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The Hawaiʻi National Guard canceled today’s ceremony marking the drawdown of the Hawaiʻi National Guard Joint Task Force (HING JTF) that supported COVID-19 response.

Hawaiʻi Police Department releases its weekly outstanding warrants list. #BigIslandNow #BigIslandNews

A Kona Grand Jury indicted a Kona man on second-degree attempted murder in connection to a domestic incident earlier this month.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Health reported 797 new COVID-19 cases Friday, bringing the statewide total to 90,270. Two new COVID-related fatalities were reported.

Isolation/quarantine facilities open statewide throughout the COVID-19 pandemic will close on Dec. 31, 2021.

Communities on the Island of Hawai‘i continue to recover from Kīlauea’s 2018 lower East Rift Zone eruption and summit collapse as does the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.

As a precaution, Waimea Middle School will cancel school on Friday, Dec. 17.

Daniel Watai-Simeona was arrested on Thursday, Dec. 16 for manslaughter, stemming from an assault that occurred on Henry Street in Kailua-Kona earlier this month.

The Ironman World Championship will return to Kona in 2022 after a two-year break, albeit under a different format. In October, Hawai‘i’s famous race will hit Kona’s water and streets not once, but twice, Oct. 6 and 8, 2022. The change was made as organizers navigated state, county and travel restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

It’s almost New Year’s and the Hawaiʻi Fire Department wants to make sure Big Island residents celebrate the holiday safely and responsibly.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Health released 27 new laboratory reports related to the Navy water system incident, which reported detected trace contamination at residences in Iroquois Point & McGrew Point on Oahu.

A Kurtistown man is set to appear in Hilo District Court, today, Dec. 16, on a myriad of offenses including vehicle theft.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Health reported 395 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, bringing the statewide total to 90,270.

A 20-year-old Kamuela male skateboarder suffered severe injuries following a single-vehicle collision near the intersection of Māmalahoa Highway and Puanuanu Place in Kamuela on Wednesday, Dec. 15.

New federal funding is headed to Hawaiʻi to support airport infrastructure projects, Sen. Brian Schatz announced Wednesday, Dec. 15.

The Kalanianā‘ole Avenue Reconstruction Project has stalled as a successful agreement between the County and the construction company initially involved in the project was unable to be reached.

An incentive program offered by the state Department of Public Safety has helped increase vaccinations among inmates.

Big Island residents will have the opportunity to learn the basics of computer skills during upcoming workshops hosted by Vibrant Hawaiʻi.

It’s been one year since COVID-19 vaccinations began in Hawai‘i, and the state marked the anniversary by saying thank you to those who have made it possible to safely administer more than 2.4 million of the shots.

State officials confirm the death of  one of Hawai‘i’s state birds, the nēnē goose, over the weekend after it was reportedly struck by a vehicle in Waikoloa.