West Hawaii News

Lane closure schedules can change at any time without notice. All projects are weather permitting. Check to see if any of the planned closures will impact your commute during the next week.

Hawai‘i Police Department’s Area II Traffic Enforcement Unit continues to investigate the crash as a major traffic collision. No further details are available at this time.

Community invited to celebrate reopening of the Waikōloa Village park’s multi-purpose sports fields, made possible by a partnership between Hawaiʻi County and a local developer, starting at 10 a.m. May 4 at the park.

Didn’t get tickets to the Merrie Monarch Festival competitions? Looking for something different to do this weekend? The Big Island has you covered.

Preparation work is being done on Māmalahoa Highway between Palani Road and Kamalani Street and on Kalamauka Road from Māmalahoa Highway to Ha‘awina Street from 8:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. until Friday.

The public can discover a vibrant selection of orchids, diverse plants and unique crafted merchandise at the annual Mother’s Day Orchid Show and Plant Craft Sale on May 3.

A flood advisory is in effect for areas in North Kona until 7:15 p.m. Sunday evening.

Lane closure schedules can change at any time without notice. All projects are weather permitting. Check to see if any of the planned closures will impact your commute during the next week.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture urges visitors to adhere to strict quarantine rules for transporting ʻŌhiʻa plants from Hawaiʻi to protect th fungal plant disease from traveling back overseas.

Hawai‘i Island police determined Franz Albert-Ludwig Weber was riding a black Trek bicycle heading south on Queen Ka‘ahumanu Highway when he rear-ended a green 2015 Motor Coach Industries tour bus stopped on the shoulder.

Parks and Recreation, Public Works team up for complete project that will now provide a parking area at the West Hawai‘i park that can safely accommodate about 80 vehicles.

Results of the survey will support an economic impact study Hawaiʻi County Department of Research and Development is conducting on short-term rentals as required by Hawaiʻi County Council Resolution 556, which was adopted last year.

State Department of Transportation personnel at Hilo International Airport have worked with Transportation Security Administration staff in anticipation of the increased number of travelers heading to the Big Island for the 62nd annual Merrie Monarch Festival.

Bipartisan TAME Extreme Weather and Wildfires Act introduced in U.S. Senate by Hawai’i Democrat Schatz and Montana Republican Sheehy would use artificial intelligence to better protect communities from increasing toll of extreme weather and wildfires.

State and county crews have treated 128 palm crowns on the grounds of Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport and another 12 have been treated by injection at ground level. They also have protected 58 palms in the nearby Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawai‘i area, with another 14 treated by injection.

U.S. senate, a Hawai‘i Democrat, will give updates about his work in Washington. He will also take questions from constituents throughout the state about their concerns.

U.S. Coast Guard and partner agency crews had searched 200,048 square nautical miles for more than 242 combined hours by the time the agency suspended its search efforts for for missing 42-year-old Kona fisherman Earl “Oa” Hind at 3:30 p.m. the afternoon of April 15. Family and friends, however, are not giving up hope.

Andrew Amon of Ocean View and Kaleo Mello of Nā‘ālehu were both located and taken into custody in separate Ka‘ū locations earlier this week by Big Island police.

In observance of Good Friday on April 18, there will be no contraflow or lane closures unless otherwise permitted. All scheduled lane closures are weather permitting.

Sen. Dru Kanuha introduced Senate Concurrent Resolution 119 Draft 1 that requests the Department of Land and Natural Resources to convene a Kailua Bay Advisory Working Group to foster cordinated oversight and effective management of the area with federal, private, residential and commercial partners.