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The world’s largest long-distance outrigger canoe race will once again welcome paddlers from around the world this year to the Big Island.

The regular season has ended, with the county tournament played July 6-7 and the state tournament on O’ahu scheduled for Aug. 2-5.

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

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

The University of Hawai‘i men’s basketball team will open its Big West Conference slate Dec. 29 at home against the University of California, Davis.

A 20-game 2022-23 Big West Conference slate with a twist will put regular season conference champion the University of Hawai‘i women’s basketball team to the test as head coach Laura Beeman enters her 11th season at the team’s helm.

A Big Island 8-year-old has qualified to continue in competition for a PGA event and is looking for help from the community to get there.

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

Hui O Hawai‘i, a team of 16 Special Olympics Hawai‘i athletes and five Unified Partners from throughout the islands, had racked up a total of 20 medals Thursday, June 9, after four days of competition at the Special Olympics 2022 USA Games.

Aspiring youth basketball players are encouraged to sign up now for a University of Hawai‘i at Hilo summer tradition.

As of Wednesday, June 8, the Special Olympics Hawai‘i team, or Hui O Hawai‘i, had earned a total of 18 medals, including two won by a Big Island athlete, at the Special Olympics 2022 USA Games.

As of Tuesday, June 7, the Special Olympics Hawai‘i team, or Hui O Hawai‘i, had earned seven medals, including three won by a Big Island athlete, at the Special Olympics 2022 USA Games.

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

Pacific West Conference honors continue rolling in for the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo Vulcans, and the latest gives the Big Island university bragging rights among the three National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II schools in the state.

Seventeen athletes from throughout the state, including the Big Island, are headed to the mainland to participate in a national competition.

The University of Hawai‘i at Hilo men’s soccer team has a new head coach.

Accolades for the University of Hawai’i at Hilo athletics department continue to roll in this year. Its most recent is sealing a fifth-place finish in the 2021-22 Pacific West Conference Commissioner’s Cup.

Accolades keep rolling in for a member of the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo Vulcans baseball team.

Two members of the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo Vulcans baseball team have earned post-season Pacific West Conference honors.

The University of Hawai‘i at Hilo has re-opened its tennis courts after making several improvements and additions.