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Posted on May 7, 2022 by Russ Roberts

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Kilauea Volcano Eruption Update: New Photos, Thermal Maps Posted May 24, 2022
HAWAIʻI VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK - The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory recently dropped new photos and thermal images of the ongoing eruption within Halemaʻumaʻu crater.
Big Island Video News
Hawaiʻi Coffee Cupping, Barista Winners Named At 27th Annual Conference May 24, 2022
KONA, Hawaiʻi - The Hawaii Coffee Association Conference, held May 19 to 21, also awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award and named its Legislator of the Year.
Big Island Video News
Hawaiʻi Regulators Again Reject Hu Honua Power Purchase Agreement May 24, 2022
PEPEʻEKEO, Hawaiʻi - The Hawaiʻi Public Utilities Commission said the biomass project "will result in significant GHG emissions" and is "likely to result in high costs" to customers.
Big Island Video News
New Bill Signed To Protect Hawaiʻi Student Journalists May 24, 2022
HONOLULU, Hawaiʻi - The new law establishes freedom of speech and press protections to student journalists in Hawaiʻi, and protects student advisors from retaliation.
Big Island Video News
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park Expands Hours, Access To Kahuku Unit May 24, 2022
HAWAIʻI VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK - The new hours for the Kahuku Unit in Kaʻū are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday through Sunday.
Big Island Video News

4 County Vehicles Used for Elderly Service Set On Fire, Destroyed May 25, 2022
Four county vehicles used by the Parks and Recreation Department's Elderly Activities Division in Hilo were destroyed by fire on Sunday, May 22.
Tiffany DeMasters
Northbound Lane of Queen Ka‘ahumanu Open Again Following Closure Because of Car Fire May 25, 2022
The northbound lane on Queen Kaahumanu Highway, near the Hulikoa intersection by Kohanaiki, is now open.
Tiffany DeMasters
Hydrant Flow Test Along Pawai Place in Kona June 8 May 25, 2022
The Department of Water Supply will be conducting a fire hydrant flow test along Pawai Place between the hours of 2-3 a.m. on Wednesday, June 8.
Tom Hasslinger
DOH: Colon Cancer rates rise in adults under 50; screening recommended for 45- to 75-year-olds May 24, 2022
Colorectal cancer, also known as colon cancer, is on the rise among people younger than 50, prompting a recent recommendation for everyone 45-75 years old to get screened, according to the state Department of Health.
Tiffany DeMasters
Keaʻau Runaway Located in Good Health May 24, 2022
Big Island police reported Tuesday, May 24, that 14-year-old Keahialoa Kelly, who was previously reported as a runaway, was located.
Nathan Christophel

After tearing it up at Kansas, Hilo High grad Ahuna enters transfer portal May 25, 2022
Hilo’s Maui Ahuna owns a spot on the all-Big 12 baseball team, two entries on “SportsCenter” Top 10 plays, high rankings on 2023 Major League Baseball Draft prospect lists and a spot in the transfer portal.
Matt Gerhart
HHSAA Hall of Honor: Salazar-Harrell is Konawaena girls basketball’s 12th inductee; Kohala’s Cazimero also honored May 23, 2022
If the Konawaena girls basketball program doesn’t have its own wing in the HHSAA Hall of Honor already, perhaps it will now.
Matt Gerhart
Moku O Hawaii Outrigger Canoe Racing Association: Kai Ehitu/Papa Kimitete Regatta results May 23, 2022
Saturday at Hilo Bay
Matt Gerhart
Familiar name among Fujimoto Scholarship winners May 22, 2022
The Fujimoto Four includes a four-peat of sorts.
Kevin Jakahi
Kawaihae on high: Youth crews catapult Manny Veincent’s club to season-opening regatta win May 22, 2022
Manny Veincent’s Kawaihae Canoe Club is in it’s 50th season and the paddling patriarch will turn 90 this year.
Matt Gerhart
London calling: Keaukaha youth paddlers aim to compete at World Sprints May 19, 2022
A team of young paddlers hope to represent Keaukaha after qualifying for the “Olympics of outrigger canoe paddling” this year.
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Gallagher, Yamauchi land on All-PacWest teams May 18, 2022
UH-Hilo’s Joseph Gallagher landed on the All-PacWest baseball first team at designated hitter. He had a .348 batting average, six home runs and 39 RBIs, slugged .549.
Kevin Jakahi
HHSAA track and field championships: Outleaned in the 100, Konawaena’s Hanks not to be denied in 200 May 16, 2022
It had been a minute, but Konawaena’s Caiya Hanks and St. Andrew’s Olivia Reed remembered one another from competing three years ago as freshmen sprinters, and they decided to reminisce.
Matt Gerhart
Kawaihae Canoe Club long distance race results May 15, 2022
Kawaihae Harbor
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The journey has included sour spots, but it’s made sweet-hitting Waiakea alum Gehrig Octavio all the stronger May 15, 2022
Gehrig Octavio led his team to victory and hit a home run, but his first instinct in his first brush with the media was to smile and run the other way. Being 9 or 10 at the time, that’s exactly what the Hilo Little Leaguer did.
Matt Gerhart