West Hawaii News

Continuing unstable atmospheric conditions mean the possibility of heavy rains will continue for another day, particularly over windward areas, forecaster say.

The $700,000 project provided the facility popular with seniors with new roofing, floor tiles and accessibility improvements.

Yukiwo Tara, who had been missing since Friday, was located Monday in Hilo.

The Legislature is preparing to pay legal fees paid out by 22 companies who sued the state over a 2011 law later found to be unconstitutional.

The moisture-laden remnant of a cold front, combined with an unstable atmosphere, continued to produce rain on the Big Island today.

The visitor from France was in the center’s parking lot when he had a bag of clothing taken from him shortly before 9 p.m.

The latest project on the busy mauka-makai road is expected to cost $15 million and take two years to complete.

The $14 million in funding released by the governor will create a new frontage road, a new water pipe connection and new offices in the facility’s incubator.

Testimony on environmental study on the federal plan designed to protect native birds the egrets and owls prey upon is due by Monday, Feb. 3.

Yukiwo Tara uses a cane and has a medical condition that requires medication, police said.

Johannen Poche of Hawaiian Beaches was reported missing Friday and returned home later that day.

The Hawaii Supreme Court has ordered that a former Maui school employee can receive worker’s compensation benefits for an asthmatic condition worsened by vog.

The Hawaii Police Department has released its weekly list of some of the individuals wanted on outstanding warrants.

Police said Jake Miyake-Kamahele was found to be in good health.

 A Big Island lawmaker is proposing a change to state law that would preempt the Hawaii County ban on new genetically modified crops. While it doesn’t specifically mention GMO crops, House Bill 2506 would prohibit any law passed by local governments that prevents farmers and ranchers from using agricultural technology or practices not prohibited by […]

Timothy Hershman last year admitted lying to the FBI and saying that a man planned to hijack an Alaska Airlines flight from Kona to Seattle.

Affected were Kahaluu and Laaloa county beach parks and Kekaha Kai and Kua Bay state parks, all located in Kona, and Hapuna Beach State Park in South Kohala.

Although Hawaii Electric Light Co. crews worked throughout the night to repair downed poles and lines, some areas of East Hawaii were still without power today.

The auto-sales promotion resulted in $30,000 for four nonprofit organizations, with the Hawaii Island Humane Society receiving a bonus donation in a Facebook vote.

Robert Keawe Lopaka Ryder is 5-foot-10 and 150 pounds, with green eyes and short brown hair.