Hawaii News

May 1, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

Police are investigating a possible drowning that occurred in Kona Wednesday night.

May 1, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

The County of Hawaii Department of Parks & Recreation announces that the Gilbert Kahele Recreation Area will be closed from 4 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, May 6 for vector control operations....

May 1, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

The monthly all-hazard warning siren test will include two sirens in Waikoloa Village for the first time this week.

May 1, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

A 55-year-old former Federal Aviation Administration employee pleaded not guilty Monday to allegations that he received and possessed child pornography involving kids under the age of 12, acco...

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 | 5 MIN READ

The agencies charged with protecting Hawaii’s ecosystems are seeking public input through the month of May on the 2025 State Wildlife Action Plan, an in-depth document detailing the stat...

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 | 7 MIN READ

A pandemic-era pause for federal loan borrowers in default is set to end Monday, and millions of former and current students nationwide are bracing for renewed loan collections.

April 30, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

The state Legislature passed a resolution two weeks ago calling for increased emergency preparedness to protect Hawaii’s kupuna, and both emergency-response organizations and elder-suppo...

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

The county will add free parking on Ali‘i Drive in Kailua-Kona on Thursday by turning a portion of the road into a one-way street.

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 29, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

Kamakoa Nui Park in Waikoloa will be reopening its newly improved sports fields on Sunday.

April 29, 2025 | 7 MIN READ

Fish sauce, a Chinese cooking staple and Hawaii favorite ingredient, is always on Sabrina Stephen’s shopping list.

April 28, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

The Coast Guard and partner agencies are searching for a man in the water offshore Kona.

April 28, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating two teenage girls reported as runaways in separate incidents.