North Hawai‘i News

Under the new National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program, the Hawai’i Department of Transportation will install 11 electric charging stations on six islands with federal funding.

Do you have aspirations to become a firefighter or police officer? Do you want to work in the fields of parks and recreation? Hawaiʻi County might have opportunities for you.

The Kamuela Philharmonic Orchestra, like the rest of the world, is moving forward and “Rising Up!” for its 18th season and will make its long-awaited return to Kahilu Theatre in Waimea with a series of MasterWorks performances and its first-ever season pops concert.

Big Island residents can now receive the newest COVID-19 booster shot at a North Hawai‘i hospital.

“Kuku Kapa E” runs through Sept. 30 and features the historic kapa moe from the Hind-Vredenburg Collection, a key piece from the revival of kapa making.

Rainbow Friends Animal Sanctuary is asking the public to assist with finding positive outcomes for dogs now housed at its Waimea shelter because its lease will be ending sooner than expected.

Monthly totals from windward sites on the island were mostly 50%-80% of average, while totals from the Kaʻū, Kona and leeward Kohala areas were mostly below 50% of average.

The public is invited to help get the garden at Kohala Elementary School ready for the new school year next week.

The red flag warning will be in effect from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10, the same time frame as a fire weather watch issued earlier Tuesday.

The state Department of Health reported 3,189 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, Aug. 10, bringing the statewide total to 332,822. Fourteen new fatalities were reported.

Take a look at all the names on the ballot.

The “Waiomina Boot” once again stands tall in front of KTA at the Waimea Center, near KTA Waimea. It was reinstalled Aug. 4, nearly two months after it was moved to be repaired and redesigned.

The U.S. Postal Service has launched a new way for island residents to learn about its job opportunities.

No matter how you choose to travel, at one point or another it’s your feet that get you where you need to go.

Support and shelter for homeless in Kailua-Kona will continue at a campus in Kailua-Kona for the immediate future thanks to an action of the Hawai‘i County Council.

The 2022-23 school year is underway and the Waimea Community Association will spotlight back-to-school news during an upcoming meeting.

Leeward portions of the state, including on the Big Island, remained under a red flag warning through most of Monday, Aug. 1, as fire weather conditions persisted.

A new community health center, the combination of two other health care providers, is serving 40,000 patients on the Big Island.

Two recent magnitude-4-plus earthquakes and a spike last month in seismic activity at a underwater seamount have not affected volcanic activity on the Big Island, according to a Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientist.

Residents of the Big Island will have two chances in August to dispose of hazardous household waste.