East Hawaii News

The University of Hawai’i at Hilo men’s basketball team will open its 2022-23 season with a 17-game home state slate.

The University of Hawai‘i at Hilo women’s basketball team’s 2022-23 schedule features seven non-conference matchups all at the Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium in Hilo, giving the Vulcans two months of play without ever needing to leave the state.

First responders have to bring calm to the chaos they find when they arrive at the scene of an incident. Hawaiʻi Police Department Officer Xylon Takata knows firsthand.

Linda Winer of Newsday called it “an engaging chamber musical infused with intimate, emotionally perceptive, nonstop songs.” Maya Phillips of The New York Times summed it up as “a story impressively freed, not trapped, by its physical and creative limitations.” Jeremy Gerard of Bloomberg said it is a “giddily sorrowful eulogy for a brief marriage.”

A Honomu resident asked a friend who was a hunter to shoot wild pigs on his property at night, but the hunter instead shot his neighbor’s horse Onyx who had a nursing foal.

Standout performances by two University of Hawai‘i at Hilo seniors earned them honors as KTA Super Stores Superstars of the Week for Sept. 14-20.

Big Island police are asking if anyone knows or has seen a man involved in a theft earlier this month at a Kea‘au business.

Have you seen this man? If so, the Hawai‘i Police Department wants to hear from you.

The University of Hawai‘i women’s soccer team is moving on up in national rankings.

There’s something to be said about being in the right place at the right time.

A Big Island man faces several charges, including second-degree murder, in connection with the death of a woman last week.

The freshman defender of the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo women’s soccer team has scored back-to-back weekly honors from the Pacific West Conference.

Reigning Pacific West Conference Coach of the Year David Kaneshiro, who leads the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo women’s basketball squad, is adding six new faces to the team for the upcoming 2022-23 hoops season.

To protest Hawaiʻi County’s updated rules for the Waipi’o Valley road, a road block is planned by residents, farmers and others at the Waipi’o Lookout on Sept. 19 at 8 a.m.

Ulumauahi Keali‘ikanaka‘oleohaililani has been hired by the Hawaiʻi Land Trust as the first steward and educator for Kūkūau Forest on the BIg Island.

Two University of Hawai‘i at Hilo athletes stood out among the competition to earn honors as last week’s KTA Super Stores Superstars of the Week.

Hawaiʻi County invites the community to a Peace Walk with the Mayor on Sept. 18 to kick off the global Peace Week.

Are you looking for a new career or job opportunity? An upcoming event might be have just what you seek.

After 73 days spent alone, rowing a boat nearly 2,400 miles across the world’s largest and deepest ocean, surviving on limited rations of mostly freeze-dried food, Carlo Facchino finished his epic San Francisco to Hilo journey.

With the lights of the Hilo breakwater in his sights, his 2,400-mile trip across the Pacific was nearly complete Wednesday night.