Police Chief Harry Kubojiri said an attorney’s claim that the department is investigating the judges’ actions in foreclosure proceedings is false.

The Pahoa resident faces between 15 and 30 years in federal prison without the chance of parole after pleading guilty to producing child pornography.

“Daughters of Fire” is among the finalists for the Benjamin Franklin Gold Award for popular fiction.

The charges were filed against a man wanted on warrants who drove by and yelled at a woman who had been pulled over by police.

Scientists from Hawaiian Volcano Observatory say there’s good reason to think that future Hawaiian eruptions will occur not only on the Big Island.

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.

The victim was a 56-year-old North Carolina resident.