1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (331+ words) Hawai‘i County, in coordination with partners, is expanding disaster assistance services available to residents impacted by the major magnitude-6.0 May 22 earthquake centered near Nāpō‘opo‘o and Hōnaunau. The expanded services at community resource centers will help residents apply…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (451+ words) Additional trucks arrived in Hilo by air shipment through military transport from March Air Reserve Base in California to help Hawaiian Electric restore power to Hawai‘i Island after Hurricane Lala and Tropical Storm Moke. Three Southern California Edison (SCE)…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (352+ words) Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park has partially reopened some areas along Kīlauea summit following recent storms, however, the Kahuku Unit remains closed due to damage from Hurricane Lala until further notice. Crater Rim Drive West from the park entrance to Uēkahuna…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago   (595+ words) Hawaiʻi County has provided portable water tankers and water buffalos to help in areas where water service is not available. Water service has been restored to most Hawaiʻi County Department of Water Supply customers following Hurricane Lala. But severe damage…...

3+ week, 9+ hour ago   (168+ words) Hawaiʻi Island residents flying to Honolulu on Sunday should allow extra time at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport if they are checking baggage, following an advisory from the Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation. Travelers from Hawaii Island should check their airline’s…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (879+ words) Currently, about 11,290 Hawaiian Electric customers without power, including 9,300 in Puna and 1,300 in Kaʻū, the areas likely to be impacted the most in the state by approaching Tropical Storm Moke. Nearly one week after Hurricane Lala caused widespread outages and significant…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (359+ words) Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, including its Kahuku Unit in Kaʻū, will temporarily close by 5 p.m. today (Aug. 21) ahead of a new storm system that could again bring torrential rainfall and high winds to Hawaiʻi Island as early as Aug....

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (270+ words) Hawaiʻi Board of Land and Natural Resources recently authorized the transfer from Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources to Department of Hawaiian Home Lands of more than 300 acres of state-owned lands in the Waiākea area of Hilo on Hawaiʻi…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (616+ words) The Office of Hawaiian Affairs ensured that 1,500 pounds of essential supplies was delivered to severely impacted Native Hawaiian communities underserved by existing relief efforts. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs brought approximately 1,500 pounds of critical supplies to some of the most…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1038+ words) It's a smorgasbord of fun planned for everyone at events and activities around the island; unfortunately, another possible tropical cyclone could be headed our way, becoming the second most unwanted guest to the islands as early as this weekend. You…...