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Joshua Ho, 21, was charged with first-degree murder, two counts of second-degree murder and second-degree attempted murder, and is in custody with a bail set at $2.75 million.

To commemorate 130 years since the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom and the 7th annual National Day of Racial Healing, the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa held an inaugural event called Hawaiʻi Kuʻu Home Aloha (Hawaiʻi my beloved home). Hosted by the UH Mānoa Native Hawaiian Place of Learning Advancement Office, more than 200 participants gathered on the Honolulu […]

Miriam Mobley Smith, interim dean of the UH Hilo Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy, was recently honored by the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists with its Distinguished Leadership Award.

The program, which runs from June 5 through July 23, typically caters to students between the ages of 17 and 22.

To meet the need, Hawaiʻi County needs 13,303 additional housing units by 2025.

Luke Meyers will join the Office of Hawaiʻi Gov. Josh Green as State Disaster Management Advisor and retired Col. James D.S. Barros was named as the new Administrator for the Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency.

About 100 Kaiser Permanente physicians, providers, nurses, staff and their family members volunteered at two Big Island sites as part of the organization’s Annual Day of Service on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Hawai’i County Council members Ashley Kierkiewicz and Heather Kimball, and the Hawaii County Department of Planning will hold a second information session on Jan. 20 about the draft transient accommodation rental proposal.

The Hawai‘i County Department of Parks and Recreation will be relocating Kona Recreation Division permit office from the West Hawai‘i Civic Center to Kailua Park, effective Feb. 1, 2023. 

Cassie-Mae Fusco-Kobayashi is a missing “at risk” 35-year-old who was last seen in Mountain View on the Big Island.

A single-engine Cessna 208 crashed while on approach to Molokaʻi Airport in Hoʻolehua at around 5 a.m. on Monday.

Mark Knittle said “the fish is huge” before disappearing into the ocean four miles outside the Hōnaunau Boat Ramp.

A 21-year-old man was arrested Jan. 16 in connection to the deaths of his grandparents in Hilo.

Today, the nation celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr., and his legacy to fighting for equality.

One person was taken to Kona Community Hospital following a structure fire in Kealakekua on Sunday.

More than 363 acres is being returned to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands on the island of Molokaʻi as the US Air Force moves to “right-size” its footprint.

After the retirement Hawaii Police Chief Paul Ferreira in September, many officers described the department as lacking direction and leadership. With the recent hiring of former Honolulu Police Maj. Benjamin T. Moszkowicz they are hopeful this will change.

Moon’s story is about tenacity and tragedy, sadness and anger — a heartbreaking tale that sheds light on the need for more awareness in hopes of saving other humpbacks from the same painful and agonizing fate.

The Hawai‘i Police Department releases weekly list of outstanding warrants as of Jan. 13, 2023.

At 3:11 a.m. on Sunday, four fire companies were dispatched to a house fire at 368 West Kawailani St. in Hilo that claimed the life of one person, who has not been identified.