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Earlier today, a conference committee voted to approve a measure that would incrementally increase the minimum wage to $18 by 2028.

Hawai‘i News Now reported today that under a rare rebate program approved by lawmakers Friday, April 29, taxpayers earning less than $100,000 annually and their dependents could each receive a $300 payment.

The Made in Hawai’i Film Festival returns to the Hilo Palace Theater for its fourth year, presenting 50 Hawai’i-made films between May 6 and May 8.

Authorities have arrested two women and two men considered armed and dangerous.

Honolulu colleagues as they continue to battle understaffing and retention issues at the Waimea facility.

Hawaiʻi Police Department released its weekly list of outstanding warrants.

A Hilo man was indicted on various charges of sexual assault involving a minor.

Hawai‘i Island police are requesting the public’s assistance in locating 40-year-old Robert E. Gomez Jr., of Hilo, who was reported missing. He has not been seen or heard from by his family since March and his family is concerned for his welfare.

Since 2010, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers at the Vog Measurement and Prediction Program (VMAP) have been studying the dispersion of vog in Hawaiʻi. The central goal of the effort has been to provide the public and emergency responders with accurate and timely forecasts that would help limit vog exposure for those in affected areas and communities.

Big Island police are asking for help with locating a man who was reported missing more than two months ago and is in need of medication.

A Big Island couple face several drug charges following the execution of a search warrant on a vehicle Thursday, April 28.

It’s been more than two years since the Hilo Palace Theater has hosted a live concert, but that changes this weekend with the return of an iconic act.

Several Big Island residents were arrested on a total of 10 outstanding warrants as part of an interagency warrant sweep by officers from the Hawai‘i Police Department and state Department of Land and Natural Resources.

You might have noticed a few changes lately.

The Boys & Girls Club of the Big Island is getting assistance from one of the nation’s leading domestic shipping companies to support its hot meal program.

East Hawaiʻi Health Clinics will be holding a community giveaway of COVID at-home test kits and N95 masks Friday, April 29, at 10 a.m.

Hawai‘i residents and visitors can help clean up the ocean and save marine life by making a simple phone call when they see debris washed up on the shoreline.

Hawai‘i Island police are requesting the public’s assistance in locating 16-year-old Kelis Garmon-Mercado of Hilo, who was reported as a runaway.

According to preliminary visitor statistics released by the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, total spending by visitors who came to the islands in March 2022 was $1.53 billion, which was higher compared to the $1.49 billion reported for March 2019.

Two traditional voyaging canoes making their way to Tahiti have made it halfway.