After a 30-year-old man ditches a vehicle he was driving recklessly in Kailua-Kona on Tuesday afternoon, police saw him running in the distance in thick brush.

Hawaiʻi Gov. Josh Green signed laws that prohibit firearms at a variety of places — including hospitals, beaches, stadiums, movie theaters and bars that serve alcohol — and mandates active shooting training at all public and charter schools in the state.

The Puna men are considered armed and dangerous.

Update: Hawai‘i Island police have located a 40-year old woman who was wanted for two outstanding warrants and questioning for several other criminal investigations.

Residents vented numerous concerns Thursday night during a public meeting to discuss the new draft Environmental Impact Statement for Puna Geothermal Venture’s proposed “Repower Project.”

The State of Hawaiʻi’s Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism is developing the state’s first digital equity plan.

The remote sensing technique, InSAR, detected deformation of a volcano previously considered inactive in Southeast Alaska.

Hōkūleʻa, the legendary voyaging canoe that revived the lost art of Polynesian voyaging and navigation and sparked a cultural renaissance in Hawaiʻi, is preparing to embark on a four-year circumnavigation of the Pacific.

Hawai‘i Island police are requesting the public’s assistance in finding a 21-year old who is wanted for five outstanding warrants and questioning for several other criminal investigations.

The last day to provide public testimony online about the National Marine Sanctuary designation is Friday.

The elderly man who died from a bicycle crash on May 21, 2023, in North Kona has been identified as 82-year-old Stuart S. Dunn of Kailua-Kona, according to Hawaiʻi Island police.

The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, in collaboration with the American Association of University Women, will introduce the first Hawaiian Trades Academy commercial driver license training course exclusively for wāhine.

The National Weather Service has canceled a wind advisory for the Big Island summits.

Students from Konawaena High School collaborated with parents, fellow high schoolers, and community stakeholders to organize a health and fitness field day at Hōlualoa Elementary.

Hawthorne Cat, the exclusive Cat equipment dealer in San Diego, the Hawaiian Islands, and the Pacific Region, will host the Next Generation Cat Mini Excavators Demo Event in Hilo.

Kona Stories Bookstore, located in the Keauhou Shopping Center, will host an author “Talk Story” and two book clubs in June.

Cinder blocks used for lane markers for the Founders Regatta in Kona on May 27, 2023, caused damage to about 50 to 60 coral colonies.

Two men are at The Queen’s Medical Center on Oʻahu after suffering injuries during a head-on collision on Kawaihae Road near the 63-mile marker in South Kohala on the Big Island.    

West Hawai’i residents attended Hawai’i County Mayor Mitch Roth’s new town hall series, “Sustainable Horizons: Mayor Roth’s Community Impact Check-in,” at the Rodney Yano Memorial Hall in Captain Cook Tuesday.

Gov. Josh Green appointed former Hawaiʻi Gov. Neil Abercrombie, Global Resiliency Hub CEO Alapaki Nahale-a of the Big island and attorney Lauren Akitake to the University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents.