“Aloha 2024! A recap of the top 10 Big Island news stories of the year.”
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Aloha, 2024! A recap of the top 10 Big Island news stories of the year
With 2025 nearly here, it’s time to review an eventful 2024. Here are Hawaii Island’s the top 10 local stories of the year, as selected by the editorial staff of the Tribune-Herald.
Chief: Fireworks crackdown could provide some relief
The Big Island’s police chief hopes that the seizure of at least 75 tons of fireworks in Honolulu by the Illegal Fireworks Task Force over the past year will make for a somewhat quieter New Year’s Eve.
Kilauea’s eruption continues with 100-foot-tall lava fountains
The eruption at Kilauea volcano that began last Monday continues this morning.
‘It brings the family together’: Takeya family celebrates 100th anniversary mochitsuki
Making mochi for the New Year is a tradition that’s observed by many of Hawaii’s families of Japanese ancestry.
Warren Upton, who escaped sinking battleship at Pearl Harbor, dies at 105
Warren Upton, the oldest survivor of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the final survivor of the battleship Utah, died on Wednesday in Los Gatos, California. He was 105.
Annual census find homelessness rising in Hawaii, nationally
Hitachi Rail files $324M lawsuit against Honolulu, HART
Continued Hawaii airline seat reductions are expected
DOH issues recall alert Systane brand eye drops
A recall has been issued for Systane Lubricant Eye Drops (Ultra PF single vials On-the-Go, 25 count) because of potential fungal contamination, according to the state Department of Health’s Food and Drug Branch.
Female robbery suspect sought
Police are asking for the public’s help to identify a female robbery suspect in an incident that took place at 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 11, at a grocery store on Makaala Street in Hilo.
Search continues for two Hale Nani escapees
Two men who escaped Dec. 13 from Hawaii Community Correctional Center’s Hale Nani facility were still at large Thursday.
Schatz: Social Security change to boost benefits for 100K in Hawaii
Maui County releases Lahaina’s long-term recovery plan
Kilauea puts on ‘outstanding’ show in HVNP
It’s a “Pele Kalikimaka” in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, according to Jessica Ferracane, the park’s spokeswoman, referring to the eruption that started early Monday morning within Kilauea volcano’s Halema‘uma‘u crater.
Hawaii residents getting COVID vaccines are now the minority
A new way to travel between islands? State agencies show interest in proposed seacraft
Interisland travel could be cheaper, cleaner and lower under a proposal by a partnership between state agencies and a private transportation developer.
EPA says military violated Red Hill consent decree, issues fine
UPDATE: Height of some Kilauea lava fountains nearly 300 feet
UPDATED 10:25 a.m.
Obituaries for December 22
Marilyn Carmel Elsner, 81, died Oct. 5 at Honokaa Hospital, formerly Hale Hoʻola Hamakua. Born in Vineland, N.J., she was a primary school educator. Survived by son, Fred; brother, Richard, and their families.
Kona man wins prestigious wildlife photo contest
A“jaunty” sea bug captured on film by a Kailua-Kona man is the star of one of the world’s preeminent wildlife photography contests.
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