The leeward side of the Big Island stands to gain more than $180 million in capital improvements from appropriations for the next two fiscal years.

The Department of Hawaiian Homelands said its largest state appropriation ever will allow it to develop a greater number of leases for Hawaiians.

Lawmakers took up dozens of bills on the session’s final days Tuesday and today.

The two former Department of Environmental Management workers have been charged with second-degree theft, a felony punishable by up to five years in prison.

Starbucks is doubling the number of its locations in the US and abroad that feature Ka’u coffee as part of its ultra premium reserve line.

The incident involving two Honda sedans occurred near the 4-mile marker on the Keaau-Pahoa highway.

The roadblock on the only road into the coastal Hilo area of Keaukaha was not lifted until 12:30 p.m.

The four were among 11 in Hawaii earning bronze medals.