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Hawai’i County prosecutor’s office reports 26-year-old Nicholas Andreoni was arrested following two traffic incidents during which he was clocked at driving more than 100 mph on a suspended license.

Charges against 23-year-old Kailua-Kona man Arley Alokoa and a juvenile male stem from an incident June 1 at Kailua-Kona Pier involving an alleged sexual assault, an affray during which another man was injured and a theft of a backpack that likely was the location of the knife used in the fight.

The Hawai‘i Island police are requesting the public’s assistance in locating 43-year-old Junior Santiago, who is wanted on an outstanding $50,000 warrant for probation violation. Santiago is male, 5 feet 11 inches tall, 175 pounds, with gray hair and brown eyes. He is known to frequent the Puna and Hamakua districts. Anyone with information regarding […]

The Department of Transportation can now accelerate additional safety measures to try to decrease collisions on the main roadway across the Big Island.

Hawaiʻi Department of Defense Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Stephen Logan will use that authorization to keep aircrews and other Hawaiʻi National Guard resources ready to provide assistance to county and state firefighters — when needed — to fight wildfires when they ignite.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources said recent counts found about 70 of the Native Hawaiian goose eating cat food left on the lava rocks near busy Queens Marketplace.

Extension guarantees more than 60 Native Hawaiian Education Program early childhood education grant recipients throughout the state fully funded for at least another year.

Hawaiʻi joins nine other states in a Medicaid-funded program that enhances mental health, substance use disorder treatment and recovery services.

Large eruptive plumes produced by the ongoing episodic summit eruption of Kīlauea volcano, which contain high concentrations of volcanic gases and tephra, and wind direction are the key to this answer.

The operating budget and new tax rates for Hawai‘i County will go into effect on July 1, 2026.

The work on the project will run Mondays through Fridays, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., with an expected completion date of Aug. 27.

Law enforcement is pumping up its presence and escalating enforcement efforts along the highway to hopefully get the point across that threatening public safety will not be tolerated, especially in response to a deadly increase in fatal traffic crashes and resulting deaths.

It was the third fatal crash since Jan. 1 on Saddle Road compared with none during the same time period last year; the Thursday morning, June 4, crash also marked the 15th fatality this year and second within 24 hours on Big Island roadways.

Waves of 7 to 10 feet were forecast for all south facing shores of all Hawaiian Islands, but they have fallen below advisory levels.

Chezare Torres of Hilo made his initial court appearance with bond maintained at $85,000.

A quick look at news stories from throughout the state and beyond.

Hawaiʻi County Office of Housing and Community Development implemented standardized procedures, strengthened internal controls and formalized policies to support consistent program administration, with formal adoption of administrative rules will follow completion of Chapter 11 revisions; the original performance audit was issued in February 2023.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources said no citations have been issued at this time over the deaths of two state birds with the incident still under investigation.

Water has been shut off to customers in the area of Old Māmalahoa Highway between eateries Pi‘ilani Kitchen and What’s Shakin’, along with the lower portion of Kula‘imano Homestead Road.

Series begins this weekend with a soil health field day at HIP Agriculture Farm in Kapaʻau; additional workshops are scheduled each weekend throughout all of June, giving participants chance to learn alongside local farmers, educators and community leaders.