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VIDEO – Early Morning Explosive Event at Kilauea Summit Lava Lake | Hawaii...
A rockfall on the east rim of the summit vent within Kīlauea Volcano’s Halemaʻumaʻu Crater triggered a small explosive event at 3:51 a.m., HST, on January 8, 2016. Explosive events like this occur more...
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Hawaii DLNR Officer Charged with Sexual Assault | Hawaii News and Island...
A law enforcement officer for the State Department of Land and Natural Resources has been charged with five counts of sexual assault. On January 1, a female minor reported that she was at a beach park...
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Confirmed Dengue Fever Cases on the Big Island of Hawaii Rises to 218 |...
The Dengue Fever outbreak on the Big Island continues and the total confirmed amount of cases rose by 3 more case since the last update bringing the total amount of confirmed cases to 218. As of...
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Updated Map Shows New Risk Areas for Potential Dengue Infection on the Big...
An updated map of potential areas of infection by mosquito for confirmed dengue fever cases has been released: This map should not be used to exclude any areas of the island from proactive mosquito...
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Meet Celebrity Chef Sam Choy at the 11th Annual Building & Design Expo |...
The Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce will hold its 11th annual Building & Design Expo February 12 – 14 at the Keauhou Convention Center at the Sheraton Kona Resort & Spa at Keauhou Bay....
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Coming Up – Waimea Cherry Blossom Heritage Festival | Hawaii News and Island...
The 23rd annual Waimea Cherry Blossom Heritage Festival has a full lineup of free multi-cultural performing arts and hands-on demonstrations, plus nearly 150 crafters and food booths 9 a.m.-3 p.m....
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2016 Legislative Session Opening Day Remarks by Speaker Rep. Joseph M. Souki
Fellow House members, welcome to the 2016 Regular Session of the Hawaii State Legislature. To say that I have seen my share of opening days at the Legislature would be, at my age, a bit of an...
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Combined Cancer Statistics Mask the Truth for Native Hawaiians | Hawaii News...
Papa Ola Lōkahi, the Native Hawaiian Health Board, is joining with other Hawaiian health organizations and health care providers to emphasize the importance of research and data that accurately...
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Updated Map Pinpoints Confirmed Cases of Dengue Fever on the Big Island of...
Below is a map that depicts case locations as of 1/26/2016: This map will be updated Monday, Wednesday, and Friday with location data provided by the State Department of Health. Locations may...
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Hawaii House Statements on Senator Kahele Passing
House Speaker Joseph M. Souki and members of the Hawaii Island delegation provided the following statements on the passing of Senator Gilbert Kahele: Speaker Joseph M. Sourced through Scoop.it from:...
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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard: Governor’s Dengue Fever Emergency Declaration a...
Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) yesterday commented on Hawaiʻi Governor David Ige’s proclamation declaring the dengue fever outbreak in Hawaiʻi County a state of emergency. The disease has plagued...
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Hawaii County Democrats Select Nominees to Replace Late Sen. Gilbert Kahele |...
This morning at Keaukaha Elementary School cafe, Hawaii County Democrats met to select three nominees for the late Sen. Gilbert Kahele’s seat on the Hawaii Senate. Last night, House Rep. Richard Onishi...
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New Maps Shows Lava Progression | Hawaii News and Island Information
This map shows recent changes to Kīlauea’s active East Rift Zone lava flow field. The area of the flow field on January 19 is shown in pink, while widening and advancement of the flow field as mapped...
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Confirmed Dengue Fever Cases on the Big Island of Hawaii Rises to 258 |...
The Dengue Fever outbreak on the Big Island continues and the total confirmed amount of cases rose by 2 more since the last update bringing the total amount of confirmed cases to 258: As of February...
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Former HPD Sergeant and Detective Files Nomination Papers for Hawaii County...
Grace Castillo, a 30-year veteran and retired Sergeant and Detective of the Hawai’i Police Department (HPD), has decided to toss her hat into the ring and file her nomination forms to represent the...
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Google Adds Hawaiian Language to Translation Tool | Hawaii News and Island...
I’m not sure how long this has existed… but today I noticed that Google has now added the Hawaiian Language to it’s Translation Tool. I’m not sure how accurate it is because I don’t speak Hawaiian but...
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60 Bridges in Hawaii Structurally Deficient – 435 Functionally Obsolete |...
Hawaii has 60 bridges that are classified as structurally deficient accord to a just released analysis of U.S. Department of Transportation Data. Of the 1,142 bridges in the state, 60, or 5%, are...
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Hawaii Companies Cited for HI-5 Violations – Costco Fined Nearly $16,000 |...
The Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) is reminding all beverage distributors in the state of reporting requirements for HI-5 beverage containers. Failure to properly meet reporting deadlines or...
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Aloha Darby! | Hawaii News and Island Information
Darby continues to maintain deep convection near its center, and in fact the convective cloud tops have cooled a bit over the past several hours. The current intensity estimate, 55 kt, is unchanged...
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Hawaii Governor Announces Allocation of $12M for Homelessness Eeffort |...
Gov. David Ige has announced that $12M in funding will be focused on the most visible and chronically homeless people in Hawai‘i. The appropriation, provided by the Hawai‘i State Legislature during...
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