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The high surf advisory for the Big Island’s north-facing shores is no longer in effect.

For five years, the parking lot at Laʻaloa Beach County Park in Kailua-Kona has been gated after the State Historic Preservation Division and community members demanded the protection of a sacred heiau and seven other historical sites. The County now is moving forward with its latest version of the park’s preservation plan, and to the […]

The Hawai’i Police Department has referred a mid-September case involving a momma horse shot at night by a hunter targeting wild pigs on private property in Honomu to the prosecutor’s office.

Feeling occasional earthquakes is part of the experience of living in Hawai‘i, especially on the Island of Hawai‘i.

Police reported Friday that the missing teen was located in Hilo.

The man whose decomposing body was discovered earlier this week at a Puna home was a Big Island resident.

A 5.0 magnitude earthquake occurred at 9:07 a.m. Friday on the southeastern flank of Mauna Loa on the Big Island, but no tsunami is expected, according to the National Weather Service’s Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu.

The Hele-On Twitter feed since the beginning of August has been riddled with notices of cancellations and delays.

A new north swell has begun to rise on the offshore buoy (51101) northwest of the state. Nearshore buoys north of Kauai has started to notch up in the early…

Humpback whales have returned to Big Island waters a little earlier than usual this season.

Big Island residents and visitors might notice the buzz of a helicopter next week as Hawaiian Electric conducts aerial inspections of transmission lines.

The Internal Revenue Service is sending special reminder letters to more than 9 million people who still could be eligible for a variety of key tax benefits.

A four-day, multi-agency search was suspended Wednesday for 19-year-old Jaren Asalele, who went missing Saturday while swimming at Kalihiwai Beach on Kaua‘i’s North Shore.

A new record high temperature of 89 degrees was recorded Monday at Hilo International Airport, surpassing the previous record of 88 degrees set in 1987 and tied in 1988 and 2020.

The current north swell will continue to slowly lower through today. A new north swell will build in late tonight, peak near advisory levels Friday before…

The state Department of Health reported 1,047 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, Oct. 12, bringing the statewide total to 358,279.

Forty-four people have applied for the position of Hawaiʻi County’s police chief, which has been vacant since the retirement of Chief Paul Ferreira on Sept. 1.

Police continue their pursuit of keeping Big Island roadways safe from motorists who choose to drive under the influence of an intoxicant.

Police think foul play could be involved in the death of a male victim whose badly decomposing body was discovered Tuesday at a Puna home.

A small population of Delissea argutidentata, a plant thought to be extinct in the wild, was discovered in a crater on Kamehameha Schools land in a remote section of mauka Kona on the Big Island.