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Terrell Lee lives relished the rare view he saw earlier this week: Honl’s Beach in downtown Kailua-Kona was cleared of litter, coolers, pitched umbrellas and all the other items that go into illegal camp sites. It was spotless. The problem, Lee said, is that that magnificent sight didn’t last very long.

After 73 days spent alone, rowing a boat nearly 2,400 miles across the world’s largest and deepest ocean, surviving on limited rations of mostly freeze-dried food, Carlo Facchino finished his epic San Francisco to Hilo journey.

Beginning Sept. 19, all Big Island residents, county-permitted tour company operators and those seeking to practice their Native Hawaiian traditional or customary rights can travel down the steep, crumbling road in beautiful and sacred Waipiʻo Valley — but only if their vehicle has 4-wheel drive.

Police have identified the woman who died in a hit-and-run collision back in July.

The DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife, in partnership with the Kure Atoll Conservancy, is seeking habitat restoration volunteers for work at the Kure Atoll State Wildlife Sanctuary, in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

Authorities are investigating a homicide after a woman was found dead at a property in Hawaiian Beaches.

Kahakai Boulevard in Hawaiian Beaches will be closed for the next several hours due to an ongoing investigation.

Hawaiʻi nonprofit ClimbHI has launched Hospitality for Me, a new statewide program that connects schools with hospitality industry resources to enhance education and job readiness for high school students.

With the lights of the Hilo breakwater in his sights, his 2,400-mile trip across the Pacific was nearly complete Wednesday night.

A tourist was indicted with various charges including attempted murder by the Hawaii County Office of the Prosecuting Attorney.

The first humpback whale of the 2022-23 season was spotted in South Maui today, according to Mauinow.com.

After learning the Intermediate Court of Appeals had ordered a new trial for three people convicted and sentenced of brutally beating her father at a Kona hotel and leaving him with injuries that led to his death, Jen Farrell said: “My heart hurts.”

Undefeated so far this season, the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo women’s soccer team made its first appearance on a weekly poll by a national organization of soccer coaches.

The state Department of Health reported 1,343 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, Sept. 14, bringing the statewide total to 342,072.

How terrified are South Kona residents of recent reports – not to mention photos and now videos – of an apparent big cat prowling the coffee belt region of the Big Island? Depends on whom you ask.

It’s been more than 70 days since Carlo Facchino left San Francisco in his 19-foot classic-style ocean rowboat. Just him. Alone.

Nine fresh faces will round out the 2022-23 University of Hawai‘i at Hilo men’s basketball roster.

A new trial has been ordered for suspects sentenced in the 2018 assault of a security guard at the Kona Seaside Hotel.

Authorities seek the public’s help locating a Pāhoa man who was reported missing.