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To say August was a dry month on the Big Island might be a slight understatement.

Residents of Kona will have the chance to chat with officers from the Kona Community Policing section of the Hawai‘i Police Department over a hot cup of coffee on two occasions in September.

The operations will be conducted to remove invasive, non-native vegetation at the park.

Thirty years ago today, Hurricane ʻIniki made landfall on the island of Kauaʻi as a Category 4 hurricane.

The 84-year-old was located Saturday in Hilo.

It’s back to the court this weekend for the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo women’s volleyball team, which opens Pacific West Conference play with back-to-back home matches in Hilo against in-state rivals Hawai‘i Pacific University and Chaminade University of Honolulu.

If a picture is worth 1,000 words, then looking through a telescope into the depths of space and the twinkling stars staring back at you while imagining all the possibilities is priceless.

The Kamuela Philharmonic Orchestra, like the rest of the world, is moving forward and “Rising Up!” for its 18th season and will make its long-awaited return to Kahilu Theatre in Waimea with a series of MasterWorks performances and its first-ever season pops concert.

Four Hawaiian monk seals found underweight and malnourished were rescued this summer by researchers in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands over the summer and brought to the Marine Mammal Center in Kona for care.

The state Department of Transportation issued its weekly list of road and lane closures for Sept. 10-16.

A Big Island Boy Scout with aspirations to become an Eagle Scout recently completed a beautification project with assistance from an officer with the Hawai‘i Police Department and other volunteers.

Big Island residents can now receive the newest COVID-19 booster shot at a North Hawai‘i hospital.

Teams from throughout the state recently came to the Big Island for a youth basketball tournament hosted by the Hawai’i Police Department.

A man who founded the Hawai‘i chapter of a right-wing extremist group has pleaded guilty to a felony charge for his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

A new burrow of an endangered Hawaiian sea bird was discovered in August at the U.S. military’s training facility on Hawai‘i Island.

Hawai‘i Police Department releases its weekly outstanding warrants list.

The state Department of Health on Thursday, Sept. 8, reported three additional cases of monkeypox.

The highest court in Hawai‘i on Thursday issued a reprieve for a man prosecutors improperly charged with murder in an opinion that is likely to have significant ripple effects on the state’s legal system.

A new traffic pattern is in effect for a roadway under construction in Hilo.

Mokuaikaua Church, the first Christian church in Hawai’i, received the first half of $50,000 grant award from First Hawaiian Bank National Fund on Wednesday, Sept. 7, the church announced on Thursday.