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Hurricane season for the Central Pacific starts today and runs through the end of November. Hawaiian Electric wants customers to be prepared.

The elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, sent shockwaves through communities throughout the nation, including on the Big Island.

The team entrusted with the many facets of stewardship of Maunakea were recently honored during a meeting of the University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents.

The high surf warning that had been effect for south-facing shores of the Big Island was canceled; however, there still remains some threat.

Māhukona Beach Park in North Kohala will be temporarily closed on Sunday, June 5, for a community workday.

Big Island police are helping keiki in need.

The state Department of Health reported 8,125 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, June 1, bringing the statewide total to 282,619.

Ahead of the primary election, the Waimea Community Association will be hosting virtual candidate forums for the gubernatorial and lieutenant governor races this month.

Dr. Peter Wizinowich, chief of technical development at W. M. Keck Observatory, has been awarded the 2022 American Astronomical Society Joseph Weber Award for Astronomical Instrumentation.

The current high surf advisory throughout the state was upgraded to a high surf warning through Wednesday at noon.

A Big Island woman faces charges in connection with a custodial interference case that began late last year.

The Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology shark research group recently installed land-based acoustic receivers, called motes, on high ground at three sites along the Kona Coast.

A bill that would prohibit some types of sunscreen on the Big Island in an effort to help protect the environment, especially coral reefs, has garnered the support of hundreds.

An early morning explosion Saturday, May 28, at a Puna home that critically wounded a Big Island man who later died from his injuries is under investigation by island police and federal authorities.

Big Island police are asking for the public’s help with locating a missing Ocean View woman.

A bill that would limit a Hawai‘i governor’s emergency powers after 60 days has reached Gov. David Ige’s desk for signature.

Update: The top of Napo‘opo‘o Road, in Napo‘opo‘o, is now open to traffic. Original story: The top of Napo‘opo‘o Road, in Napo‘opo‘o, is closed for about an hour due to utility work. Hawaiian Electric crews are on scene. Motorists are advised to use alternate routes.

The National Weather Service has issued a high surf advisory for south-facing shores throughout the Hawaiian Islands that is expected to build throughout the day Tuesday as a large, long-period south swell arrives.

It was a clear, sunny morning Tuesday when six women with the Waikoloa Canoe Club took to the waters at Anaeho‘omalu Bay as they continue training for the International Va’a Federation World Outrigger Canoe Sprint Championships this summer.

The Hawai‘i Department of Health’s Food Safety Branch issued a red placard and immediately shut down Sumo Deli, located at 75-5595 Palani Road A1, in Kailua-Kona.