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The state Legislature, among many other priorities during the 2022 legislative session, took action to be a better steward of the environment.

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The Fourth Annual Made in Hawaiʻi Film Festival closed out its Hilo portion of the event on Sunday, May 8, with an awards ceremony at the Hilo Palace Theater.

April definitely put the “rainy” in the 2021-22 rainy season.

The Celebration of Life Lantern Floating Event returns after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A resolution that requested the U.S. Census Bureau to change the name of the South Kona community of Captain Cook to its original name, Ka‘awaloa, stalled this legislative session.

Firefighters responded to a structure fire in Nā‘ālehu late Monday night where two single family homes were on fire.

No injuries were reported following a residential structure fire in Hilo Monday afternoon, May 9.

Want to learn how to play an instrument? Want to learn from a professional who mastered their art? Then look no farther than your public library.

Members of a Puna nonprofit organization Men of Pa‘a visited Kailua-Kona this weekend to introduce their mission to the western side of the island as well as to restore the traditional and cultural practice of building cohesion with and showing respect to kupuna.

The state Legislature, for the first time in state history, is recognizing a holiday established during the Hawaiian monarchy.

Among the many measures approved during the 2022 state legislative session, which ended Thursday, May 5, were several bills that will benefit the environment and continue the state’s push toward the use of clean energy.

Hawaiʻi County Mayor Mitch Roth traveled to Utah during the weekend to attend the 2021 IRONMAN World Championship, which was postponed from last October and moved from the Big Island because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Authorities have identified the victim killed in an early-morning two-car crash near Waikoloa Beach Resort.

Hawai‘i Island residents and visitors are invited to attend Police Week festivities, including station tours, during the national event next week.

A Puna man is scheduled to appear in Hilo District Court this afternoon on various methamphetamine possession and attempted distribution drug charges.

The Kūpuna Caucus secured over $30 million in funding for various programs, centers and resources aimed at caring for and protecting kūpuna across the state during this legislative session, the caucus stated.

Hawai‘i police officials confirm one fatality following a car crash on Queen Ka‘ahumanu Highway between Waikōloa Road and Waikōloa Beach Drive early this morning.

A University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa play performed exclusively in Hawaiian language has won several awards through a national theatre program.

The ocean is suffering from “amnesia” because of climate change, according to a recently published study that was co-authored by a University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa professor.