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Walmart and Sam’s Club launched their 10th annual “Fight Hunger. Spark Change.” campaign to help end food insecurity in Hawaiʻi and across the country.

Hawaiʻi’s State Poet Laureate, Brandy Nālani McDougall will perform a virtual poetry reading on April 22 for National Library Week.

Due to needed emergency repairs on Wailuku Bridge in Hilo, the Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation has reduced the weight limit and speed limit, effective April 20.

Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 17-year-old Kelis Garmon-Mercado, who was reported as a runaway and was last seen on March 26.

Following an override of Mayor Mitch Roth’s veto, Bill 194 is now a Hawai‘i County ordinance that brings requests for time extensions for zoning changes to come back to the County Council.

Hawaii Supreme Court Justice Sabrina S. McKenna has been honored with the prestigious 2023 Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement award.

Nonprofit Ho‘omalu Ke Kai and business Seasport Divers are behind the Kaua‘i cleanup efforts.

In honor of Earth Day, Central Pacific Bank has published its 2022 Environmental, Social and Governance report, highlighting the company’s ongoing dedication to sustainability and environmental stewardship.

Hoʻi ka Hā’s 7 day silent residential meditation retreat on Oʻahu’s North Shore allows participants to disconnect from the world and immerse themselves in a peaceful environment.

Live cam photos showed snow falling on Mauna Kea at 10 a.m., but now the winter weather advisory is canceled for the summits of the Big Island.

The flood advisory has been canceled for the Big Island.

Hawaiʻi Floriculture and Nursery Association shares ‘Hawaiʻi Grown Flowers & Plants’ educational video.

During a protest at Queensʻ Marketplace on the Big Island, two women from Waikōloa were cited by state conservation and resources officers for “prohibited take of endangered species” by putting bowls of cat food on the ground.

The National Weather Service has upgraded to a flood advisory for the east side of the Big Island until 10 p.m. Wednesday.

The Hawaiʻi County Office of Housing and Community Development is offering $3,000 sign-on bonuses for Hawaiʻi Island landlords that take part in select federal housing assistance programs.

A 65-year-old man who died following a single-vehicle collision on March 7, near the intersection of Hinalani Street and Queen Ka‘ahumanu Highway in North Kona, has been positively identified as Kevin Patrick McHugh of Kailua-Kona.

The Hawaiʻi Board of Land and Natural Resources approved the plan submitted by the university’s Center for Maunakea Stewardship for the decommissioning of the UH Hilo Hōkū Kea Observatory.

A documentary about a Holocaust Torah scroll, “Black Fire White Fire,” is available free on Kahilu.TV through April 30.

Drug take-back sites will be located at the Hawai‘i Police Department’s Kona Station parking lot and the Ka Waena Lapa‘au Medical Complex in Hilo.

According to a tweet by the Federal Aviation Administration at 5:10 a.m., the airline requested that the FAA pause its departures due to a technical issue with one of its internal systems.