John Burnett

March 18, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Court documents paint a harrowing picture of an incident Friday in Hilo in which both a police officer and a suspect were wounded by gunfire.

March 16, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Police say a 39-year-old Puna man who allegedly shot and wounded an officer Friday morning in Hilo is dead.

March 14, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

Police arrested the driver of a white Chevy pickup truck that allegedly was the getaway vehicle for a passenger police say shot and wounded an officer this morning in the parking lot of the Fi...

March 13, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

A big-wave surfer accused of domestic violence against his girlfriend will remain in jail while he awaits trial.

March 12, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

The parent company of Hawaiian Electric Co., Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc., has sold the 60-megawatt Hamakua Energy Plant to a subsidiary of Harbert Management Corp.

March 12, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Hawaii County is in the process of erecting a 6-foot-tall continuous chain-link fence along the boundary of Hilo Municipal Golf Course to prevent access by those seeking to play without paying...

March 11, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

A pair of Papaikou men are facing charges in separate incidents of alleged agricultural theft from the same farm.

March 9, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

While most of Hawaii Island is experiencing moderate drought conditions, the island’s rainfall numbers for February paint a picture that the word “moderate” doesn’t acc...

March 6, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

Prosecutors are seeking to hold a big-wave surfer from Keaau without bail for domestic abuse-related offenses that allegedly occurred between November 2024 and earlier this month.

March 6, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Hawaii County has come to terms with the state’s largest labor union regarding hazard pay for those who worked during the COVID-19 pandemic.

March 4, 2025 | 7 MIN READ

About three dozen members of the public learned Monday night at a community meeting at Aupuni Center called by the Hawaii Police Department that construction of a temporary morgue started abou...

March 3, 2025 | 6 MIN READ

About two dozen people attended a public meeting with East Hawaii Community Policing Section officers last Wednesday at the Mokupapapa Discovery Center in downtown Hilo.

March 1, 2025 | 6 MIN READ

For the fifth straight year, there will be no Hawaii County Fair in Hilo or Kona in 2025.

March 1, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

A 22-year-old Hilo man remains in jail on 19 criminal charges in connection with an armed robbery Tuesday on Waiakea Peninsula in Hilo.

March 1, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

A 32-year-old Oklahoma man will be extradited from the Big Island to Ohio to face two counts of aggravated murder for the shooting death of a married couple who were reportedly his business pa...

February 27, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

A 35-year-old Centralia, Wash., man accused of possessing 4,000 fentanyl pills for distribution on the Big Island in December 2022 appears to be close to a federal plea deal.