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A North Hawai‘i hospital announces that is now has COVID-19 vaccinations for younger keiki.

The Department of Public Safety on Friday welcomed a new class of adult correctional officers at a graduation ceremony held at the Neal Blaisdell Center in Honolulu.

Friday night, after two-and-a-half years of being shut down due to COVID, the East Hawai‘i Cultural Center in Hilo opened its renovated and restored theatre with the heartwarming, timely and often hilarious Grammy, Oscar and eight-time Tony Award winning musical, “Cabaret.”

The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory for the Big Island from 6 a.m.. Sunday, July 31 to 6 p.m. that evening. Northeast to east winds 15 to 30 mph with localized gusts to 50 mph can be expected.

A generous donation is giving Hawai‘i families the option to prepare their children for kindergarten at home and at no financial cost to them.

The Salvation Army Kona Corps reported Friday, July 29, that their facility was broken into sometime in the last 24-48 hours where apparent thieves took off with $1,000 worth of back-to-school supplies for keiki in need, and $3,000 worth of food and other items.

Hawai‘i Police Department’s South Kohala Community Policing Section congratulated all the winners of the Kohala Keiki Fishing Derby on Saturday, July 23 in Kawaihae at the Pua Ka ‘Ilima ‘O Kawaihae Cultural Surf Park.

The state Department of Transportation issued its weekly road and lane closures for July 30 through Aug. 5. Lane closure schedules may change at any time without further notice.

The National Weather Service issued on Friday, July 29 a fire weather watch for Ka‘ū and the leeward side of Hawai‘i Island beginning Sunday morning through the evening.

Four Seasons Resort Hualālai planted its 50,000th tree within the Four Seasons Resort Hualalai Legacy Forest.

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands announced the availability of $8.5 million for its Community Development Grants Program, part of DHHL’s Native Hawaiian Development Program Plan.

HPD releases its weekly outstanding warrants list.

Hawai‘i Island police report that 17-year-old Anuhea Pinheiro-Basque, who was previously reported as a runaway, was located in Hilo on Thursday.

The monthly test of the all-hazard Statewide Outdoor Warning Siren System is scheduled for Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, at 11:45 a.m.

The temporary weight restriction on a North Hilo bridge will lift today.

While our attention is generally drawn to the Island of Hawai‘i’s most active volcanoes, Kīlauea and Mauna Loa, it is also important to keep watch on the Island of Hawai‘i’s third-most active volcano, Hualālai, which underlies the most populated areas of Kailua-Kona and the central Kona coast.

Two hotlines that are part of a pilot program and a proposed amendment to the Hawai‘i County Charter that will appear on this year’s general election ballot are aimed at holding government accountable.

Several people have been arrested as part of an interagency warrant sweep in Puna.

Athletes looking to participate this year in school sports won’t have to vaccinate in order to be allowed to play – but if they don’t, they’ll have to test twice a week to prove their not COVID-positive.

Tourism numbers – especially dollars spent – continue to trend upward.