North Hawai‘i News

Greg Doppmann from the Keck Observatory will speak on his quest for water and organic molecules that make up the compounds favorable for life.

For the first time all week, Big Island residents don’t have to batten down the hatches and can enjoy the views of snow on Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa.

On the Big Island, improvements are scheduled for the Wailoa, Kawaihae and Honokohau harbors, and fencing will be installed at a Ka`u natural area reserve.

Continuing unstable atmospheric conditions mean the possibility of heavy rains will continue for another day, particularly over windward areas, forecaster say.

Yukiwo Tara, who had been missing since Friday, was located Monday in Hilo.

The Legislature is preparing to pay legal fees paid out by 22 companies who sued the state over a 2011 law later found to be unconstitutional.

The moisture-laden remnant of a cold front, combined with an unstable atmosphere, continued to produce rain on the Big Island today.

Firefighters were able to extinguish the fire before it spread beyond one of the garage’s interior walls.

The visitor from France was in the center’s parking lot when he had a bag of clothing taken from him shortly before 9 p.m.

Testimony on environmental study on the federal plan designed to protect native birds the egrets and owls prey upon is due by Monday, Feb. 3.

Yukiwo Tara uses a cane and has a medical condition that requires medication, police said.

Johannen Poche of Hawaiian Beaches was reported missing Friday and returned home later that day.

The Hawaii Supreme Court has ordered that a former Maui school employee can receive worker’s compensation benefits for an asthmatic condition worsened by vog.

The Hawaii Police Department has released its weekly list of some of the individuals wanted on outstanding warrants.

Police said Jake Miyake-Kamahele was found to be in good health.

 A Big Island lawmaker is proposing a change to state law that would preempt the Hawaii County ban on new genetically modified crops. While it doesn’t specifically mention GMO crops, House Bill 2506 would prohibit any law passed by local governments that prevents farmers and ranchers from using agricultural technology or practices not prohibited by […]

Although Hawaii Electric Light Co. crews worked throughout the night to repair downed poles and lines, some areas of East Hawaii were still without power today.

The auto-sales promotion resulted in $30,000 for four nonprofit organizations, with the Hawaii Island Humane Society receiving a bonus donation in a Facebook vote.

Robert Keawe Lopaka Ryder is 5-foot-10 and 150 pounds, with green eyes and short brown hair.

Christie and his wife, Share, who operated a Hilo marijuana ministry, pleaded guilty in federal court in September in a deal in which other charges were dropped.