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Police say a 62-year-old woman pedestrian was killed on Highway 130 in Keaau on Thursday evening. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

In partnership, Kanu Hawaii, Aqualung and PADI are honoring Earth Day by staging on Saturday what might be Hawaii’s largest statewide dive cleanup in history. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

The state Department of Health is now recommending an additional dose of the bivalent booster against COVID-19 for those over the age of 65 and those at increased risk of severe infection. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

UPDATE: Police say manhunt suspects Dylan Alcain and Leilani Parent were taken into police custody in Puna. This story will be updated. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Two new deaths from COVID-19 were recorded in Hawaii County this week, both women between the ages of 70 and 79. Both of the women were hospitalized, and both were noted to have an underlying condition. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Hawaii County is offering a $3,000 sign-on bonus for Hawaii Island landlords taking part in select housing assistance programs. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

WAIKOLOA — Two women were cited by state conservation officers Tuesday night during a protest by feral cat activists. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Hawaii County’s system for dedicating land for commercial farm use might get an overhaul. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

If two Hawaii health care organizations cannot agree on a new contract by May 5, thousands of people could be impacted. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

A second fluid leak has occurred at a Maunakea telescope. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Roadwork on Kaumana Drive in Hilo should be finished by this Wednesday, weather permitting. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

One less hurdle stands in the way of a new proposal to build a water-bottling plant next to the Wailoa River State Recreation Area. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

For Tracie Lopes — half of the husband-and-wife kumu team of hula halau Ka La ‘Onohi Mai O Ha‘eha‘e — being overall champions of the 60th Annual Merrie Monarch Festival’s hula competition is a “great birthday present.” Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Students shouted and jumped with joy when they knew the answer to some difficult questions asked during the second annual Heluhelu Quiz Bowl competition Thursday at Kamehameha Schools Hawaii in Keaau. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Kona District Court Judge Wendy DeWeese Friday found a 52-year-old Hilo man who pleaded not guilty to a host of charges filed in connection with the alleged September 2022 abduction and ensuing crimes committed against a 15-year-old Kona girl fit to stand trial Friday morning. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Ka La ‘Onohi Mai O Ha‘eha‘e,under the direction of na kumu hula Tracie and Keawe Lopes, were the big winners Saturday night at the 60th Annual Merrie Monarch Festival. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Audiences watched 28 hula ‘auana performances from 23 halau — 19 performances by wahine groups and nine by kane — in the 60th Merrie Monarch Festival on Saturday night. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Home sales on the Big Island continued to decline through the first quarter of 2023 as higher interest rates chill the market nationwide. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

The 60th Annual Merrie Monarch Festival hula competition kicked into high gear Friday evening at Edith Kanaka‘ole Multi-Purpose Stadium in Hilo with group hula kahiko (ancient hula) performances. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Over the last decade, enrollment has dropped by about 50% at the University of Hawaii at Hilo’s Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Astronomers using Maunakea telescopes have developed a technique that they say could revolutionize how to capture images of distant planets. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

On Saturday, Kamehameha Avenue between Waianuenue Avenue and the State Fisheries Research Station driveway in both directions will be closed from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. for the 60th Annual Merrie Monarch Festival Royal Parade and staging area. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service