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Hawai’i County, in a letter to ACLU of Hawai’i, defended its May 24 “large-scale enforcement operation” to remove homeless people from a county park in Kona.

The endangered Hawaiian monk seal Malama, who was treated for malnutrition at Ke Kai Ola’s Marine Mammal Center on the Big Island and found dead on March 12 on O’ahu, was killed by blunt force trauma — and it was believed to be an intentional killing, according to NOAA Fisheries.

Hawai‘i police officers stopped 42-year-old Daniel Lemaire when they observed he was not wearing a seatbelt.

The bills cover a myriad of issues, including raising salaries and pay for benefits of Hawaiʻi’s public employees.

At the U.S. Army Garrison Pōhakuloa Training Area on the Big island, scientists recently conducted two diverse projects: one about the Hawaiian bud moth and one about the 2022 Mauna Loa eruption.

At the Magical Creatures Sanctuary on the Big island, animal advocates celebrated National Animal Rights Day.

Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 14-year-old Elise Medeiros, who was last seen in Waimea.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawai‘i issued a letter on June 2 to the County of Hawai’i demanding that it stop planned sweeps of houseless people and their possessions until there is a place for them to go.

Three boys from the Big island — who were tracking a pig on Saturday afternoon and got lost — spent the night hunkered down in the dense forest of Mountain View before being rescued on Sunday morning.

Waikōloa Beach Resort Golf is offering discounted rate for junior golfers to play nine holes after 3 p.m.

The 2023 theme for World Ocean Day is “Planet Ocean: Tides Are Changing.”

World Ocean Day is June 8. In Big Island Now Poll #14 we ask: What is your favorite creature that lives in the ocean around Hawaiʻi?

Senior Medicare Patrol Hawaiʻi is organizing Medicare Fraud Prevention Week from June 5 to 11.

Legal Aid Society of Hawai‘i has chosen David Kauila Kopper as its new executive director, starting June 13.

Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park announced its flight operations for June 2023, which includes the volcano observatory retrieving temporary seismic instruments.

Two 12-year-old boys and one 15-year-old boy were last seen at noon on June 3 walking on Ihope Road in Mountain View on the Big Island for a hunting trip.

Twelve people completed Basic Corrections Recruit Class 23-01 training and will begin their careers as correctional officers in facilities across Oʻahu and on the Big Island.

On May 23, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers held its first Waikōloa Maneuver Area’s Restoration Advisory Board meeting of the year and had good news that no munitions were found in the Puʻukapu development project area.

Hawai‘i Island police still need the public’s assistance in locating 34-year-old Kelly Gravitt of Pāhoa, who was reported missing and last seen on May 19.

With the beginning of hurricane season on June 1 in the Central Pacific, Hawaiian Electric is advising residential and commercial customers to be prepared and have emergency plans in place.