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The block party and benefit concert will feature live music, food trucks, art installations and pop-up vendors, all in celebration of the strength and resilience of the people and culture of the Puna district on the Big Island.

A Ka’ū High School 10th grader, whose parents are Ukrainian refugees, won the grand prize in the 24th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Poem Contest for the Big Island.

May 2023 marks the 99th anniversary of a sequence of explosive eruptions from the summit of Kīlauea volcano on the Big Island that occurred throughout 16 days from May 11-27, 1924.

With the help of the W. M. Keck Observatory atop Maunakea on the Big Island, astronomers for the first time have observed direct evidence for a scenario they already knew happens throughout the universe — an aging star engulfing planets on inner orbits around it.

Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 28-year-old Shanice Ogata-Staudinger, who is wanted on an outstanding warrant in connection with a stabbing in Pāhoa.

Hawai‘i Island police are requesting the public’s assistance identifying a man who is a person of interest in an assault investigation that took place on May 6 at a Kailua-Kona beach on the Big Island.

Due to safety issues in the wake of recent rockfall, the County of Maui will close Hāna Highway from Alelele Bridge to Lelekea Bridge near Kīpahulu in East Maui beginning tonight, May 10.

The federal Public Health Emergency for COVID-19 will end on May 11, 2023, but the disease has not disappeared and people should remain vigilant.

Effective immediately, Hawaiʻi Island police officers are authorized to use pickup trucks with an open bed as subsidized police vehicles.

The park’s closure is necessary for the construction of a new community center and significant improvements to the lower portions of the park.

A Maui man accused of harassing an adolescent humpback whale and a pod of dolphins in March in Kealakekua Bay on Hawaiʻi Island pleaded not guilty Thursday morning in Kona District Court and has requested a trial.

University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa researchers published their discovery in Science that scalloped hammerhead sharks hold their breath for warmth while diving deep to hunt for prey.

The public meeting at Mokupāpapa Discovery Center at 76 Kamehameha Avenue is scheduled to run from 5 to 7 p.m.

This test will sound various alert tones that will be audible in the surrounding areas.

The National Association of Letter Carriers is conducting its 31st annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive on May 13 with local donations to support the Food Basket on the Big Island.

Scientists used artificial intelligence to analyze the chemical abundances of old stars seen by a telescope on Maunakea and found indications that the very first stars in the universe were born in groups rather than as isolated single stars.

The Ēlama & Hilo One scholarship programs at Hawai’i Community College help youth and adults who might not otherwise go to college due to “compelling barriers” with a free year to get them started.

The Hawai‘i Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation is proposing dredging and excavating most of the volcanic debris from the 2018 Kilauea eruption that landlocked the boat ramp, severely curtailing fishing, emergency services and other commercial, recreational and food subsistence activities that previously relied on ocean access there.

A new name will be unveiled on the Hawaiʻi County Police Department Memorial Wall: Capt. T. N. Simeona, who was murdered in a shootout with a suspect in North Kohala on Sept. 25, 1890. 

Justine Kawaa is a female aged 12, 5 feet tall, 145 pounds with brown eyes and shoulder-length brown hair.