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The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo women’s soccer team remains among the nation’s top 10 squads in the latest United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division II rankings released Tuesday.

The zoo will be closed Oct. 14 to host third- and fourth-graders from area schools for an educational event.

The state Department of Health reported 1,047 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, Oct. 12, bringing the statewide total to 358,279.

The Department of Health recommends COVID-19 bivalent booster vaccines for everyone age five and older.

Forty-four people have applied for the position of Hawaiʻi County’s police chief, which has been vacant since the retirement of Chief Paul Ferreira on Sept. 1.

West Hawai‘i residents will have the chance later this month to meet with community police officers over a hot cup of joe.

Police continue their pursuit of keeping Big Island roadways safe from motorists who choose to drive under the influence of an intoxicant.

Police think foul play could be involved in the death of a male victim whose badly decomposing body was discovered Tuesday at a Puna home.

The public is advised to stay out of flood waters and stormwater runoff because of possible overflowing cesspools, sewer, manholes, pesticides, animal fecal matter, dead animals, pathogens, chemicals and associated flood debris.

A small population of Delissea argutidentata, a plant thought to be extinct in the wild, was discovered in a crater on Kamehameha Schools land in a remote section of mauka Kona on the Big Island.

Hunter Balberdi, a 19-year-old from Wailuku, Maui, died early Monday morning in a four-car collision about 30 miles north of Phoenix, Ariz. She died with two of her classmates at Grand Canyon University after their car was struck by an SUV going the wrong way on a highway.

Tani Hoke of Kailua, O‘ahu, is currently ranked at No. 2 in the Pacific West Conference.

The 2022 Ironman World Championship in Kona was the largest in its four-decade history with nearly 5,000 finishers, 20,000 plus spectators and an estimated $100 million pumped into the economy on the Big Island.

It’s not a matter of if, but when.

The temporary closure of Laʻaloa Beach Park and the temporary partial closure of Magic Sands Beach Park in Kailua-Kona is scheduled for the end of the month to allow for construction improvements.

No injuries were reported following a structure fire in Pāhoa early this morning.

The National Weather Service has issued a high surf advisory for the north-facing shorelines of Hawai‘i Island

A Washington State woman, 32-year-old Courtney Jordan Cato, was charged with fentanyl and methamphetamine possession offenses in relation to an Oct. 5 incident.

Nearly 40 men and women from Hawaii Island were among the more than 5,000 athletes from around the world to compete in the VinFast Ironman World Championship this week in Kailua-Kona.

Norwegian Gustav Iden won the 2022 Ironman World Championship in Kona by smashing the old course record for the 140.6-mile race by nearly 11 minutes with a time of 7:40:24.