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The facility will be shuttered from March 10 to January 2026. Parking along the west side of Ola Road, from the tennis courts to Kaumuali‘i Highway, will be closed to the public during the project. Parking along Tsuchiya Road adjacent to the tennis courts will also be off-limits.

Several past eruptions of the Big Island volcano were characterized by similar lava fountaining episodes, including at the start of the Puʻuʻōʻō eruption in 1983, the start of the Maunaulu eruption in 1969 and the 1959 Kīlauea Iki eruption.

The Hawai‘i Native Species Conservation and Recovery Act would fund conservation and recovery projects to address invasive species, habitat restoration and population recovery.

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reported Tuesday afternoon that the most recent eruptive activity of the ongoing eruption in Kaluapele, the volcano’s summit caldera, started at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday with sporadic small lava flows alternating between the south and north vents in the southwest portion of Halema‘uma‘u Crater. A transition to fountaining began at 2 p.m.

Phase 1 of the project at the popular 34-acre stadium in downtown Līhuʻe includes demolishing and removing the existing track, field, scoreboard and track implements. A new synthetic turf field, synthetic track, video board and track implements will then be installed.

Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees chairperson and former U.S. congressman returns to Washington for discussions with federal officials and lawmakers. He will also attend President Donald Trump’s address today to a joint session of Congress.

The Instagram post by actress China McClain was taken down by midday March 3 after garnering tens of thousands of reactions and more than 2,000 comments, many of which pleading for the video to be removed and an apology for potential cultural insensitivity.

All statewide outdoor warning sirens sounded a 1-minute steady tone at 11:45 a.m. The public should contact Kauaʻi County Emergency Management at 808-241-1800 to report any siren operation issues.

Some Hilo and Mānoa campus students lost their research funding and educational stipends as a result of stop work orders and freezes on federal grant funds.

The educational program showcases higlights from the Hawaiʻi Floriculture and Nursery Association Fresh Look Educational Expo from Sept. 19-21, 2024, at the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel in Hilo on the Big Island, with the theme “Fresh Look at Principles and Mechanics of Designing with Hawaiʻi’s Flowers.”

While tax cuts may provide some stimulus this year, the new administration’s actions — including tariffs, mass deportations and spending cuts — will impose significant drag thereafter, UHERO states in its first quarter forecast for 2025.

National Weather Service in Honolulu says surf levels have fallen below advisory levels as the northwest swell moving through the islands continues to decline.

72-year-old passenger of Koningsdam transported by helicopter Thursday morning to The Queen’s Medical Center.

It was a dark and stormy night when the eruption near Nāpau Crater on Kīlauea’s East Rift Zone began Sept. 15, 2024. So much so that Hawaiian Volcano Observatory webcams were no help in detecting if there was an eruption or not. But you know who could? Residents of Volcano, who could smell sulfurous and burning odors.

Warning now in effect until 6 a.m. Saturday as large northwest swell rapidly builds from northwest through this morning, peaking later this morning and through the afternoon before gradually declining tonight through the weekend.

The bicyclist, who was not wearing a helmet at the time of the incident, veered into Kaumuali‘i Highway in Kekaha and was hit by the front passenger side of a 2007 Toyota truck at about 7:30 a.m. the morning of Feb. 27.

The 76-year-old from ‘Ele‘ele was identified as Ronald Valdez, who was traveling east Feb. 21 on Kaumuali‘i Highway when the truck he was driving struck a guardrail in front of the ‘Ele‘ele Shopping Center. Valdez was found unresponsive at the scene.

Lima Ola is a Kaua‘i County master planned workforce housing community with about 550 new affordable housing units comprised of single-family homes and multi-family rental units in ‘Ele‘ele.

The man was reported as being disorderly by airport law enforcement, who requested assistance from Kaua’i police with the man early Wednesday morning. He was already being detained by airport officers and in need of immediate medical attention when police arrived at the airport.

No foul play is suspected. An autopsy is pending to determine the exact cause of death. Aul’s body was found Feb. 26 near Salt Pond Beach Park.