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The Hilo Family Court hosted its fifth annual Adoption Day celebration earlier this month.

Hawaiian farmers 45 years old or younger are going into 2023 facing unprecedented mental stress, with a recent University of Hawaiʻi study finding 48% have experienced depression and 14% have struggled with suicidal thoughts. 

Authorities seek the public’s help locating a teen reported as a runaway.

A wanted Ocean View man sought by authorities for more than a year is out on bail after his arrest on Christmas Day.

The public has until Friday, Dec. 30, to comment on a request from the state to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for an emergency exemption from the federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act.

The governor extended the disaster emergency relief period through Jan. 6, 2023.

The alleged incidents were reported in November and December.

Hawai‘i Police Department Detective Anson Caceres was named the Kona Crime Prevention Committee’s Officer of the Month for December.

The 42 men and women of recruit class 22-01 collected more than 80 new toys, books and games for the annual toy drive.

Hawai‘i Department of Transportation announced weekly lane closures for Dec. 24-30.

Short interviews with Ka‘u coffee growers on the Big Island share what it took to create an award-winning coffee while establishing Ka‘u as a premiere coffee region.

The association was founded in 2003 during a time of uncertainty in Hawaiʻi’s lumber industry, when lumber professionals were struggling to compete with other building material businesses.

Being at overcapacity is a problem routinely experienced at Kona Community Hospital — and also at the Big Island’s other primary hospital, Hilo Medical Center, according to spokespersons for each medical facility.

The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for Big Island summits starting at 2 a.m. Tuesday till 6 p.m.

The purpose of the public briefings is to provide the space for state and county agencies to present their budget requests to the Ways and Means committee prior to the start of the 2023 Hawaiʻi State legislative session. 

Multiple agencies continue their search for a missing California man who was apparently swept out to sea Sunday afternoon while swimming at ‘Anini Beach on Kauaʻi.

The Magical Creatures Sanctuary opened in 2018 in Laupāhoehoe and is home to more than 90 animals who were saved from slaughter, rescued from neglect, have special needs, or were orphaned or injured in the wild.

Overall satisfaction among visitors from Hawai‘i’s primary North American markets has continued its upward trend since the beginning of the year to rival pre-pandemic levels, state officials said.

Often, the earliest signs of volcanic unrest, before lava is seen, are provided by earthquake activity occurring deeper within the Earth than where other volcano monitoring capabilities can reach. 

It snows every year in Hawaiʻi at the summits of the state’s three tallest mountains, but almost never below 9,000 feet.