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Both Polynesian Voyaging Society traditional double-hulled voyaging canoes were welcomed by the Rarotonga community with a traditional ceremony, following a 2-day trek from Bora Bora, French Polynesia under nearly perfect weather conditions.

Participation in this year’s statewide Hawaiʻi State Public Library System’s Summer Reading Challenge surged 44%.

Hawai‘i Police Department responded just before 10 a.m. Aug. 20; the reported anonymous threat was later determined to be false.

U.S. senator from Hawai‘i is one of 10 senators who signed a letter putting pressure on CEO Mark Zuckerberg, alarmed by his tech company’s practices related to the artificial intelligence bots, ‘which pose astonishing risks for children.’

Eight of the drivers were involved in a traffic crash. One of the drivers was under the age of 21.

Firm sponsors three neighbor island squads, Including the D.P.D. (Dynamic Playmaker Development) team on Hawai‘i Island.

The 16-year-old was found in good health this morning.

The incident occurred in South Kohala on July 23.

Rarotonga, Cook Islands, will be the final destination for the Moananuiākea Voyage, leg 14 crew, which began in Tautira, Tahiti, more than two weeks ago.

The purpose of the meetings is to seek community input for expanding early childhood education and upgrading high school graduation criteria. Today, the Board will host a meeting at Kāʻu High and Pahala Elementary.

“I am extremely hopeful that my fellow colleagues on the council have been impacted, educated and convinced that now is the time for us to make this statement as a county,” said Hawaiʻi County Councilmember Rebecca Villegas, who introduced the resolution.

About $6.7 million is expected to be available for awards through the Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources program aimed at protecting and preserving land with natural, environmental, recreational, scenic, cultural, agricultural production or historic value.

Ten officers selected for Office of the Month by the Kona Crime Prevention Committee over the past year will be celebrated at the Sept. 10 luncheon, where one of them will be announced as Officer of the Year.

Hilo campus partners with National Science Foundation, NVIDIA in $152M project — and will receive $1.4M in grant funding from that total — to be a top collaborator on cutting-edge, transformative artificial intelligence infrastructure.

Agency within Hawaiʻi Department of Accounting and General Services continues its work to digitize about 90,000 maps, some that go back to 1871, so people can find them online for practical needs and to satisfy their curiosity.

The Hawaiʻi Attorney General is trying to obtain investigative files that were compiled by the Hawaiʻi Island Police Department in its internal investigation of four officers.

Nonprofits warned to exercise cautions due to reports of scams involving fraudulent donation checks and refund requests.

Officer Taylor Au has been named Kaʻū’s Officer of the Quarter for his dedication and proactive efforts in the community.

The Transportation Administration Security said the shoes contained heroin, fentanyl pills, ketamine, meth, brown sugar heroin, acid tabs, Xanax bars and soma pills.

No people were inside the burning home, and no injuries were reported, according to the Hawaiʻi Fire Department.