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Entry forms and additional information are available at the Hawai‘i County Parks and Recreation website. Students who want to participate should first check if their school offers a track and field program.

The county’s Vehicle Registration and Licensing Division now accepts payments via credit and debit cards as well as the mobile payment services Apple Pay and Google Pay.

The Hawai‘i Police Department recovered 562.94 grams of illicit fentanyl in 2024, which is enough to potentially kill 281,470 people.

The I Heart Youth Theatre program is a ten-week, tuition-free musical theater arts program for youth, with classes, workshops and rehearsals that lead up to a full-scale production of Disney’s classic musical, “The Little Mermaid.”

Available positions are activity aide I, which is paid $17.50 per hour, and activity aide II, paid at an hour rate of $19. Completed applications must be submitted to the Recreation Division or postmarked by Feb. 28.

Simon Varela, 34, was last seen in the Hawaiʻi Ocean View Estates subdivision at a residence in the 92-2100 block of Ocean View Parkway on Sunday, December 15, 2024.

Samantha Shea uses crystal singing bowls to create a meditative, therapeutic experience and promote healing for clients across the Big Island.

Thomas Bjørn, Y.E. Yang, Tim O’Neal and Ricardo Gonzalez will be among the packed field of 42 illustrious players competing next week at the 18-hole Hualālai Golf Course located in beautiful Ka‘ūpūlehu, Kona, on the west side of the Big Island of Hawai‘i.

Royal Grounds, 1871 Trail and picnic area at the park will reopen. However, Puʻuhonua Trail will remain closed until further notice for repairs.

Take a look at these planned lane closures for the upcoming week. The schedule can change at any time without notice, and remember that all projects are weather permitting.

The early closure at 5:30 p.m. today is because of a staffing shortage with the transfer station’s contractor. The facility is scheduled to reopen for regular hours Saturday.

The Big Island is once again teeming with events, activities, shows and more for any and everyone to enjoy. Check out what’s happening in this week’s top 10!

Bernhard Langer, Fred Couples, Vijay Singh, Ernie Els and Retief Goosen will join 37 other golfers on the 18-hole Jack Nicklaus-designed course at Four Seasons Resort Hualālai in Ka‘ūpūlehu to open the 2025 PGA TOUR Champions season.

Hawai’i Island police have secured nearly $160,000 in federal grants that will be used to conduct more community outreach, purchase new equipment, improve and enhance enforcement.

An agriculture inspector from the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture Plant Quarantine Branch in Kona retrieved the animal early Sunday morning and arranged for it to be transported to Honolulu. This was the second opossum in as many months to be captured in the islands.

31-year-old Jannefer Kaspar was last seen in the Orchidland subdivision of Kurtistown on Dec. 26, 2024.

With lawmakers convening Jan. 15 for their 2025 session, Kona Community Hospital administration will speak with lawmakers about securing $13.2 million to ensure patients are seen more quickly.

Behind us are the holidays and ahead is a whole new year, full of exciting experiences and opportunities to reinvent ourselves. Let’s make a resolution to try something new during 2025.

Local and international musicians and artists will be in Pahala and Kailua-Kona to teach young artists and connect with the culture of Hawaiʻi beginning Saturday.

Two minutes after midnight, Hawaiʻi Island police responded to a vehicle collision in South Kona that killed a pedestrian, marking the first traffic fatality of 2025.