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Hawaiʻi nonprofit ClimbHI has launched Hospitality for Me, a new statewide program that connects schools with hospitality industry resources to enhance education and job readiness for high school students.

With the lights of the Hilo breakwater in his sights, his 2,400-mile trip across the Pacific was nearly complete Wednesday night.

A tourist was indicted with various charges including attempted murder by the Hawaii County Office of the Prosecuting Attorney.

The first humpback whale of the 2022-23 season was spotted in South Maui today, according to Mauinow.com.

After learning the Intermediate Court of Appeals had ordered a new trial for three people convicted and sentenced of brutally beating her father at a Kona hotel and leaving him with injuries that led to his death, Jen Farrell said: “My heart hurts.”

Undefeated so far this season, the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo women’s soccer team made its first appearance on a weekly poll by a national organization of soccer coaches.

The state Department of Health reported 1,343 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, Sept. 14, bringing the statewide total to 342,072.

It’s been more than 70 days since Carlo Facchino left San Francisco in his 19-foot classic-style ocean rowboat. Just him. Alone.

Nine fresh faces will round out the 2022-23 University of Hawai‘i at Hilo men’s basketball roster.

How terrified are South Kona residents of recent reports – not to mention photos and now videos – of an apparent big cat prowling the coffee belt region of the Big Island? Depends on whom you ask.

A new trial has been ordered for suspects sentenced in the 2018 assault of a security guard at the Kona Seaside Hotel.

Authorities seek the public’s help locating a Pāhoa man who was reported missing.

Police say 16-year-old Lilinoe Ferreira was found in Pāhoa.

During the pandemic, many schools added water filling stations to prevent students from sharing drinking fountains to limit the possibility of exposure to COVID-19.

A dozen motorists were arrested last week for driving under the influence of an intoxicant.

Two Hawaiian monk seals picked up as malnourished pups five to six years ago in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands were not expected to survive past their first birthday.

To deal with the school bus driver shortage, the Hawai’i State Department of Education has launchd a statewide program to provide free county bus passes to high school students.

The Hawai‘i Police Department informed informed illegal campers they had to clear out of the public beach off Ali‘i Drive, Honl’s, after complaints about the situation were reported to the County of Hawai‘i Parks and Recreation Department.

Hawai’i Gov. David Ige nominated eight people for the newly established Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority.

The speed limit on the Queen Ka‘ahumanu Highway (Route 19) between mile posts 67 and 75.4 in the vicinity of Kawaihae Road and vicinity of Waikōloa Beach Drive is now 45 mph. New speed limit signs were installed in early September and took effect Sept. 9.