News

The University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center will lead a study to examine structural racism to understand how persistent racial and ethnic inequities in Native Hawaiian, African American, Japanese American and Latino adults contribute to different smoking behaviors and lung cancer risk.

With many local employers seeking to fill vacant positions, University of Hawai‘i community colleges are continuing to offer free short-term training that leads to industry credentials in the sectors of health care, technology and the skilled trades.

A Kailua-Kona woman died Sunday, July 24, following a hit-and-run collision in North Kona.

A traffic crash closed the roadway from Seaview Circle to Lako Street earlier Sunday.

The public is invited to come out and smell the flowers during an upcoming Kona Orchid Society event.

Hilton Grand Vacations is looking for hardworking and individuals to join its team and is holding an August hiring event at Kings’ Land in Waikōloa.

To improve system reliability, Hawaiian Electric will conduct quarterly aerial inspections of its major overhead transmission lines from Monday, Aug. 1, to Friday, Aug. 5.

Hawaiʻi Island police are warning the public about a cryptocurrency scam that thieves are using to commit financial crimes.

A fisherman who fell off a cliff while fishing at Like Place in Papaikou Friday afternoon was airlifted to safety uninjured, the Hawaii Fire Department reported Saturday, July 23.

Hawaiʻi County reports that a fire has prompted the closure of the West Hawaiʻi Organics Facility in Kealakehe.

A 53-year-old Kona man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for domestic abuse.

Hawaiʻi Island police report that 14-year-old Bella Gaseta, who was previously reported as a runaway, was located in Hilo on Friday, July 22 in good health.

The state Department of Transportation issued its weekly list of road and lane closures for July 23-29. Lane closure schedules may change at any time without further notice.

A 17-year-old female died following a single-vehicle collision on Friday, July 22, 2022, on the Old Saddle Road, .3 miles makai of mile marker 44 in South Kohala.

One person was taken to Kona Community Hospital for non-threatening injuries following a two-car crash by Burger King in Kona, Friday evening, according to Hawaii Police Department.

A Kailua-Kona was arrested in connection to a brush fire of Daniel K. Inouye Highway that scorched 150 acres near mile marker 50.

A 47-year-old Kona man was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday, July 22 for unlawful imprisonment of a minor.

Mayor Mitch Roth said his administration is using the recent development of a former employee being indicted on fraud charges for running an affordable housing scheme within in the county as a reason to review and possibly improve the checks-and-balances in place.

A portion of Daniel K. Inouye Highway has reopened after it was shut down due to a brush fire in the area.

Hawai‘i Police Department reports Old Saddle Road in South Kohala is closed due to a traffic accident.