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The University of Hawai‘i at Hilo is 2-0 when it comes to meeting its fundraising goals in the Vulcan Challenge.

The operator of the 2019 Honda motorcycle was unresponsive at the scene. He was transported to the Hilo Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 6:14 p.m. on Oct. 16.

Motorists are advised to avoid Kanoelehua Avenue between Lanikaula Street and Kawili Street in Hilo until about 9 p.m Sunday due to a traffic crash.

Police have identified the teen who died in the single-car crash on the Big Island as Maui Kamokukaulanaina Easton Marley Ellis-Noa.

The growing population of homeless people have reduced the desire for the public to enjoy the Sand Island State Recreation Area on Oʻahu due to “loose dogs, frequent fights and other misconduct” associated with squatters.

The roadway, between Leke Place and Two Track Drive, is open again after being closed earlier in the day because of a vehicle crash.

A NOAA grant is funding the Kaua‘i Sea Farm in Kalāheo to cultivate the Hawaiian sea cucumber as a high-value export product and to restore fishponds.

By 2055, it is projected almost all of the world’s coral reefs, or 99%, will face unsuitable environmental conditions.

The meeting will focus on the draft environmental assessment for implementation of the Waiākea Uka Park Master Plan.

Crews will be working on a portion of the highway from Paradise Drive to Orchid Land Drive.

Fire personnel were able to extinguish the blaze by midnight.

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands will offer revocable permits for three 100-acre parcels in Homonū as part of a pilot program.

Originally called the Hilo County Jail, Hawai‘i Community Correctional Center in Hilo started out as an 11-cell jailhouse built in the 1890s.

Two earthquakes that rattled the Big Island on Friday also caused damage to the Pāhala Post Office, forcing it to close its retail lobby indefinitely.

Work to improve the safety of an intersection in Waikōloa Village will begin next week.

Those planning to visit a zoo in Hilo today unfortunately will have to reschedule their trip.

The high surf advisory for the Big Island’s north-facing shores is no longer in effect.

For five years, the parking lot at Laʻaloa Beach County Park in Kailua-Kona has been gated after the State Historic Preservation Division and community members demanded the protection of a sacred heiau and seven other historical sites. The County now is moving forward with its latest version of the park’s preservation plan, and to the […]

The Hawai’i Police Department has referred a mid-September case involving a momma horse shot at night by a hunter targeting wild pigs on private property in Honomu to the prosecutor’s office.

Feeling occasional earthquakes is part of the experience of living in Hawai‘i, especially on the Island of Hawai‘i.