KAILUA-KONA — The state Department of the Attorney General has recommended the Honolulu Prosecutor’s Office review a case naming a former Hawaii County police officer as a person of interest in the theft of drug evidence.

KAILUA-KONA — Authorities recovered the body of a Naalehu man swept into the ocean while picking opihi in Ka’u Wednesday afternoon. Drowning is the suspected cause of death.

KAILUA-KONA — The Hawaii County Prosecutor’s Office will not handle a case involving a Hawaii police officer as a person of interest in a missing drug evidence investigation within the department.

KAILUA-KONA — A Waimea man turned himself in to authorities last week after he was indicted on negligent homicide charges in connection to a fatal bicycle crash just south of Honokohau Harbor last January.

KAILUA-KONA — A Hawaii County police official refused to field questions from the Police Commission when asked about a missing drug evidence investigation.

KAILUA-KONA — Hawaii County police released information about an investigation into missing drug evidence and identified a former police officer as a person of interest, but have no further comment.

KAILUA-KONA – A District Court judge increased bail to $200,000 for an Ocean View man accused of injuring an Alaska woman during an alleged domestic attack last week in Ka’u.

KAILUA-KONA — Speed is likely to have been a factor in a three-car crash Monday night on Queen Kaahumanu Highway that left a Holualoa woman dead, authorities said Tuesday.

KAILUA-KONA — An Ocean View man is facing assault and abuse charges stemming from a domestic-related incident in Ka‘u last week.

KAILUA-KONA — A smile stretched across Edward “Eki” Robert Yandall’s face as friends and family stood and clapped for him while he descended steps into the pavilion at Kona Vista Recreation Center Sunday afternoon.

KAILUA-KONA — As the door chimes open to a modestly stocked snack shop at the West Hawaii Civic Center, customers are greeted by its unique shopkeeper.

KAILUA-KONA — Hawaii Island’s lone sheriff’s lieutenant publicly opposed a bill that would allot money to fund a second lieutenant on the island, despite strong support for the measure by his superiors.

KEALAKEKUA — Staff at Hawaii County Prosecutor’s Office in Kealakekua spent Tuesday moving supplies and furniture to an adjacent office in an effort to expand space for employees.

KEALAKEKUA — A 3rd Circuit Court judge has deemed Justin Rohan not criminally responsible for a fatal 2015 wreck and ordered he remain in custody at the Hawaii State Hospital on Oahu.

KEALAKEKUA — A husband and wife pleaded not guilty to slew of charges in connection to a reported police standoff in Hawi last month.

KEALAKEKUA — Despite increased police presence at three Hawaii Island high schools amid potential school shooting threats, some students at Konawaena High felt it was an average day on campus Wednesday.

KAILUA-KONA — Six officers are on the Konawaena High School campus today following a possible threat of a school shooting.

KAILUA-KONA — A morning structure fire at American Self Storage on Loloku Street has left the onsite manager and her husband homeless.

KAILUA-KONA — Lora Robertson and her husband, Dale, were home when lightning struck their home on Kaloko Drive this past weekend.