News

A new series of reports from the University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization shows that almost 2 in 3 adults in Hawaiʻi experienced adverse impacts — beyond the disease itself — from the COVID-19 pandemic.

An anonymous donor recently gifted the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo the largest scholarship endowment in the history of the school.

The Hawai‘i County Police Commission is making steps to undergo the process to find a new chief following Chief Paul Ferreira’s announcement to retire before the end of the year.

Gov. David Ige has appointed Bruce Voss as chairperson of the Hawaiʻi Board of Education, Ige’s office announced Monday evening.

Sunday, June 19, the Glenwood Transfer Station sustained damages from a fallen tree and will be closed to the public until further notice, the County of Hawai‘i stated in a news release on Monday.

Hawai‘i Island police are requesting the public’s assistance in locating 15-year-old Shaelynn Gomes of Kea‘au who was reported as a runaway.

Mokulele Airlines wants to unleash new mode of transportation for interisland travel in the form of sleek electric seaglider planes.

The county will no longer be funding HI-5 Certified Redemption Center sites at the Waimea, Hilo, and Kealakehe transfer stations, officials announced Monday.

Gov. David Ige released millions of dollars in capital improvement project funds for projects Kona, Waikōloa and Hāmākua.

A new, non-chemical product that is being used to control feral pig populations has landed in Hawai‘i, and its availability is raising concern in hunting circles that worry it will eradicate hog populations and with it, their rights to hunt.

A public school teacher on O‘ahu was arrested and charged with distribution of child pornography last week.

Eight Big Island students will receive a total of $24,000 in scholarships as part of Hawai‘i Community Federal Credit Union’s annual scholarship program.

Polynesian voyaging canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia returned home to Oʻahu on Thursday evening, June 16, after a successful voyage to and from Hawaiʻi’s ancestral homeland of Tahiti.

The University of Hawaiʻi is hosting a free online forum to learn more about statewide efforts to expand broadband services and digital literacy opportunities, and the public is invited and encouraged to attend.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources and University of Guam are seeking Native Hawaiian and Filipino breast cancer survivors to be part of a new study.

Big Island police are asking for assistance from the public to identify suspects in two recent robberies.

A West Hawai‘i organization invites the public to celebrate the birthday of its newest ocean-voyaging addition.

The Hawai‘i Police Department’s top cop plans to retire later this year.

Nearly a year ago Hawai‘i Island Mayor Mitch Roth says he made one of the most difficult decisions of his career. As the massive Mana Road wildfire was bearing down on the mostly residential village, Roth called for its evacuation.

The Hawai‘i Fire Department reported at 6:30 p.m. Saturday that one person was dead following a two-vehicle head-on collision in Pepe‘ekeo.