North Hawai‘i News

If you are flying anywhere during the Fourth of July weekend, make sure you get to the airport early.

In an effort to make sure everyone has a safe and enjoyable Fourth of July weekend, Big Island police are reminding the public about the rules governing the use of fireworks.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs has awarded more than $600,000 to several organizations and events throughout the islands. A total of 13 OHA grant programs are being funded this year.

Flash, boom, crackle and sparkle — its time to celebrate the Fourth of July, and firecrackers and fireworks are the main attractions.

Visitors to Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park in 2021 pumped nearly $120 million in to the Big Island’s economy, according to a new National Park Service report.

A Hawai‘i Community College student was selected as the 2022-23 winner of the annual Merriman’s Culinary Scholarship awarded by Merriman’s Waimea.

Hawai’i Kūpuna Softball League games are normally played on Saturdays.

A new statewide awareness campaign is aimed at reducing injuries to kūpuna from falling.

Gov. David Ige on Wednesday, June 22, signed into law two measures passed by the state Legislature earlier this year that will help Hawai‘i’s working families and individuals.

State lawmakers showed their support for Hawai‘i’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, plus community during the 2022 legislative session, passing several measures that further equality and inclusion of the LGBTQ+ community, and Gov. David Ige signed them into law last week — in the middle of Pride Month.

Calling all Hawai‘i filmmakers and storytellers.

Eight Big Island students will receive a total of $24,000 in scholarships as part of Hawai‘i Community Federal Credit Union’s annual scholarship program.

The Hawai‘i Police Department’s top cop plans to retire later this year.

Hawai’i Kūpuna Softball League games are normally played on Saturdays.

The Waimea Community Association is hosting six candidates in the race to become the state’s next lieutenant governor for an online forum today.

Want to discuss an issue in your neighborhood? Need to voice your concern about something? Or do you just want to have a chat? No matter why you turn out, the community policing officers in your district want to listen.

Two schools and two students from the Big Island were recently honored by the Hawai‘i Medical Service Association.

Two Big Island residents were among the 69 students who graduated from the University of Hawaiʻi John A. Burns School of Medicine this year.

Thelma Parker Memorial Public and School Library in Waimea invites everyone to discover “Oceans of Possibilities” with an upcoming online event as part of the Hawai‘i State Public Library System’s 2022 Summer Reading Challenge.

Tug on those boots, slap on some spurs and giddyup on yonder to Honoka‘a this week. Western Week is here, and there’s no pussyfooting around it — there’s a galloping good time to be had.