North Hawaii News

Shuttered facilities include the gym, community center and swimming pool; areas closer to the park’s entrance, including the playground and Shiro Takata Field, fortunately remain open and accessible.

We’ve said it before and will likely say it again, but when you read the headline on this week’s Top 10 things to do on the Big Island and don’t think diverse, unique or even a little quirky, maybe even a “Huh?”, we’d really like to know where you live.

The plan is meant to guide preservation priorities, partnerships and strategies around Hawaiʻi through 2034 — public input is vital to ensure it reflects the voices and values of Hawaiʻi residents.

There have been 770 DUI arrests so far this year compared with 813 during the same period last year, or a decrease of 5.29%. DUI roadblocks and patrols will continue island wide.

There will be tree giveaways, plantings and educational activities happening this month throughout the state — each also highlighting Hawaiʻi Gov. Josh Green’s formal proclamation of 2025 as Year of Our Community Forests.

The Spooky Season is behind us, Big Island, which means it’s beg … Oh. Nope. Not going there yet. Get those bodies up and going, friends and neighbors. Let’s enjoy as much as we can with as many loved ones as possible to make as many special memories our own brains can hold. Check out the top things to do now!

Hawai‘i Department of Education says it made the decision to implement new regulations governing the use of these popular modes of transportation on its sites out of safety concerns for students.

Lane closure schedules can change at any time without notice. All projects are weather permitting. Will any of these planned closures impact your commute or fun? Take a look and plan ahead now.

There are still plenty of activities — including several haunted house attractions and events with more of an adult theme — happening yet tonight to get into some mischief, cast a few spells and show off your wicked side.

Clinics throughout the state are fully operational, continuing services and open enrollment for new participants.

All statewide outdoor warning sirens once again will sound off during their normal monthly test; there also will be no exercise or drill accompanying the test.

Hawai‘i Police Department encourages all community members to look out for one another this Halloween because everyone deserves to enjoy the evening without worrying about being in a nightmare of their own.

With Halloween just one day of this week’s top 10, we wanted to make sure all of our space wasn’t taken up by haunting happenings. But as the universe would have it, there is some Halloween bleeding over into the weekend.

With generous support from friends and neighbors in the Kūkiʻo, Kohala Coast and Waimea communities — along with many others around the island, state and nation — early efforts will focus on underserved areas where families might feel the greatest impact of the disruption, including North Hawaiʻi, the Hāmākua Coast and Puna mauka.

Hawai’i Police Department urges the public to be extra cautious and drive responsibly following a recent increase in reports and incidents involved reckless and dangerous driving; including the crash that claimed the life of a 47-year-old Kona woman and ultimately a 3-week-old infant.

Lane closure schedules can change at any time without notice. All projects are weather permitting. Will any of these planned closures impact your commute or fun? Take a look and plan ahead now.

Initial efforts will focus on areas where families could experience greater impacts from a disruption of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; Vibrant Hawaiʻi purchasing locally sourced produce, proteins and shelf-stable food to serve about 1,800 residents during the first 3 weeks of November.

Several restrictions are in place for those areas under threat of wildfires igniting from critical fire weather conditions, which are expected again later Friday morning and afternoon and Saturday.

It will be a spooktacular weekend before Halloween, with several events on the Big Island once again planned to celebrate the holiday — each one a scream in its own right; all offering tons of frightful family fun.

A fire weather watch means critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible red flag warnings.