Hawaii airports ready for record summer travel rush

The Transportation Security Administration and state Department of Transportation are preparing for a record number of travelers to Hawaii this summer, which is expected to surpass 2019 pre-pandemic travel volumes. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Hawaii Gas workers strike raises concerns about statewide service

Hawaii Gas says it has about 70, 000 customers and is the state’s only franchised gas utility and its largest propane distribution business. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

DHHL buying land to speed up new homesteads in Hawaii

The state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands might use around one-third of a historic $600 million legislative appropriation by the end of June, which marks one full fiscal year out of three given to deploy all the money helping beneficiaries. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Mayor Roth holds town hall in Captain Cook

Mayor Mitch Roth held a Town Hall meeting Tuesday at Yano Hall, featuring several county department heads. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Hokule‘a to embark on four-year Pacific voyage from Alaska

JUNEAU, Alaska — Hokule‘a, the voyaging canoe that revived the lost art of Polynesian voyaging and navigation and helped spark a cultural renaissance in Hawaii, is preparing to embark on a four-year circumnavigation of the Pacific. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

STRIKE! Hawaii Gas employees picket all island locations

Hawaii Gas employees began their strike after weeks of negotiations failed between the company and Hawaii Teamsters and Allied Workers, Local 996, which represents 217 maintenance, clerical, plant workers and drivers, just after midnight Thursday. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Police ID bicyclist killed in Kona crash

Police have identified the elderly Kailua-Kona man who died following a single bicycle crash on May 21 on Hina Lani Street in Kailua-Kona, as 82-year-old Stuart S. Dunn. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Nahale-a appointed to UH Board of Regents

Gov. Josh Green named three new interim appointees for the University of Hawaii’s Board of Regents, with Alapaki Nahale-a selected for Hawaii County. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Setbacks for ramp, seawall: Funding pulled for Laupahoehoe project

Shifting funding priorities and the harrows of nature have pushed repairs for the Laupahoehoe Boat Ramp and seawall further into the future. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

DLNR: 50 to 60 coral colonies damaged by cinder block lane markers used for canoe regatta

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Two men hospitalized after head-on crash in South Kohala

A 46-year-old Waimea man suffered severe injuries following a two-vehicle collision Tuesday afternoon on Kawaihae Road near the 63-mile marker in South Kohala. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

DPS warns of sheriff impersonators, extortion scams

Reoccurring sheriff impersonator incidents have prompted the state Department of Public Safety Sheriff Division to issue more scam warnings. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Honoring sacrifice and service

Memorial Day is the unofficial start of summer — for many, a day for the beach, a backyard barbecue or to just hang out with family and friends. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Come fly away: UH-Hilo graduates first students in pilot-training program

The University of Hawaii at Hilo’s new Aeronautical Science Program celebrated its first two graduates this year. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Public invited to Walk With A Doc in Hilo

When Dr. Craig Kadooka worked as a physician in Hilo, he would encourage his patients to do two things: ask questions and go for walks. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

One man hospitalized, another arrested after Ocean View shooting

Police arrested a 47-year-old Ocean View man on suspicion of attempted murder following a shooting Saturday afternoon in Ocean View that left a 32-year-old Ocean View man in critical condition. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Woman hospitalized, man arrested after dog attack

Police arrested and charged a 52-year-old Pahoa man after a dog attack that late Saturday afternoon that left a 32-year-old woman hospitalized and her 52-year-old mother injured. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Keaau Middle School top site for proposed new library

A new public library in Keaau most likely will be built at Keaau Middle School, according to a project plan published last week. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

FEMA-chartered planes to send relief to Guam from Hawaii

FEMA-chartered Pacific Air Cargo’s B474-400F will airlift supplies from FEMA’s Diamond Head facility to Guam, according to Paul Skellon, PAC’s director of communications. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Volcano Watch: Legends of eruptions past

Active volcanoes tell us their stories through earthquakes, deformation, gas emissions, and lava flows. We interpret those stories through myriad scientific instruments and record them in journals and news reports for generations to come. But what if a volcano isn’t active and hasn’t been in hundreds or even thousands of years? How can we learn…

Manta ray dive boat runs aground, injuring 6

A manta ray dive boat ran aground Thursday night approximately 100 yards south of the Honokohau Harbor entrance, sending five people to the hospital. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Aloha Stadium project gets OK to go with single developer

(Star Advertiser) — There was an air of celebration at Thursday’s monthly meeting of the Stadium Authority. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

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