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Hawai´i is rolling back more COVID restrictions on both social gatherings and international travel throughout the first half of November.

The American Job Center Hawaiʻi (AJCH) will be hosting a free virtual Job Fair on Thursday, Nov. 4, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Health reported 38 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday, bringing the statewide total to 84,402.

The US Postal Service is now accepting letters to Santa.

The population of the endemic wēkiu bug, which can only be found on puʻu (cinder cones) on the summit of Maunakea, remains healthy, according to the insect captures recorded during the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Center for Maunakea Stewardship’s (CMS) annual arthropod monitoring surveys this year.

Hawai‘i is the first state to commit to a 100% clean energy goal. 

The Hawaii Police Department has asked again for information on a murder that occurred more than 40 years ago on the Big Island.

Beyond upgrades, work on the facility will include the demolition of a warehouse and the clearing of related environmental hazards.

More than 55 vendors from around the island will offer a variety of products to shoppers.

The state’s seven-day average is now 115 new cases daily, with a test positivity rate of 1.7%.

The state of Hawai´i has welcomed back vaccinated tourists.

Of the filled positions, 47% of state court judges are female and 53% are male.

When scheduling an appointment on CVS.com, patients will be asked to provide the manufacturer and date of their last COVID-19 vaccine and will be able to schedule an appointment for a Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech booster dose.

Free science kits will be available to take home while supplies last and the UH Institute for Astronomy will have a solar telescope on site to project views of the sun.

COVID-19 infection since the pandemic began, while at least 916 have died.

This award program supports women entrepreneurs on Hawai‘i Island who are starting a new business or working to expand an existing business.

This year, CMS land managers collected nearly 3,000 bugs from the live traps compared to about 400 bugs in the last two years.

Should you experience any unusual problems during or after the flushing period, call Mr. William O’Neil, Jr., District Supervisor, at (808) 887-3030.

The decision comes as the county continues to experience an unprecedented backlog of building permit applications, with in excess of 1,500 presently in the queue.

The state’s seven-day average is now 119 new cases daily, with a test positivity rate of 2%.