35-year-old arrested after 4-hour armed standoff in Aloha Estates on Big Island

The 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption in Washington State illustrated the hazards and impacts of ground-hugging volcanic blasts on natural landscapes and human infrastructure.

Researchers have speculated about what ‘Oumuamua is since the reddish cigar-shaped galactic guest was first observed nearly six years ago by the Pan-STARRS1 telescope atop Haleakalā on Maui.

Joseph Diego Soares was taken into custody, and the loaded pistol in his possession was safely recovered, Hawaiʻi Island police said.

The Hawaiʻi Police Department is currently involved in “police activity” in Aloha Estates on Mauna Loa Road in Glenwood.

The ʻAlalā is a bird native to Hawaiʻi and found nowhere else on earth.

Cohlby Espaniola, 25 of Mountain View, was sentenced to a 20-year prison term in Hilo Circuit Court for a stabbing and robbery that occurred in 2018 at a residence on Leilani Street in Hilo.

Authorities are renewing their request for the public’s help in locating Tara Lasham, who is wanted on an outstanding warrant and for questioning relative to a custodial interference investigation.

The free weekend songwriting workshop on the Big Island is dedicated to empowering young artists with a breakthrough music and mental health mentorship series called Nā Leo (The Voices) by Haku Collective. 

It’s been a little more than three weeks since the lava supply to the lake within Halema‘uma‘u crater at the summit of Kīlauea volcano on the Big Island ceased March 7 and the eruption paused.

The memorial was made a possible by a group of Vietnam veterans who formed the nonprofit West Hawai‘i Vietnam Veterans War Memorial Association. The group raised $75,000 in 17 months to construct the 6-foot-tall by 7-foot-long memorial, crafted in basalt rock.

The Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture has opened a grant program to support the establishment and expansion of food hubs in Hawai‘i. Proposals for the Food Hub Pilot Program are now being accepted for grants between $50,000 and $250,000 aimed at increasing the capacity of food hubs, which are centrally located facilities where food products may be aggregated, stored, processed, and marketed.

Kalakupua Playground at 4th Marine Division Memorial Park in Haʻikū will be closed for maintenance from 8 a.m. to noon April 1.

The Senate Ways and Means Committee voted Thursday to approve the State Budget Bill, also known as House Bill 300. Highlights of the budget document are posted HERE.

Enhanced showers and possible thunderstorms remain in the forecast for the western islands into the weekend, thanks to a surface trough lingering to our...

The current small northwest (320 degrees) swell will slowly decline today and Saturday. A small northeast swell is expected to fill in today, peak...

Enhanced showers and possible thunderstorms remain in the forecast for the western islands into the weekend, thanks to a surface trough lingering to our...

The current small northwest (320 degrees) swell will slowly decline today and Saturday. A small northeast swell is expected to fill in today, peak...

The eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington State in 1980 showed the hazards of ground-hugging volcanic blasts on natural landscapes and human infrastructure.

Earlier this year, the Federal Emergency Management Agency approved Kauaʻi County’s application to the National Flood Insurance Program’s Community Rating System.

The suspect was arrested on charges of first-degree negligent homicide, accidents involving death, inattention to driving, and driving without a license.