Testifiers overwhelmingly support BAC reduction, committee vote deferred
A parade of testifiers Tuesday urged the state House Transportation Committee to lower the legal intoxication threshold for motorists from 0.08% blood alcohol content to 0.05%.
Bail reduced in Hilo domestic assault case
A judge reduced bail Tuesday for a 60-year-old Hilo man accused of assaulting his former girlfriend and breaking her nose in a Puueo Street hotel room.
Two remain in custody in separate drug cases
A Hilo judge maintained $215,000 bail Monday for a 36-year-old Mountain View woman accused of numerous drug offenses and assaulting a police officer.
Officers praised for responses to incidents at two E. Hawaii schools
A high-ranking police official is crediting school resource officers for their quick actions that kept a pair of serious incidents this week at East Hawaii public schools from getting worse.
Grandmother pleads no contest to manslaughter in child starvation case
A 66-year-old Hilo woman has pleaded no contest to manslaughter for the 2016 starvation death of her 9-year-old granddaughter.
Kona judge calls HMSA contracts ‘unconscionable’
A Kailua-Kona judge on Friday ruled that contract terms and conditions the state’s largest health insurer imposes on doctors and patients are “unconscionable” and “unenforceable.”
Judge maintains bail for man accused of meth distribution
A judge has refused a request by a 56-year-old Pahoa man accused of attempting to distribute methamphetamine at the Mo‘oheau Bus Terminal in downtown Hilo to be freed without monetary bail.
Resolution calls for updated lava zones map
A state senator from Puna has penned a resolution urging the U.S. Geological Survey to update its lava-flow hazard map of Hawaii Island.
Hawaiian Electric program aims to ‘defend against the increasing threat of wildfires’
Hawaiian Electric Co. said Thursday the state Public Utilities Commission approved its $190 million Climate Adaptation Transmission and Distribution Resilience Program application.
Various marijuana measures introduced in Legislature
At least three new bills relating to adult use of recreational cannabis have been introduced in the state Legislature.
Bills introduced for dangerous dogs, involuntary manslaughter
Big Island lawmakers have introduced a pair of bills in the state House that would make the owners of a dangerous dog or dogs that fatally maul a person subject to felony charges.
Expansion in the works for overcrowded Hilo elementary school
The principal of Ernest Bowen de Silva Elementary School said he’s hoping that planning and design of a new classroom building for the overcrowded Hilo campus can be completed within a year.
‘Enforcement action’ conducted: Camps of homeless and others cleared by county, state
Hawaii County and the state combined forces Thursday and Friday for a sweep of a homeless encampment at Russell Carroll Mo‘oheau County Park in downtown Hilo.
With food production as the goal, parcels are being transferred from DLNR to DOA
Gov. Josh Green said Thursday his administration has made major steps toward putting more state-owned land into agricultural production.
10 years in prison for Hilo man who shot his wife
Two charges were dropped last week against a Hilo man convicted last year of shooting his wife almost four years ago in their Kaiwiki neighborhood home.
Cafe 100 site no longer for sale
Hilo’s historic “Home of the Loco Moco” will continue dishing up its signature local delicacy — as well as the rest of its plate-lunch-style menu.
New law requires more transparency for use of force by police
A law requiring all police agencies statewide to maintain publicly available written policies regarding minimum standards on the use of force went into effect Jan. 1.
Supervised release for senior citizen charged with attempted robbery
A 74-year-old Kailua-Kona man accused of a violent attempted carjacking is free after his initial court appearance.
Hilo man faces attempted police assault, firearms and theft charges
A 34-year-old Hilo man was arrested Wednesday in Hilo on warrants, including one alleging he attempted to run over a police officer in a pickup truck 2 1/2 years ago.
Big Island traffic fatalities plummet in 2023
Big Island roads saw a significant decrease in traffic fatalities in 2023 compared to 2022, from 34 official traffic deaths to 16, a 53% drop.
