Hawai’i County Civil Defense said Thursday afternoon that the state Department of Land and Natural Resources reports box jellyfish at Spencer Beach Park in South Kohala and at other West Hawai’i beaches.

On Wednesday, Jan. 26, a yearling humpback whale entangled in at least 140 feet of line, with a buoy trailing about 60 feet behind, was freed in waters off Ukumehame, Maui, by a team led by responders trained by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Gov. David Ige on Wednesday signed the latest COVID-19 emergency proclamation, keeping in place current restrictions and officially adding cruise ship passengers to the list of travelers who must abide by Safe Travels Hawaiʻi requirements.

Big Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying a person responsible for using a counterfeit bill to complete a transaction Tuesday, Jan. 25, at a store in Kea‘au.

The state House of Representatives’ Maunakea Working Group has submitted its final report to Hose Speaker Scott K. Saiki and is recommending the formation of a new board to oversee state-managed lands on the mountain.

A research team led by a University of Hawai‘i Cancer Center researcher received a $2 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to conduct public research examining how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected mental health and tobacco and other substance use among Hawai‘i’s young adults.

The state Department of Public Safety on Monday reported that 10 inmates at Hawai’i Community Correctional Center in Hilo have tested positive for COVID-19. Two of the jail’s staff members also tested positive.

Are you looking for something to do this summer? Want to spend time working with keiki? Then Hawai‘i County has an opportunity for you.

The National Weather Service in Honolulu has extended a high surf advisory for west-facing shores of the Big Island.

HOPE Services Hawai‘i is one of three organizations awarded grant funding from Kaiser Permanente Hawai‘i in an effort to reach underserved communities in the state with a comprehensive array of clinical and social services.

A student team from Makua Lani Christian Academy in Kailua-Kona joined the list of winning teams from 57 schools throughout the country in the NASA TechRise Student Challenge.

The Hawaiʻi Medical Service Association has donated $1 million to establish the HMSA Distinguished Endowed Professorship in Health Economics at the University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization in UH-Mānoa’s College of Social Sciences.

A University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center researcher was awarded $3.1 million from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to further his efforts to provide new technologies to detect the risks of metabolic consequences of obesity among young children.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology is getting a financial boost to help restore Hawaiʻi’s ocean health.

No injuries were reported following a fire this weekend at a home in Holualoa.

The state Department of Health reported 3,167 new COVID-19 cases Sunday, bringing the statewide total to 202,273. Four new fatalities were reported.

The National Weather Service in Honolulu has downgraded the high surf warning for west-facing shores of the Big Island to a high surf advisory, to include North and South Kohala and North and South Kona, through Monday morning, according to Hawai’i County Civil Defense.

The University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents during its meeting Thursday adopted the new Master Plan for UH-managed lands on Maunakea.

Hawai‘i’s congressional delegation in Washington is urging President Joe Biden to approve a request from Gov. David Ige for a presidential disaster declaration in connection with the Kona low storm that ransacked portions of the state in December.

More than 1,800 trees were planted on the Big Island in November thanks to a project by Lā Ho‘oulu Paemoku/ReTree Hawai‘i.