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Specturm announced its hiring for 150 new jobs and will be hosting virtual events to find the right candidates.

The public is cordially invited to the Hilo Orchid Show Gala Preview Party, a “fun”-raiser that kicks off the 68th Orchid Show and Sale in Hilo and raises funds for peace and agriculture.

The Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority announced Friday, July 8 that Chief Administrative Officer Keith Regan will be departing the agency on Aug. 3 to assume a new leadership role at the state Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.

A protest in front of the Department of Agriculture in Hilo is scheduled this afternoon over the state’s plan to introduce a mosquito-control approach to Hawai‘i in an effort to save the endangered Hawaiian honeycreeper species.

The state Department of Transportation issued its weekly list of road and lane closures for July 9-15. Lane closure schedules may change at any time without further notice. All projects are weather permitting.

Gov. David Ige today, Friday, July 8, signed HB2171 establishing a new Department of Law Enforcement.

Hawai‘i police have arrested and charged a juvenile male from Discovery Harbour in connection with a brush fire that burned approximately 10 acres in the Discovery Harbour subdivision in Ka‘ū.

As of Friday July 1, 2022, the following individuals are wanted by the Hawai‘i Police Department because of outstanding warrants.

Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 15-year-old Dyson Michael Evans who was reported as a runaway.

Hawai‘i leaders expressed sorrow and shock at the assassination today of Shinzo Abe, Japan’s former prime minister, a leader with whom local officials worked closely with over the years as the two islands share strong cultural and economic ties.

The Department of Public Safety is currently looking for qualified applicants, on all islands, interested in becoming an adult corrections officer (ACO).

The volcanic gas plume at the summit of Kīlauea Volcano in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park is often the most visible indication of the ongoing eruptive activity during the daylight hours.

The County Council has shelved plans for a new county Department of Building.

A collaboration of individuals and organizations dedicated to Native Hawaiian youth civic engagement is hosting a Republican gubernatorial candidate forum tonight (Thursday, July 7).

Big Island police are asking for help from the public with locating a missing man.

Employees of an O‘ahu home improvement store got a slithery surprise from a pallet hitchhiker earlier this week.

Ballots for this year’s primary election are expected to arrive in Big Island mailboxes by July 26 and Waimea Community Association wants voters to be as informed as possible before making their first choices.

Big Island police reported at 1:44 p.m. that Ali‘i Drive in Kona, north of Pāhoehoe Beach Park, is now open to traffic.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Health has received 357 doses of the JYNNEOS vaccine, which is used to prevent monkeypox.

A restriction at the East Hawaiʻi Regional Sort Station on the size of commercial waste loads will remain in place for about another year.