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The unique variety of events happening during the next week around the Big Island features an array of culture, music, history, health, art and more.

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Magnitude-4.7 about 14 miles east of Pāpa‘ikou was also likely related to stress from the weight of the island bending the Pacific plate; light shaking was reported, with no damage expected.

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.

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.

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.

The collision, which happened at about 8 p.m. the night of Feb. 7 while she and a man were wallking in a marked crosswalk, remains under investigation and was classified as a negligent injury case.

Fireworks sales began Thursday and end at midnight New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31. Permits are not required for novelties and paperless firecrackers.

The Big Island certainly isn’t calming down heading into the summer months. In fact, it looks like the enterainment, festival, music and event scenes are heating up.

Radar shows that the heavy rain has diminished. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat.

Closure schedules can change at any time, without notice, and all projects are weather permitting.

Holly Kaleki White’s initial court appearance was Feb. 14 in Hilo District Court, where her bail was maintained. She remains incarcerated at the Hawai’i Community Correctional Center in Hilo, pending a preliminary hearing.

The speed limit on Hawai‘i Belt Road (Route 19) between Kopilimai Road and Ka‘ie‘ie Homestead Road in Papaʻikou will be reduced from 45 mph to 35 mph as part of the Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation safety improvement plan.

At 9:51 p.m., radar and rain gauges indicated that rainfall rates have eased over the southeast flank of the Big Island. However, runoff levels were still high and rain continued in some locations, with heavy rainfall is still possible in the warning areas.

At 9:46 p.m., radar showed heavy showers repeatedly forming over the slopes of Kaʻū and Puna, with rainfall rates between 1 and 2 inches per hour leading to significant runoff. Rainfall over the South Hilo area had eased by earlier in the afternoon.

Despite the start of the wet season at the beginning of October, several locations on the Big Island remained dry for a good chunk of the month.

Two Big Island men face charges in connection with an agricultural theft investigation by the Hawai’i Police Department.

Water will be temporarily turned off from 10 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 17 to 4 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 18 to do waterline connections for the Department of Water Supply’s Pāpaʻikou Transite and G.I. Pipeline replacement project. The affected areas will Pāpaʻikou, Pueopaku and Pauka‘a in South Hilo. A complete list of the project will […]

The county is reminding residents in the Pāpaʻikou area that temporary water shutoffs are planned in several locations this week.

The county Department of Water Supply announced Thursday plans to shut off water in the Pāpa‘ikou area two times in February because of work connected with the department’s Pāpaʻikou Transite and G.I. Pipeline Replacement Project.