attempted distribution of methamphetamine, Sheena Andrews, 37, was on probation for felony drug crimes. 

In “Operation Paper Shredder,” the Hawai’i County Department of Public Safety arrested five people involved in three recent cases of contraband smuggling in Hawai‘i’s correctional facilities.

The eruption of Kīlauea, which began on Jan. 5 and was confined within Halema‘uma‘u crater, has paused after 61 days of lava activity. There also is no active lava within Moku‘āweoweo caldera at the summit of Mauna Loa.

Harrison Duadua-Apao, who is wanted for stealing a truck, is about 5 feet 8 inches and 155 pounds, with black hair, hazel eyes, a medium build and tan complexion.  

The grounding and salvage operation of a 120-ton yacht off the shore of Maui caused damage to corals and reef live rock covering at least 19,434-square-feet, according to a state damage assessment.

On Wednesday, the Big Island was treated to relatively rare lower-atmospheric spectacles for skies over Hawai‘i — lenticular clouds. The thick, lens-shaped, bright white, fluffy masses hovered high in the otherwise clear blue sky for most of the day.

The refreshed packaging and website evolve the branding of a family farm with roots that extend to 1850 with Henry Nicholas Greenwell.

On March 9, there is a high surf warning for west-facing shores and high wind warning for the summits, but the wind advisory for the rest of the island has been canceled.

If you need help with 1095A forms, The Legal Aid Society of Hawai‘i is ready to help consumers.

Hawaiʻi County will be recruiting for a new Mass Transit Agency administrator with the resignation of John Andoh, effective March 31.

On Wednesday, the Hawai‘i County Council affirmed its commitment to fixing the problems with animal control on Big Island, acting to create a new Hawai‘i County Animal Control and Protection Agency by approving the second and final reading of Bill 22.

The Hawaiʻi State Department of Health has canceled a brown water advisory for Waialea Bay to Kapaʻa Beach on the Big Island.