August visitor arrivals, spending fall short of pre-pandemic times
Visitor arrivals and spending in August remained below pre-pandemic times with the outlook for September appearing bleak as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact Hawaii’s tourism industry.
Rule banning swimming with spinner dolphins goes into effect Oct. 28
Swimming with Hawaiian spinner dolphins will be a thing of the past come next month.
Water reservior project moves foward: Final EA released for 10 million gallon tank in Kohala
Hawaii County is moving forward with plans to construct a 10 million gallon water reservoir to serve coastal areas of South Kohala.
Ironman World Championship moving to Utah, officials plan Kona return in October 2022
The Ironman World Championship will be held outside of Hawaii for the first time in its 40-plus history, race officials announced Thursday.
Woman acquitted of sex assault of a minor
A judge last week acquitted a former Kona resident of felony sexual assault charges stemming from incidents that occurred against a minor more than a decade ago.
Saddle extension shelved:
Financial constraints have forced the state to shelve for now extending Daniel K. Inouye Highway in West Hawaii.
Big Island Red Cross volunteers assisting California fire victims
American Red Cross volunteers from the Big Island are deploying to California to assist victims of multiple ongoing wildfires that have scorched hundreds of thousands of acres, destroyed 2,000 structures and forced thousands to evacuate.
Ida downs New Orleans power on deadly path through Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS — Hurricane Ida knocked out power to all of New Orleans and inundated coastal Louisiana communities on a deadly path through the Gulf Coast that was still unfolding and promised more destruction.
Preliminary hearings set for couple accused of traffic, drug offenses
Preliminary hearings have been set for a man and woman facing an array of traffic, property crimes and drug offenses stemming from an incident early Tuesday in Holualoa.
Kilauea earthquake swarm wanes, alert level lowered
The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reported Thursday morning the earthquake swarm that began Monday beneath the south part of Kilauea caldera, within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, has waned.
Community helps nurse locate stolen bike; frontline worker urges residents to get vaccinated
When Kat Balsimo came out to her vehicle Saturday night after a grueling 15-hour shift as health coordinator at North Hawaii Community Hospital, her bike — her means of escaping the stress and realities of being a nurse amid the COVID-19 pandemic — had been swiped.
Ironman World Championship rescheduled due to COVID-19
The Ironman World Championship has once again been rescheduled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Looking back: Parker Ranch employees reflect on major blaze
As bulldozers finally connected a firebreak around the Big Island’s largest wildland fire to date, four Parker Ranch employees on the frontlines of the blaze took a moment Friday to reflect on the prior week.
Forging ahead: Parker Ranch outlines historic fire’s impact, future plans
Parker Ranch is forging ahead with plans for a large reforestation project on the slopes of Maunakea and reseeding thousands of acres of pasture destroyed by the largest fire to impact the operation in its 175-year history.
BLNR to mull fine for conservation easement damage
A Kona coffee grower has agreed to fund the planting of hundreds of Native Hawaiian trees as part of a settlement meted with the state for damaging a conservation easement in 2019.
South Kohala wildland fire 95% contained
Firefighters Wednesday spent a sixth day working to extinguish a 40,000-plus-acre wildland fire in South Kohala.
‘We’ve got this under control’: Firefighters continue to work Big Island’s largest fire for fifth day
Firefighters Tuesday continued battling flames and dousing hotspots within the 62.5-square-mile burn area of the Big Island’s largest wildland fire in history.
Firefighters continue to battle Hawaii Island’s largest fire
Firefighters appear to have gotten the upper hand on a more than 40,000-acre wildland fire in South Kohala deemed the largest in Hawaii Island history.
Roads reopen as firefighters get upperhand on South Kohala fire
Hawaii County officials are asking residents and visitors to remain vigilant and to be prepared for evacuate if needed as firefighters continue to battle a 40,000-acre wildland fire that threatened Waikoloa Village Sunday afternoon.
Waikoloa Village evacuation order lifted as wildland fire continues to burn
An evacuation order Sunday afternoon that prompted thousands to flee Waikoloa Village was lifted at 7 p.m. as firefighters continued to battle a wildland fire that’s scorched more than 62.5 square miles and consumed two homes in South Kohala.
