Father of man charged in Honokaa shooting witnessed the attack
The father of a 29-year-old man accused of the nonfatal shooting of another man Tuesday evening on the Salvation Army’s Honokaa campus was a witness to the shooting, according to court documents filed by police.
Man indicted again for alleged sex assault in Volcano
A 48-year-old Volcano man has been reindicted in connection with the sexual assault of a Volcano woman in her front yard a little more than two years ago.
Stolen truck leads to multiple criminal charges
Police in Puna arrested a 39-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman early Wednesday morning after determining the man was driving a stolen truck with a stolen trailer.
Bill creating Fireworks Task Force awaits governor’s OK
A raft of measures addressing illegal fireworks in Hawaii failed to pass legislative muster this year, but a bill to establish an Illegal Fireworks Task Force is on Gov. Josh Green’s desk.
Victim in shooting at Salvation Army Honokaa identified
The 39-year-old victim of a Tuesday evening shooting at the Salvation Army Honokaa Corps campus has been identified by a Salvation Army official as Arthur Franklin.
Gov. Green helps rescue man after car crash on Waikoloa Road
Quite by accident, Gov. Josh Green found himself in a familiar position this morning — as a medical doctor dealing with an emergency situation in West Hawaii.
End of an icon? Cafe 100 building put up for sale
Hilo’s historic “Home of the Loco Moco” likely is going on an indefinite hiatus.
Two Puna men charged with property crime spree
A pair of Puna men face numerous charges in connection with a property crime spree including a string of burglaries that took place between March and May at the Storage Star storage facilities in Keaau.
National park releases draft air tour management plan
The National Park Service and Federal Aviation Administration on Monday released a draft Air Tour Management Plan (ATMP) and an associated draft Environmental Assessment mandated by a 2000 law and ordered by a federal appeals judge in 2020 in response to a lawsuit by a community group.
Kona’s coffee belt gets an early wet season
April showers visited the Big Island, but they were far more plentiful in usually dry West Hawaii and in Ka‘u than they were in the windward areas of East Hawaii.
Community mourns death of UH-Hilo student
Family, friends and fellow students are mourning a 19-year-old University of Hawaii at Hilo student who — apparently accidentally — fell to her death last month from the balcony of her sixth-floor apartment in Hilo.
Central Fire Station operations to move as building plagued by mold, structural issues
The Hawaii Fire Department will move operations this summer from its Central Fire Station in downtown Hilo to a midtown building on Kilauea Avenue so the 90-year-old station can undergo long-overdue repairs.
Report: Hawaii likely to avoid mild downturn that is expected to hit mainland
Economists at the University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization are predicting a mild recession for the continental U.S. later this year, but think that Hawaii — while affected — will keep its economic head above recessionary water.
County officials, union work to solve dispatcher shortage
Representatives of the Hawaii Government Employees Association met Tuesday with Hawaii Fire Chief Kazuo Todd and other members of Mayor Mitch Roth’s administration to come up with a plan to rectify a severe shortage of fire dispatchers.
Charges stack up for self-storage standoff suspect
An almost six-hour standoff between a 36-year-old Hilo man and police at a Kalanikoa Street self-storage facility was the culmination of an almost two-week crime spree, according to court documents filed by police.
‘He killed my mom’: Spouse of murder suspect files for TRO
The spouse of a 52-year-old Orchidland Estates man accused of the fatal slashing of his mother-in-law with what police describe as a large sword has filed a petition for a temporary restraining order against the murder suspect.
Staffing shortage prompts move of Hawaii Fire’s dispatch center
“We look at it more as an exercise and an opportunity to work together and test our technology.”
Sprawling UFC Gym BJ Penn set to open Saturday in Hilo
Grand opening for the brand-new UFC Gym BJ Penn in Hilo is set for 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday.
‘They get to be kids’: HPP couple has housed nearly two-dozen foster youths
Over the past three years, foster parents Michelle and Aaron Omerod have welcomed 21 youths into their Hawaiian Paradise Park home.
Hilo-born author lands first novel on Oprah’s, Elle’s reading lists
Seldom has the first novel by an author from Hawaii been as eagerly anticipated as “Hula” by Jasmin ‘Iolani Hakes.
