Big Island man gets 20 years for charges connected to shooting girlfriend, subsequent manhunt

The program will help locate and safeguard missing persons who are elderly or are cognitively impaired or developmentally disabled.

45-year-old Ronald P.K. Kahihikolo of Ocean View pleaded no contest in February to charges of first-degree attempted assault, carrying or use of a firearm in the commission of a separate felony, first-degree unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle and first-degree resisting an order to stop in connection with a March 2023 domestic dispute and subsequent manhunt.

So far this year, there have been 308 DUI arrests compared with 329 during the same period last year, a decrease of 6.4%. DUI roadblocks and patrols will continue islandwide.

Windward Planning Commission Chairman Dennis Lin cited several serious reservations about the bill.

Since midnight of April 27, over 1,600 earthquake events have been recorded on Kīlauea on the Big Island.

Apollo Van Brunt, a kindergartner at Innovations Public Charter School in Kailua-Kona, has been playing chess since he was in preschool. He’s now competing with older students and even adults.

50-year-old Ian Benjamin Winther of Ocean View made his initial court appearance Thursday morning in Kona District Court. He was ordered to appear May 30 for a preliminary hearing.

Anyone who might have information about the whereabouts of any of the missing teens is asked to call the Hawai‘i Police Department’s non-emergency line at 808-935-3311 or contact Officer Corey Kaneko.

Four separate convoys are scheduled from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily from May 4-7, traveling from Kawaihae Harbor to Pōhakuloa Training Area.

The program is designed to help households that suffered from economic hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic and struggling to pay rent.

Gov. Josh Green followed through on his pledge to sign Senate Bill 2919, clarifying the counties' authority to regulate short-term rentals. Mayor Richard Bissen has already moved ahead with introducing a bill to phase-out thousands of short-term rentals to open up long-term housing for residents.

A small, long-period northwest swell will fill in this evening and tonight, peak on Saturday, then gradually decline into Sunday. This swell will...

Officer arrested a houseless man this morning on three charges during the second day of a cleanup operation at Kahului Boat Harbor. Authorities with the state Department of Land and Natural Resources say the man resisted arrested and attempted to flee. An officer used a taser to control the suspect and to take him into custody, according to department reports.

On Wednesday, May 1, 2024, the Hawaiʻi State Legislature unanimously passed Senate Bill 2305 SD2 HD2 CD1 to establish a Silver Alert Program to help locate and safeguard missing persons who are particularly vulnerable, including community members who are elderly or are cognitively impaired or developmentally disabled.

This action is taken to honor the 89 firefighters who died in 2023 and the 137 firefighters who died in previous years. One of the firefighters died in the line of duty was Tre’ Evans-Dumaran from the County of Maui Department of Fire and Public Safety. 

The program will help locate and safeguard missing persons who are elderly or are cognitively impaired or developmentally disabled.

No injuries or damaged structures were reported. as a result of three small blazes near ‘Ehukai Road and a 4.3-acre fire in an area called Crack 14.

The 36-year-old woman, who apparently became dehydrated, declined medical treatment after being transported to Princeville Airport and was released.

The gift comes as the center moves to its next phase as an advanced research and patient care facility.

The high pressure center far north of the Hawaiian Islands will build today producing breezy trade winds across the region for the next several days. An upper...