Michael Brestovansky

March 13, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

A proposed statewide public financing program for political campaigns was once again shot down Wednesday, even as a raft of election reform measures remain alive.

March 11, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

A total lunar eclipse that will take place Thursday will be perfectly timed for Hawaii viewing.

March 9, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

Waimea residents held court for hours Thursday decrying a long-delayed plan to rezone a 5-acre Waimea parcel for commercial development.

March 7, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

Hawaii County officials are still trying to salvage the Puna Alternate Route Study after critical state funding quietly lapsed last year.

March 6, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

The arrivals of two lunar landers on the moon this week bodes well for a Big Island company’s plan to set up a permanent observatory on the moon.

March 4, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

A proposed energy facility in Pana‘ewa is still far from reality but already has residents raising their eyebrows.

March 3, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

A historic building in Hilo could be sold or closed amidst cutbacks by the Trump administration.

March 2, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Although the Kama‘ehuakanaloa Seamount has been a little restless recently, new information about the undersea volcano is still sparse.

March 1, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

State proposals to pursue geothermal development on the Big Island are still going strong.

February 27, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

A pair of East Hawaii power outages on Wednesday and Thursday were not related, according to Hawaiian Electric.

February 27, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

A series of public meetings about planned updates to Hawaii County’s General Plan will come to an end next month.

February 26, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Some relief might be coming for Puna residents struggling to afford insurance, even as possible state solutions to the crisis have once again fizzled out.

February 23, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

A triad of nonprofits came together Friday to celebrate the opening of a new shelter and outreach center for young people experiencing homelessness.

February 23, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Dozens of Big Island residents met with Mayor Kimo Alameda and other Hawaii County officials Wednesday at the first of 14 planned community meetings around the island.

February 20, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

A state proposal to locate possible geothermal well sites on Hawaiian home lands has Big Island residents pushing back.

February 19, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Routine agreements between federal agencies and the Hawaii Police Department were postponed over concerns about overreach in illegal immigration enforcement.