John Burnett

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...

April 30, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

A 50-year-old Volcano man has been indicted for the third time in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a Volcano woman in her front yard a little more than four years ago.

April 29, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

Two East Hawaii men were recently arrested in different, unrelated cases charging them with sex assault.

April 29, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

A 42-year-old Pahoa woman accused of killing her significant other during a domestic dispute late Thursday night strangled him with the driver’s side seatbelt of a 2013 Honda Fit, accord...

April 28, 2025 | 9 MIN READ

The overall champions of the 62nd Annual Merrie Monarch Hula Festival vaunted hula competition is a powerhouse Oahu halau who also won the title six years ago.

April 27, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

A 31-year-old Hawaiian Beaches man faces 18 charges — 16 of them firearms-related felonies — after his ex-girlfriend reported to police that he held her hostage for 10 days after s...

April 25, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

A 23-year-old registered nurse from Kauai was crowned Miss Aloha Hula 2025.

April 25, 2025 | 6 MIN READ

Without a doubt, the best attended event during Merrie Monarch week, at least in person, is the Merrie Monarch Festival Royal Parade.

April 24, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

A Kona Circuit Court jury last week found in a civil trial that a Waimea businessman sexually abused a 12-year-old boy decades ago.

April 24, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

A state bill intended to reinforce legal protections for domestic violence survivors has cleared its final legislative hurdle.