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President Joe Biden awarded the Medal of Honor, Tuesday to four Army soldiers, two of which were from Hawaii, for their heroism during the Vietnam War.

A brush fire that ignited along Akoni Pule Highway on Monday has scorched 50 to 60 acres and is estimated to be 70% contained.

Authorities are investigating a fatal motorcycle crash in the Hāmākua District Monday night that closed a portion of Highway 19 in both directions in Honomū for several hours.

The County of Hawaiʻi Department of Parks and Recreation invites the community to a free concert by the Air Force Band of the Pacific’s Papana Jazz Ensemble, performing at the Historic Honokaʻa People’s Theatre on Wednesday, July 6, at 5 p.m.

Sarah Freeman, a food systems specialist with the Department of Research and Development, has been accepted into the 2022 Bloomberg American Health Initiative Fellowship at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the County of Hawaiʻi announced.

The Hawai‘i Police Department stated around 10 p.m. Monday that Highway 19 in Honomū is closed due to a traffic collision.

Check out the Fourth of July parade and fireworks show in Kailua-Kona.

About 50 members of Maui’s Upcountry hunting community stood in demonstration on Sunday against HogStop feed, a feral pig feed and contraceptive available for use by private land owners on O’ahu and in the islands.

‘Akoni Pule Highway near the 9 mile marker north of Kohala Ranch is now open, police said at 9 p.m. Monday.

Hawaiian Airlines this weekend resumed its three-times-weekly service between Auckland Airport (AKL) and Honolulu’s Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL), welcoming the first Kiwi travelers to Hawaiʻi in two-plus years.

For the ninth year in a row, Hilo Community Players is adapting another Shakespearean tale for teens as part of its Shakespeare in the Park festival.

A swashbuckling comedy about freedom, redemption and recovery will grace stages in Hilo and Honoka’a this month during the 45th annual Shakespeare in the Park.

State officials reacted this weekend to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that limits the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions of power plants.

An employee at Life Care Center of Hilo was recently awarded for her dedication to customer service.

Big Island police are asking the public for help with finding a missing teen, who might be in need of medical assistance.

The county Department of Water Supply is notifying the public about fire hydrant flow tests happening this week in two locations on the Big Island.

A new paper by a research team that included three University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa graduate students found that humpback whales might one day avoid Hawaiian waters because of climate change and increasing greenhouse gases.

An innovative tool developed by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers could be a critical part of future NASA missions to detect life — existing or extinct — on Earth and other planets.

The Pāhoa track and field coaches spoke to Big Island Now in hopes that shedding light on the issues with be an impetus for change. If track is going to survive at Pāhoa, it needs to be treated like the other sports, such as football and volleyball, and not picked on,

Mayor Mitch Roth reaffirmed this week the county’s commitment to climate action in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling limiting the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions of power plants.