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A perimeter was created around the library at a Hilo elementary school while emergency responders addressed a strong chemical odor coming from the building Tuesday morning.

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

The crackdown by Big Island police on motorists who drive under the influence of an intoxicant continues, with 22 motorists arrested for DUI during the week of Sept. 12-18.

It’s better to be safe than sorry, and that’s especially true when it comes to keiki.

A Hilo man accused of kidnapping a 15-year-old girl over the weekend forced her to smoke methamphetamine out of pipe while driving on Daniel K. Inouye Highway Friday afternoon and shackled her in a school bus overnight, according to a probable cause document filed in Hilo District Court in East Hawai’i Tuesday.

A Hilo District Court judge maintained $2 million bail on a Hilo man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl over the weekend.

Four mariners were rescued 180 nautical miles off Hawai‘i Island after their sailing vessel became disabled after its rudder was damaged.

Authorities seek help locating a driver following a hit-and-run crash in Kaʻū that left one person dead.

Three men are being screened for firearm offenses in connection to the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old boy at Camp Honokāia Boy Scout Camp, near Honokaʻa last month.

Around 100 protestors gathered at Waipi’o Valley Road in response to Hawai‘i Island Mayor Mitch Roth amending his emergency order to reopen the road to residential and tour operator vehicle traffic. They said the mayor’s sudden reversal disrespected the residents who have worked for years with the county to try and find a solution to fixing the overcrowded road.

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

A man accused of abducting a 15-year-old girl from the Waikōloa area on Friday was officially charged with kidnapping, robbery, terroristic threatening, sexual assault and methamphetamine trafficking, according to Hawai‘i County prosecuting attorney Kelden Waltjen.  The formal complaint against 52-year-old Duncan Kealoha Mahi will be filed in District Court on Tuesday morning.  He is slated […]

Emergency food benefits through the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are being extended in Hawaiʻi to Nov. 18, 2022.

About 100 Waipiʻo Valley kūpuna, farmers, ʻohana and their supporters are blocking the 1.5-mile road that leads to the black sand beach and agricultural community.

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.

A 7.6 magnitude earthquake was reported at 8:05 a.m. near the coast of Michoacan, Mexico at a depth of 9.3 miles, according to the US Geological Survey.

Kauaokawehi Kailianu has used the services at The Food Basket multiple times in her life. She has family who Hawai’i Island’s only food bank helps now.

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.