News

The 2022-23 school year is underway and the Waimea Community Association will spotlight back-to-school news during an upcoming meeting.

An upcoming exhibit at the East Hawai‘i Cultural Center in downtown Hilo imagines Earth as a vast, diverse and dynamic living entity.

Leeward portions of the state, including on the Big Island, remained under a red flag warning through most of Monday, Aug. 1, as fire weather conditions persisted.

A 15-year-old boy is dead following a three-car crash on Māmalahoa Highway in Pepe‘ekeō Monday evening.

The Hawai‘i Island Humane Society was awarded a $1.5 million grant from The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation to support final renovations of the Anne Barasch Ryan Animal Hospital in Holualoa.

A new community health center, the combination of two other health care providers, is serving 40,000 patients on the Big Island.

Two Kona brothers who have played football together all their young lives will be going their separate ways after this year’s high school season as the eldest will move to Reno to play college ball for University of Nevada while the youngest will stay two more years at Konawaena before venturing off into the Division I ranks like his brother.

Highway reopens around 9:45 p.m.

More than 6,000 gallons of wastewater were released Monday afternoon, Aug. 1, in the vicinity of two Hilo schools.

Two recent magnitude-4-plus earthquakes and a spike last month in seismic activity at a underwater seamount have not affected volcanic activity on the Big Island, according to a Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientist.

Hawai’i Island police are investigating the discovery of a body found Wednesday evening, July 27, in the Ka‘ū district, the police department stated Monday, Aug. 1.

Big Island police are asking the public for help with locating a man wanted for questioning in connection with an attempted murder investigation.

Nāhuku lava tube in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park is closed until further notice after data from a crackmeter revealed that a fracture near a large overhanging rock slab at the apex of the lava tube has narrowed by 2.47 mm since Saturday.

Summer Fest continues in August in true ʻohana style at Halekiʻi Market in Kealakekua.

Hawai‘i Island police arrested a 24-year-old woman for theft and terroristic threatening for an incident that occurred at a business in Pāhoa on Monday morning, Aug. 1, during which the female suspect brandished a firearm.

Residents of the Big Island will have two chances in August to dispose of hazardous household waste.

Big Island police are renewing their warning about a recent scam involving counterfeit jewelry.

A Big Island man faces several charges following a recent shoplifting incident.

Hawai‘i Island police confirmed on Monday, Aug. 1 that they are investigating a burglary that occurred at the Salvation Army Kona Corps. facility on the 75-200 block of Kalani Street in Kailua-Kona.

The county is notifying the public that a recreation area off Daniel K. Inouye Highway, also known as Saddle Road, will be closed for a good portion of a day this week.