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The public will have another chance to learn more about the environmental assessment for Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park 2018 Disaster Recovery Project and provide input during an online meeting Wednesday, July 27.

A California woman was injured after encountering a Hawaiian monk seal and pup in waters off O‘ahu Sunday, July 24. Authorities say the incident was unprovoked.

The state Judiciary will soon be sending out its annual juror questionnaire.

The three other co-conspirators in a multi-million affordable housing scheme inside the County of Hawai‘i government have been charged in federal court for their parts in the conspiracy, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced on Monday, July 25.

Three recent Big Island high school grads and three Hawai‘i Community College students are this year’s recipients of scholarships from the HPM Foundation.

One of two teens previously reported as runaways was located during the weekend in good health.

The state Judiciary is seeking applicants to serve on the Board of Bar Examiners.

Authorities are seeking the public’s help in identifying individuals responsible for shooting a firearm several times while at the Kawaihae LST Landing beach area, also known as LSD, on Sunday, July 17.

The Hawai‘i Fire Department is responding to a 300-acre brushfire between Ka‘alualu Bay and South Point Road in the Ka‘ū District, Civil Defense reported Monday morning, July 25.

One of the state’s largest gasoline marketers and convenience store operators wants to help a nonprofit organization that assists seriously ill keiki and their families.

The University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center will lead a study to examine structural racism to understand how persistent racial and ethnic inequities in Native Hawaiian, African American, Japanese American and Latino adults contribute to different smoking behaviors and lung cancer risk.

With many local employers seeking to fill vacant positions, University of Hawai‘i community colleges are continuing to offer free short-term training that leads to industry credentials in the sectors of health care, technology and the skilled trades.

A Kailua-Kona woman died Sunday, July 24, following a hit-and-run collision in North Kona.

A traffic crash closed the roadway from Seaview Circle to Lako Street earlier Sunday.

The public is invited to come out and smell the flowers during an upcoming Kona Orchid Society event.

Hilton Grand Vacations is looking for hardworking and individuals to join its team and is holding an August hiring event at Kings’ Land in Waikōloa.

To improve system reliability, Hawaiian Electric will conduct quarterly aerial inspections of its major overhead transmission lines from Monday, Aug. 1, to Friday, Aug. 5.

Hawaiʻi Island police are warning the public about a cryptocurrency scam that thieves are using to commit financial crimes.

A fisherman who fell off a cliff while fishing at Like Place in Papaikou Friday afternoon was airlifted to safety uninjured, the Hawaii Fire Department reported Saturday, July 23.

Hawaiʻi County reports that a fire has prompted the closure of the West Hawaiʻi Organics Facility in Kealakehe.