The Hawaii Police Department is conducting its biennial survey for residents to get feedback from those who have had ...

Nearly 150 acres of private land in Kau could be purchased by the state under a bill being discussed in the Legislature.

When the owners of a grounded luxury yacht were fined $1.8 million for damaging a critical reef near Honolua Bay in February ...

A wave begins to break on a Puna shoreline on the Big Island. The National Weather Service extended a high surf advisory in ...

An independent study and a key state official criticize big operating costs when kauhale aren't connected to utilities.

Hawaii County on Friday awarded more than $10 million to various Big Island nonprofits to fight homelessness, but not without ...

Hawaii County has a new Department of Environmental Management director, although not without some controversy.

A fatal traffic collision between a vehicle and a motorcycle occurred on Highway 11 in Keaʻau on the morning of Feb. 2.

The Hawai'i Tropical Botanical Garden is located about 7 miles north of Hilo and is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; last entry is at 4 p.m.

Hawaii Island has had more than 8,000 outages in the Hilo area, and more than 3,000 in the Puna and Kau districts. Hawaii County opened these seven emergency shelters and said additional shelters ...

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO @STARADVERTISER.COM A woman crosses South King Street in the rain today in Honolulu. A flash flood warning is in effect for Oahu through 5 p.m. JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO ...

PAHOA, Hawaii (Island News) – The Hawaii Island police arrested and charged a Puna man for intentionally striking a pedestrian in the parking lot of a shopping center in Pahoa. Spencer Kamuela ...