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Business Monday: Accounting UH-Hilo grad enters the Big Island workforce
Nikki Jicha, 18, of Hilo, is already integrated into the Big Island workforce as she’s been working as an intern for Hilo-based accounting firm Taketa, Iwata, Hara & Associates.May 13, 2024 · 1:00 AM HST
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May 13, 2024 · 10:00 AM
Military shipping vehicles to Big Island for annual training exercises in June
The Hawaiʻi Army National Guard will be preparing for its annual training exercises by shipping its vehicles and equipment from Oʻahu to Hawaiʻi Island this month.
May 13, 2024 · 5:00 AM
Fire hydrant flow test scheduled in South Kohala
Areas impacted include customers along Uakioni Road between Poli‘ahu and Alan Roads and ‘Āinahua Street. The area also includes all side roads and lanes.
May 13, 2024 · 1:00 AM
Business Monday: Accounting UH-Hilo grad enters the Big Island workforce
Nikki Jicha, 18, of Hilo, is already integrated into the Big Island workforce as she’s been working as an intern for Hilo-based accounting firm Taketa, Iwata, Hara & Associates.
May 12, 2024 · 5:02 PM
Update: Flood advisory for portions of East Hawai‘i canceled
Rain was falling at a rate of 1 to 2 inches per hour.
May 12, 2024 · 3:19 PM
Update: Reported standoff in Ka‘ū comes to end, road reopens
The Special Response Team responded the incident earlier today as well as West Hawai‘i detectives.
May 12, 2024 · 2:29 PM
Canoe race canceled after Kawaihae Harbor, surrounding roads flooded following weekend rain
Ninety-two crews were slated to participate in the 26th annual Long Distance race up the Kohala Coast on Saturday.
May 12, 2024 · 1:04 PM
Flood advisory issued for portions of West Hawai‘i
Rain was falling at a rate of 1 to 2 inches per hour.
May 12, 2024 · 5:00 AM
Big Island students defend winning title in second annual Kalo Challenge
The Kalo Challenge is the finale of a yearlong project where at-promise students from across the state learned about planting and cultivating kalo (taro) and then turning their harvest into an innovative culinary dish.
May 12, 2024 · 3:15 AM
Yearslong black slime ‘nightmare’ now in court; Kaua‘i homeowners ‘fatigued’
Nearly 80 homes in a Hanamā‘ulu a development with plumbing reportedly rife with black slime-causing bacteria.
May 12, 2024 · 1:00 AM
‘Make the future yours’: UH-Hilo grads encouraged to be brave, do something great
The University of Hawai’i at Hilo on the Big Island conferred degrees, certificates and post-graduate credentials to 500 students during its spring 2024 commencement ceremony.
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Molokaʻi Flood Advisory until 1:30 p.m.
The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Advisory for the island of Molokaʻi in Maui County until 1:30 p.m. At 10:28 a.m., radar showed heavy rain over the east Molokaʻi mountains, falling at a rate of up to 2 inches per hour. The Hālawa Stream gauge showed a rapid rise and flooding will be possible downstream of the mountain. Additional heavy showers will be possible through the day.
May 13, 2024 · 11:13 AM HST
AAA Hawaiʻi: Memorial Day travel expected to continue climbing past pre-pandemic levels
AAA Hawaiʻi expects 7.5 million residents of Hawaiʻi, Alaska, California, Oregon and Washington will travel over this Memorial Day weekend, a 4.7% increase from 2023. This is a new record for travel for the holiday and the second year in a row that Memorial Day travel in the Pacific states should exceed the previous record levels of 2019.
May 13, 2024 · 11:00 AM HST
Former Hawaiʻi resident sentenced to 4 years, 9 months in prison for defrauding investors of $1.2M
A former Hawaiʻi resident was sentenced to 57 months in prison and three years of supervised release for wire fraud and money laundering related to a scheme to defraud at least 42 Hawaiʻi and California victim-investors out of more than $1.2 million.
May 13, 2024 · 10:00 AM HST
UHMC accounting instructor honored with Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Teaching
Aubrey Weston, an instructor and accounting program coordinator at the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College, was among 14 UH faculty members from across the state awarded the Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Teaching.
May 13, 2024 · 8:32 AM HST
Wave of Harmony Foundation receives $110,000 grant from charitable trust to empower youth through performing arts
Wave of Harmony Foundation announced a new partnership with The Gilbert and Aileen Kam Chuck Charitable Trust. With a grant of $110,000, this collaboration signifies a new chapter for young performers across the island.
May 13, 2024 · 8:19 AM HST
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Brown water advisory in place for Kōloa Landing
Rain has resulted in stormwater runoff entering into coastal waters.
May 13, 2024 · 9:21 AM HST
Kauai Weather Forecast for May 13, 2024
Light southeasterly winds, afternoon sea breezes and weak troughing aloft will produce brief periods of slow moving showers over some islands through…
May 13, 2024 · 7:30 AM HST
Kauai Surf Forecast for May 13, 2024
Surf along south facing shores will slowly decline today and tonight. A series of overlapping, long-period south swells will then move through the islands…
May 13, 2024 · 7:00 AM HST
Governor proclamation encourages collective action against threats from invasive species
At Friday’s proclamation ceremony celebrating Hawaiʻi Invasive Species Awareness Month (HISAM), Governor Josh Green, M.D., helped bring focus to the risks that invasive species pose to the environmental and economic health of Hawaiʻi, the good work taking place to combat them, and the importance of a cooperative approach in the effort.
May 13, 2024 · 3:00 AM HST
Kaua‘i magician Matthew Singer to deliver 12 performances at Poʻipū resort this summer
The show features all-original material including two tricks the magician is particularly fond of: “Dimensional analysis” and “subconscious electrical sensing.”
May 13, 2024 · 1:00 AM HST
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