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Community Hawaiʻi to mark 80th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing with ceremony and call for peace

Innovative Kauaʻi physics instructor adapts science education with remote labs
Brad Dempsie innovates lab courses by making them remote and shipping hands-on experiment kits directly to students' doors—an approach benefiting hundreds across the islands since 2020. July 15, 2025 · 05:00am
Polynesian culture will be on full display with Tahitian dance, Samoan fireknife competitions next month
Celebrate Tahitian heritage at the 23rd annual Heiva i Kauaʻi, as vibrant dance, drumming, and storytelling performances light up Kapaʻa Beach Park on August 2-3.Hawaii News Keck Observatory helps unravel mystery behind rare cosmic X-ray bursts
Community New compliance initiative launched for oversight of public construction projects
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Hōkūleʻa, Hikianalia crews reconnect with culture, engage with youth in Mataiea, Tahiti
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Decommissioning of UKIRT telescope atop Mauna Kea on Big Island officially underway
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Kauai News
Innovative Kauaʻi physics instructor adapts science education with remote labs
Brad Dempsie innovates lab courses by making them remote and shipping hands-on experiment kits directly to students’ doors—an approach benefiting hundreds across the islands since 2020.
Creatives have the chance to honor victims of Hanapēpē Massacre with a monument
Artists and designers can apply for the chance to craft a public art monument at the historic Hanapēpē Massacre site, commemorating the 1924 event in Hawaiʻi that claimed 20 lives.
Polynesian culture will be on full display with Tahitian dance, Samoan fireknife competitions next month
Celebrate Tahitian heritage at the 23rd annual Heiva i Kauaʻi, as vibrant dance, drumming, and storytelling performances light up Kapaʻa Beach Park on August 2-3.
Kauaʻi police to temporarily adjust records and firearms service hours next week
Records and firearms services will temporarily change its hours for staff training next Monday and Tuesday.
Hawaiʻi to mark 80th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing with ceremony and call for peace
Aug. 6, 2025, marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima—a pivotal and tragic moment in world history that continues to echo across generations.
Keck Observatory helps unravel mystery behind rare cosmic X-ray bursts
An international team of astrophysicists using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island, has uncovered a possible origin of cosmic X-ray bursts.
New compliance initiative launched for oversight of public construction projects
The proactive strategy underscores its commitment to ensuring a level playing field in Hawai‘i’s construction industry, particularly during the current surge in construction activity.
Residents tackle excessive traffic, other issues near trailhead to Ho’opi’i Falls in Kapaʻa
Amid escalating tensions on one-lane Kapahi Road among residents and hikers flocking to the trailhead to Hoʻopiʻi Falls, Leila Suzuki is spearheading efforts for “Residential Access Only” and “No Parking” signs.
Big Island News
Weekly DUI report: 24 motorists arrested islandwide from June 30 to July 6
Thirteen of the 24 motorists arrested were taken into custody in the Hilo District.
Food trucks will have more places to operate in Kailua-Kona through two pilot programs
Hawaiʻi County has set up a permitting process for food trucks to operate legally along Ane Keohokālole Highway and it is providing a temporary space for Food Truck Fridays.
Maui News
Pride of Maui offers tour and charter deals after being featured on Bravo
The Pride of Maui ʻElua, a new luxury snorkel catamaran, was recently featured on Bravo’s reality series "The Valley," and is now offering limited-time tour and charter discounts to celebrate the national spotlight.
Toxoplasmosis spread by cats poses growing threat to endangered nēnē, public health
Nēnē, Hawaiʻi’s state bird, face a growing threat not just from predators—but from disease. Feral and free-roaming cats are transmitting toxoplasmosis, a parasitic disease that is increasingly killing these endangered geese, according to conservationists at Pacific Birds Habitat Joint Venture.
Beach cleanup at ‘Thousand Peaks’ planned Sunday
The Pilikahakai Foundation is organizing a community beach cleanup on Sunday, July 20, from 8 to 9:30 a.m. at Ukumehame Beach Park (aka 'Thousand Peaks'), located between Mile Markers 12 and 13 on Honoapiʻilani Highway.
Maui Weather Forecast for July 15, 2025
A high pressure system will remain in place north of the Hawaiian Islands through the weekend keeping moderate to locally breezy trade winds into the extended...
Hawaiʻi DLIR projects 6.1% job growth by 2032, led by health care and food services
The state’s total employment is projected to grow by 6.1% over the next decade, adding 41,190 jobs between 2022 and 2032, according to new labor market projections from the Hawai‘i State Department of Labor and Industrial Relations’ Research and Statistics Office.