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

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

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

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 4,000-foot-tall mountain, Kilauea has been active since Jan. 3, 1983. In 2018, it erupted into the Puna District residential area, destroying more than 700 homes. It has erupted as recently as ...

The National Weather Service is advising the state to prepare for inclement and potentially harmful weather starting tonight.

A 21-year-old woman from Puna is in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle on Highway 11 in Kurtistown late Monday night. Big Island police said the incident occurred near the 10-mile ...

Many people refer to the Big Island in terms of its Leeward (or western Kona side) and its Windward (or eastern Hilo side), but there are other major designations. Areas like Kau, Puna ...

In 1991, a woman found Dana Ireland "clinging to life" in the bushes along a fishing trail in Puna, a remote section of the Big Island, according to the Hawaii Innocence Project. "Dana was ...