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Hawaiʻi County is now offering a new COVID testing program for businesses to help prevent workplace spread of the illness.

Repairs to an East Hawai’i bridge will require a lane closure tonight.

Visiting hours at Hilo Medical Center have returned to 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. as the hospital continues to see a decline in COVID hospitalizations and wait times in the emergency department.

Two Hawai‘i lawmakers are being charged with wire fraud, the United States Attorney announced Tuesday, Feb. 8. Jamie Kalani English, 54, and Ty Cullen, 41, are each charged with one count of honest services wire fraud for taking bribes in exchange for legislative action. Each faces up to 20 years behind bars. Court appearances for […]

During the week of Jan. 31 through Feb. 6, Hawai`i Island police arrested 19 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. One of the drivers was involved in a traffic accident. None of the drivers were under the age of 21.

This week a delegation representing the Office of Hawaiian Affairs will repatriate a total of 58 iwi kūpuna (ancestral Hawaiian skeletal remains) from four institutions in Germany and one in Austria that were stolen over 100 years ago from Hawaiʻi. The repatriations begin on Tuesday, Feb. 8, when the OHA delegation received eight iwi po‘o, […]

The Hawai‘i Police Department confirmed a 62-year-old man was arrested following an assault Sunday in the Kaimū/Kalapana area that was caught by a store’s surveillance camera.

Booster shots will not be required for “up-to-date” vaccination status for individuals traveling to Hawai‘i, Gov. David Ige announced today.

The state Department of Health reported 533 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday, bringing the statewide total to 227,817. No new fatalities were reported.

An Arizona man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl in Hawaiʻi.

The state Department of Public Safety reported Monday that one inmate and two staff members at Hawai’i Community Correctional Center in Hilo have tested positive for COVID-19.

A new white paper by the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Pacific Health Analytics Collaborative finds that the state could save lives and increase tax revenue by increasing alcohol taxes by just $0.10 per drink, a news release from the university stated on Monday, Feb. 7.

A 23-year-old Puna man was charged for theft of two cars and nearly $5,000 in tools from a Hilo business.

The Hawai‘i Police Department is warning the public about the recent usage of counterfeit U.S. currency in transactions across the island.

A Kea‘au man was arrested during a court-ordered eviction for having an illegal firearm.

The state Department of Health reported 833 new COVID-19 cases Monday, bringing the statewide total to 227,284. No new fatalities were reported.

A University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa project to detect ice deposits below the surface of the moon has received a nearly $3 million boost from NASA.

A swimmer was rescued during the weekend from waters off the Puna coastline.

The county is reminding residents in the Pāpaʻikou area that temporary water shutoffs are planned in several locations this week.

An asteroid bigger than the University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa campus discovered by a UH Institute for Astronomy telescope atop Haleakalā on Maui is only the second-known object of its kind ever found.