West Hawaii News

The Mauna Kea Visitor Information Station has reopened.

Mahina Mele Farms in Captain Cook is recalling some of its macadamia nut products after the Food and Drug Administration tested products and found Salmonella.

The list informs both the public and the individuals sought that a warrant is in effect for their arrest.

Governor David Ige and Karen Ames, the Acting Regional Administrator for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, signed the 2015 Hawai’i Catastrophic Hurricane Plan Friday.

The victim was taken to Hilo Medical Center and then flown to a hospital on Oahu for treatment of serious facial injuries.

No hunting will take place at Pohakuloa Training Area this weekend.

A Kona extended furlough inmate failed to check in Thursday morning.

Of the Big Island’s nearly $4 million released, $2.7 million will go to efforts at the Kona International Airport.

This is the first time the International Astronomical Union general assembly is being held in Hawaii. The event comes at a time when telescope construction in the state is being challenged by some residents.

We are also now tracking a tropical storm in the Eastern Pacific. Overnight Hilda strengthened from a tropical depression to a weak tropical storm with maximum…

A new park in the Holualoa Ali’i Kai Subdivision will break ground on Wednesday, Aug. 12.

Hawai’i County Council member Greggor Ilagan is running for Hawaiʻi State Senate in 2016.

The award was given to Hauanio for a lifetime of conservation management and education of Hawai’i’s keiki and adults in traditional Hawaiian fishing techniques.

Convoys will travel the roadways between Kawaihae and Pohakuloa Training Area beginning Saturday and into next week.

A lull in activity at Kilauea’s summit continues for a third day.

Sierra Club of Hawai’i director Marti Townsend believes construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope would challenge the integrity of Hawai’i’s environmental laws.

This list will be updated as closures due to Guillermo occur.

***Updated at 11:20 p.m. to include information from the Central Pacific Hurricane Center’s 11 p.m. advisory.*** The Central Pacific Hurricane Center’s 11 p.m. advisory reports that Tropical Storm Guillermo is weakening east of Hawai’i as it moves towards the west-northwest. As of the advisory, Guillermo was about 225 miles northeast of Hilo, moving west-northwest at […]

Several Hawai’i County residents provided testimony regarding Mayor Billy Kenoi’s use of his county purchasing card.

Big Island motorists are spending slightly less at the gas pump this week as fuel prices are slowing dropping.