Big Island Now email archive

Happening NOW: Business Monday: Native Hawaiian van tour operator adds regular stop in Kaʻū to help after Hurricane Lala

Nov 2, 2026 5:08 PM

Happening NOW: Two Kealakehe High School graduates earn prestigious U.S. Presidential Scholars honor

Nov 1, 2026 5:06 PM

Happening NOW: Natural disasters, climate change increase threat from invasive species for Pacific islands

Oct 31, 2026 6:09 PM

Happening NOW: Local farmers find dependable market through Hawaiʻi Department of Education’s farm-to-school program

Oct 30, 2026 6:08 PM

Happening NOW: Kona Historical Society is in jeopardy of closing; needs to raise $200,000 by Dec. 31

Oct 29, 2026 6:06 PM

Happening NOW: Families of people buried at Nāʻālehu Cemetery encouraged to submit claim for recovered items

Oct 28, 2026 6:07 PM

Happening NOW: State funds to support facility improvements at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo

Oct 27, 2026 6:05 PM

Happening NOW: Anticipated heavy rain moving over Hawaiian Islands this week prompts flood watch

Oct 26, 2026 6:06 PM

Happening NOW: 100 Kaʻū households get few answers about water, sewer nightmare during Public Utilities Commission meeting

Oct 25, 2026 6:08 PM

Happening NOW: 3 open seats on Hawai‘i County Council up for grabs in General Election on Nov. 3

Oct 24, 2026 6:07 PM

Happening NOW: Parker Ranch is partnering with developers to revitalize former Jacaranda Inn in Waimea

Oct 23, 2026 6:08 PM

Happening NOW: Hawaiʻi County Fire Commission selects Daniel Volpe as fire chief

Oct 22, 2026 6:07 PM

Happening NOW: Hurricane Lala prompts Hawai‘i County Council to explore ways to proactively manage vegetation

Oct 21, 2026 6:09 PM

Happening NOW: Hawai‘i Police Department K9 locates missing elderly man in national park

Oct 20, 2026 6:07 PM

Happening NOW: Business Monday: Family-operated food truck boosts health with smoothies made from aloe they grow

Oct 19, 2026 6:07 PM

Happening NOW: Native Hawaiian nonprofits work to update state rules for 1990 burial treatment law

Oct 18, 2026 6:06 PM

Happening NOW: Episode 55 of ongoing Kīlauea eruption lasted less than 6 hours on Saturday morning

Oct 17, 2026 6:17 PM

Happening NOW: UH-Hilo students monitor water quality of Hilo Bay and impact of storms, agricultural runoff

Oct 17, 2026 6:06 PM

Happening NOW: Public Utilities Commission coming to Pāhala to address private system’s failure to restore water, sewer

Oct 16, 2026 6:07 PM

Happening NOW: Sea Dragon Energy comes to Kona’s technology park to turn seawater into jet fuel

Oct 15, 2026 6:08 PM

Happening NOW: Hawaiʻi County, Black Sand Beach LLC reach tentative agreement for Punaluʻu Black Sand Beach Park

Oct 14, 2026 6:08 PM

Happening NOW: Family-owned historic Manago Hotel in South Kona sells for $3.1 million after 2 years on the market

Oct 13, 2026 6:05 PM

Happening NOW: Business Monday: He went from telescope engineer to making craft chocolate in Honokaʻa

Oct 12, 2026 6:05 PM

Happening NOW: What a race: Ironman World Championship delivers two winners in dramatic fashion in Kona

Oct 11, 2026 6:04 PM

Happening NOW: Bike leg underway of Ironman World Championship: Ditlev leading men, American Knibb leading women

Oct 10, 2026 6:04 PM

Happening NOW: Two agricultural organizations donate money to farmers impacted by recent storms

Oct 9, 2026 6:04 PM

Happening NOW: Meet the Big Island men competing Saturday during the Ironman World Championship

Oct 8, 2026 6:05 PM

Happening NOW: Triathletes flood Ali‘i Drive for Ironman’s Parade of Nations

Oct 7, 2026 6:06 PM

Happening NOW: Ironman Foundation donates $350,000 for 2 mobile trailers for Hawaiʻi Island Community Health Center

Oct 6, 2026 6:05 PM

Happening NOW: Business Monday: Kona Trolley returns to Kailua Village just in time for Ironman World Championship

Oct 5, 2026 6:03 PM

Happening NOW: Two Kaʻū condo communities deserted after Lala damaged private Punaluʻu utility servicing water, sewer

Oct 4, 2026 6:04 PM

Happening NOW: Police investigating 26th traffic fatality of 2026 following single-vehicle crash in Mountain View

Oct 3, 2026 6:06 PM

Happening NOW: Water restriction notice issued for South Kohala customers amid ongoing well repairs

Oct 2, 2026 6:03 PM

Happening NOW: Mobile medical van with 4-wheel drive serves rural Kaʻū after Hurricane Lowell shutters health center

Oct 1, 2026 6:13 PM

Happening NOW: Hawaiʻi County awards $450K in Impact Grants

Sep 30, 2026 6:03 PM

Happening NOW: Big Island man wanted on 2 outstanding warrants recently indicted for reported jewelry store theft

Sep 29, 2026 6:03 PM

Happening NOW: Motorcyclist dies 3 weeks after being critically injured in Puna crash

Sep 28, 2026 6:04 PM

Happening NOW: Nolo slightly stronger as it moves westward south of the Hawaiian Islands

Sep 27, 2026 6:05 PM

Happening NOW: Nolo weakens to Category 1 storm; hurricane watch discontinued for Big Island

Sep 26, 2026 6:03 PM

Happening NOW: Nolo strengthens to Category 2 hurricane

Sep 25, 2026 6:04 PM

Happening NOW: Nolo forecast to become major hurricane by Saturday; Big Island should brace for damaging impacts

Sep 24, 2026 6:05 PM

Happening NOW: Tropical Depression Fifteen-E expected to strengthen later today as it nears Big Island

Sep 23, 2026 6:03 PM

Happening NOW: Electrical failure causes 71,000 gallons of partially treated wastewater to discharge into Puhi Bay in Hilo

Sep 22, 2026 6:04 PM

Happening NOW: Business Monday: Once a popular food truck, Bite the Eye now serves up ahi in converted shipping containers

Sep 21, 2026 6:04 PM

Happening NOW: Tropical Storm Odalys forms in the Pacific, gradually strengthening

Sep 20, 2026 6:03 PM

Happening NOW: Hawai‘i County Council considering a bill to require native, lei-making plants in county landscaping

Sep 19, 2026 6:17 PM

Happening NOW: Windward Planning Commission approves permit for future Keaʻau health center

Sep 18, 2026 6:04 PM

Happening NOW: A month after Hurricane Lala’s outerbands struck the Big Island, recovery is slow but sure in hard hit Ka’ū

Sep 17, 2026 6:13 PM