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The county is notifying the public that restrooms at a beach park in Hilo will be closed for several days this week.

Two Big Island residents were among the 69 students who graduated from the University of Hawaiʻi John A. Burns School of Medicine this year.

Authorities seek the public’s help locating a Mountain View teen who was reported as an endangered runaway.

Ten Big Island high school seniors have been awarded scholarships through the Legacy Scholarship Program of the Mamoru and Aiko Takitani Foundation.

University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center researchers for The Healthy Diet and Lifestyle Study II, Loïc Le Marchand and Carol Boushey, are seeking participants on O’ahu to help answer a question that has an impact on everyone.

A short film produced by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs has won a prestigious award.

Thelma Parker Memorial Public and School Library in Waimea invites everyone to discover “Oceans of Possibilities” with an upcoming online event as part of the Hawai‘i State Public Library System’s 2022 Summer Reading Challenge.

The Hawaiʻi State Public Library System invites everyone to dive in to an “Ocean of Possibilities” through its 2022 Summer Reading Challenge.

Mission Blue, a marine conservation nonprofit that works to rally local and international support to preserve and protect marine ecosystems, has designated Kahalu‘u Bay in Kona as one of its Hope Spots. Kahalu‘u Bay is the 141st Hope Spot named by the organization worldwide and the second in Hawai‘i.

Big Island police are asking for the public’s help with finding a missing Hilo man.

Keauhou Shopping Center is hosting a Kamehameha Day Celebration with female falsetto champion, Lahela Lee Park.

The Hawai‘i Jiu Jitsu Academy in Kailua-Kona was recently named one of UPS’s small business grant winners.

Keiki ages 6 to 10 years old are invited to swing away this summer and learn tennis from a trio of coaching professionals at the Beginner’s Keiki Tennis Program.

Last Saturday, May 20, the Hawai‘i Farm to School Hui convened a multigenerational group of community leaders, public health workers, educators, youth, and legislators at Hoa ‘Āina O Mākaha to celebrate recent key legislative wins for Hawai‘i’s farm to school movement.

An unoccupied, likely unpermitted structure burned to the ground Friday evening in Kea‘au.

Water will be temporarily turned off along both sides of Kea‘ā Street and all connecting private roads, including Orchid Manor Condominium Assocation in South Hilo on Wednesday, June 8 and Thursday, June 9 from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m., the county announced.

The state Department of Transportation issued its weekly road and lane closure list for the week of May 28 to June 3. Lane closure schedules may change at any time without further notice. All projects are weather permitting.

“Did all of Hilo lose electricity or just my street?”

The Coast Guard, Navy, Hawai‘i Fire Department, Hawai‘i Police Department, Ocean Safety and other responders successfully concluded two search and rescue exercises on the Island of Hawaii, May 20.

A new partnership between the county and two health care organizations is taking on the issues of drug addiction and growing numbers of fentanyl overdoses on the Big Island.