KAILUA-KONA — When it comes to standardized tests like the ACT, just knowing how to take the test can go a long way in maximizing a student’s score.

HONOLULU — U.S. Sen. Mazie K. Hirono is among 22 senators to express concern Monday that political bias is making its way to the U.S. Geological Survey, with new policies and restrictions.

HILO — A full-blooded Tongan, Samson Po’uha was born in Los Angeles on June 2, 1971, but within a week he moved to Utah with his Mormon family. It was there the youngster learned to become a man of God, in the image of his father.

HILO — Defeating the team to beat for the second time in as many days proved too tall a task for Nobu Yamauchi RBI.

HILO — Waiakea boys soccer has another reason to think big.

A search for a missing swimmer resumed this morning at Green Sands Beach.

KAILUA-KONA — A hearing to set the minimum prison term a Kailua-Kona teen will receive for his role in the 2016 rape of a woman at Old Kona Airport Park has been delayed again.

HONOLULU — A union representing nearly 1,000 Kaiser workers in Hawaii is preparing to strike in the fall following stalled negotiations over a national contract with the state’s largest health maintenance organization.

WAIMEA — A state senator who served as transportation chairwoman in this year’s legislative session and a Department of Transportation spokeswoman say a long-stalled project to replace the Waiaka Stream Bridge is moving forward.

A 42-year-old Puna man who was previously involved in a high speed pursuit involving the damage to police vehicles, and the subject of two search warrants involving the Special Response Team, has been arrested for additional offense while out on bail.

HILO — Effective Aug. 1, the county will no longer accept construction and demolition debris or grading and grubbing materials at the South Hilo Sanitary Landfill, the Department of Environmental Management announced Wednesday.

HILO — Less than halfway into July, records — mostly for heat — have been falling on a near-daily basis somewhere in Hawaii.

KAILUA-KONA — Hawaii Island police are still seeking witnesses who were at Manuka State Wayside Park during a shooting involving a Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Ranger.