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Hawaii County Weather Forecast for August 16, 2025
Hilo Tonight: Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Lows 66 to 73 near the shore to 53 to 60 at 4000 feet. East winds up to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent. Saturday: Mostly sunny. Isolated showers in the morning. Highs 81 to 88 near the shore...

Hawaii County Surf Forecast for August 16, 2025
Forecast for Big Island Windward and Southeast Shores Tonight Saturday Surf Surf PM AM AM PM North Facing 1-3 1-3 1-3 1-3 East Facing 4-6 4-6 4-6 4-6 South Facing 2-4 2-4 3-5 3-5 TONIGHT Weather Mostly sunny until 6 PM, then mostly cloudy....

Recent Honolulu County home sales in week ending Aug. 9
There were 114 reported residential sales in Honolulu County in the week ending Aug. 9, according to BlockShopper.com. The median sales price was $1,490,000 and the median 2024 property tax bill was $2,437.5. Property taxes based upon most recent...

Students Emerge As Champions At The Palarong Pinoy 2025 Finals In Hawaii
The Philippine Consulate General in Honolulu, together with the Filipino Community Center and the Knights of Rizal, staged a successful final round of Palarong Pinoy 2025 last July 26 at the Consulate grounds. Six teams competed in five...

Hawaii Week 2 Update: Kahuku looks to rebound in The Sporting News Hawaii Game of the week vs. Kamehameha Kapalama Warriors
The opening week of Hawaii's high school football season is always front and center on the national stage. Football season in the islands gets started on the second weekend of August, making it the earliest start date on the national high school...

90 Day Fiancé’s Julia Trubkina in Bikini Says “Hello Hawaii”
Julia Trubkina is heating up Honolulu in her bikini. This week, the 90 Day Fiancé and 90 Day Happily Ever After reality star shared a bunch of vacation photos from Hawaii. “Hello🏝Hawaii 🌺🤙🥰#90dayhappilyeverafter #brandonandjulia,” she captioned...

Hawaiian artist painted six ‘Chief of War’ characters in one month
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Apple TV+’s “Chief of War” starring Jason Momoa got a lot of behind the scenes help from Hawaiʻi consultants and scholars. One of them is a Hawaiian artist who created paintings for the promotions and says it was his...

How Jason Momoa's 'Chief of War' Is the Most Accurate Hawaiian TV Show Ever
Apple TV+'s Chief of War stands as a rare production that refuses to compromise on cultural integrity. Set in the late 18th century, during the political unification of the Hawaiian Islands, the series brings to the screen a narrative that is...

Hawaii auto dealers brace for steep tariffs' impacts on sales
HONOLULU (Island News) -- Hawaii automobile dealers are bracing for the worst as steep tariffs will likely lead to rising vehicle prices and a drop in sales. The latest Hawaii Auto Outlook report says new vehicle registrations are expected to...

Honolulu Little League drops World Series opener against Connecticut
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - In their third appearance in the last seven years, the Honolulu Little League lost the first round of the Little League World Series. The team fell 5-1 against Connecticut at the big dance Friday in Williamsport,...

Honolulu Little Leaguers fall to Connecticut 5-1 in LLWS opener
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (Island News) -- The Honolulu Little League team fell to Connecticut 5-1 in its first game of the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania Friday. The West Region champions jumped into the lead early on in the...
Alliance Française, BHGSP host soulful evening of Hawaiian guitar music
Alliance Française de Dhaka (AFD), in collaboration with the Bangladesh Hawaiian Guitar Shilpi Parishad (BHGSP), hosted a captivating musical programme titled 'An Evening of Hawaiian Guitar' on Saturday at its Auditorium Nouvelle Vague in the...

Hawaii falls to Connecticut in Little League World Series opener
One rough inning was enough to end Hawaii teams’ run of strong starts in the Little League World Series. Fairfield, Connecticut of the Metro Region staged a two-out rally for five runs in the top of the fifth frame and rallied to defeat the...

Honolulu loses opener to Connecticut in Little League World Series
Hawaii couldn’t pass its first test at the Little League Majors (ages 9-12) World Series on Friday at Williamsport, Pa. Hawaii’s inability to come up with clutch hits and a rough fifth inning contributed to a 5-1 loss to Connecticut. The West...

How many Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students were enrolled in Jefferson County schools in 2023-24 school year?
Abrams Elementary School 0 200 -- Adamsville Elementary School 0 310 -- Alabama Aerospace and Aviation High School 0 140 -- Avondale Elementary School 0 292 -- Bagley Elementary School 0 507 -- Barrett Elementary School 0 363 -- BCS Virtual...

Hawaii State Archives has two artifacts tied to Statehood Day

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How many Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students were enrolled in Tuscaloosa County schools in 2023-24 school year?
Arcadia Elementary School 0 342 -- Big Sandy Elementary 0 475 -- Brookwood Elementary School 0 542 -- Brookwood High School 0 1,020 -- Brookwood Middle School 0 769 -- Buhl Elementary School 0 182 -- Central Elementary School 0 250 -- Central High...

Hawaii egg producer announces plan to build four new barns
Waialua Fresh Eggs is constructing one pullet house and three layer houses at its Villa Rose Egg Farm located in Central O’ahu. The US$16 million investment will add 120,000 hens to the company’s existing layer flock of 400,000 and will help...

Antonio Brown takes shot at Shohei Ohtani with offensive slur after $240,000,000 million Hawaii real estate lawsuit against Dodgers star
Antonio Brown took a shot at Shohei Ohtani on X (formerly known as Twitter). The former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver quoted an ESPN article about the Dodgers' star and his agent being accused of sabotaging a $240M Hawaii real estate project....