John Burnett

May 29, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

UFC Hall of Fame mixed martial artist BJ Penn failed to show up in court Tuesday in a domestic abuse case after being arrested twice over the Memorial Day weekend at his family’s Puueo S...

May 28, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

Hawaii County will hold a blessing and groundbreaking at 10:30 a.m. Thursday to celebrate the start of construction of a new covered playcourt at Papa‘aloa Park.

May 28, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

An Oahu couple was arrested Sunday at Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport after checked baggage for a Honolulu-bound flight on Southwest Airlines was found to contain about 26 pounds of...

May 27, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

A thrice-convicted felon is accused of an armed carjacking of a senior citizen Saturday in downtown Kailua-Kona.

May 27, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

For many, Memorial Day is the unofficial start of summer, a holiday from work and a day for the beach and backyard barbecues.

May 18, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

For the fifth consecutive year, bills were introduced in the state Legislature to reduce the blood-alcohol content threshold for a drunken driving charge from 0.08% to 0.05%.

May 18, 2025 | 6 MIN READ

Twenty-three inmates closing in on their release date from Big Island correctional facilities participated Thursday in a reintegration resource fair at Hawaii Community Correctional Center&rsq...

May 15, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

A settlement has been reached in the case of a house built on the wrong lot in Hawaiian Paradise Park.

May 14, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Leeward areas of the Big Island already are showing the shift toward the summer wet season, but the windward side, which is entering the dry season, continues to be drier than normal.

May 13, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

A federal trial is set to start today for two Hilo attorneys accused of receiving Hawaii County affordable housing credits and land conveyances worth at least $10.98 million, with no intention...

May 11, 2025 | 7 MIN READ

CORRECTION: A previous version of this story had an incorrect lease price. The Tribune-Herald regrets the error.

May 7, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

With statistics showing the state of Hawaii imports about 90% of the food its residents consume, a pair of bills with the goal of improving food security has made it through the Legislature an...

May 6, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

A 43-year-old Naalehu man accused of possessing pornographic images involving children has been freed on supervised release — a form of cashless bail — following his initial court...

May 4, 2025 | 6 MIN READ

What’s in a name? That question remains a powerful one, more than four centuries after William Shakespeare posed it.

May 2, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

It appears a plea deal is in the works for Hawaii basketball figure Alika Smith.

May 1, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Three Hawaii Police Department officers and one civilian testified Wednesday during a preliminary hearing for 42-year-old Pahoa woman accused of fatally strangling her significant other with h...