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Big Island Now’s featured jobs from May 11 to 16, 2022.

“Today, we remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice.”

Federal dollars are headed to Hawai‘i to help address the extinction crisis facing at least four species of native Hawaiian birds.

Kurt Russell, a history teacher from Oberlin High School in Ohio, was named the 2022 National Teacher of the Year.

The community has gathered at the Hilo police station this morning to celebrate Police Week and honor Hawaiʻi police officers who have fallen in the line of duty.

No injuries were reported following a structure fire in Kea‘au Sunday evening.

High school students have an opportunity to build their skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics while getting some help preparing for college through a program offered by the University of Hawai’i.

The Hawaiʻi Police Department is again giving island residents the chance to chat with officers over a cup of hot coffee.

A future astronaut, one burgeoning paleontologist and hundreds of others of all ages and sizes came to space out Saturday, May 14, at Prince Kūhiō Plaza in Hilo for AstroDay.

University of Hawai‘i community colleges are offering a way for island residents to gain valuable training for jobs in several sectors — for free — this summer.

Eighteen students from Kaʻū High School who were part of an agriculture entrepreneurship program received certificates of achievement in agriculture from Hawaiʻi Community College on Friday, May 13, during the college’s 81st commencement ceremony.

State Sheriffs and Honolulu Police are searching for one inmate who escaped from the Waiawa Correctional Facility Saturday evening on O‘ahu.

The Hawai‘i Police Department reports at 8 p.m. Saturday that Highway 19 at mile 15 near Honomū in the Hāmākua District is Closed due to a motor vehicle crash.

Hawai‘i Community College – Pālamanui celebrated graduation on Saturday, May 14 in drive-though fashion, where some of the cars and truck beds were as decorated as the departing students.

The Hawai‘i County Office of the Prosecuting Attorney sent a letter urging Gov. David Ige to sign House Bill No. 1486, HD2, SD1 into law, which would increase the penalty for felony theft of motor vehicles and motorcycles from a maximum five-year prison term to a maximum 10-year prison term.

The Hawai‘i Police Department reported one lane is open on Highway 11 near mile 97, North of Kona Paradise, in South Kona. It closed early this morning due a motor vehicle crash and downed utility poles.

Hawai‘i Community College celebrated its first in-person commencement ceremony in two years Friday, May 13, and while faculty, administration and speakers reflected on the challenges — and triumphs — throughout the pandemic, their message to graduates was not to look back, but to move forward and leave their mark on the future.

The Hawai‘i Police Department has been plagued by staffing shortages from various departments for several years.

The state Department of Transportation announced its weekly road and lane closures for the week of May 14-20. Lane closure schedules may change at any time without further notice.

Highway 11, near mile marker 97, north of Kona Paradise, in South Kona is closed due to a traffic accident, the police department stated Saturday around 5:30 a.m.