Final vote soon on ‘landmark’ bail reform
KAILUA-KONA Key elements in a landmark bail reform bill have already been in practice for years in Hawaii Island courts.
Woman dead, man injured in stabbing at Whittington Beach Park
KAILUA-KONA Hawaii Police are investigating a stabbing at a Kau beach park that left one woman dead and a man seriously injured.
Tourism still taking a hit
KAILUA-KONA Close to 12 months after last years volcanic eruption, Hawaii Islands visitor arrivals and spending have yet to return to the same levels they were this time last year.
Reverend assaulter gets up to 10 years
KEALAKEKUA A Kailua-Kona man who pleaded no contest to charges connected to assaulting and robbing a Buddhist minister was sentenced to serve up to 10 years in prison.
Embattled Public Safety director confirmed by Senate for another 4 years
KAILUA-KONA The state Senate voted today to confirm Department of Public Safety director Nolan Espinda for another four years. The 17-8 vote came after a Senate committees advisement to reject the directors nomination.
Victim recounts shark attack
KAILUA-KONA Kimberly Bishop remembers the water was clear Tuesday morning at Anaehoomalu Bay as she took pictures of coral and fish from a blue kayak.
Gomes indicted
KAILUA-KONA A Kailua-Kona man has been indicted on charges of terroristic threatening and resisting an order to stop in connection to officer-involved shootings and an 11-day manhunt last month.
Swimmer dies from apparent drowning at Kehena Beach
KAILUA-KONA A man is dead after an apparent drowning at Kehena Beach over the weekend.
Request to move hotel security guard assault case denied
KEALAKEKUA A request to move court proceedings from 3rd Circuit for individuals accused of beating a hotel security guard was denied.
Fire crews respond to brush fire by Old Airport
KAILUA-KONA Hawaii Fire Department has responded to a brush fire at Old Kona Airport Park at the north end of the runway this afternoon.
Officer: Suspect yelled racial slur before assault
KEALAKEKUA A Hawaii Police officer testified Thursday a reported disorderly man called him a haole before assaulting him outside a popular Kailua Village restaurant last month.
Jury finds Honaunau man guilty of second-degree murder in Painted Church Road shooting
KEALAKEKUA A Honaunau man stood quiet, with his head held up, as he listened Thursday to his guilty verdict in a fatal shooting on Painted Church Road in June 2018.
Jury deliberating in Painted Church Road murder case
KEALAKEKUA While the prosecution insisted Brian Lee Smith was the instigator, the defense asserted the Honaunau man felt terrorized the day of the fatal shooting on Painted Church Road last year.
Smith takes stand in his murder trial
KEALAKEKUA Brian Lee Smith swore to jurors he did not mean to kill Thomas Ballesteros Jr. on Painted Church Road last June.
Families remember drowning victims as avid water users
KAILUA-KONA Families of drowning victims found offshore of a Keauhou resort last week describe their loved ones as an avid waterwoman and avid waterman.
Eyewitnesses recount Painted Church Road shooting
KEALAKEKUA As she drove him to the hospital for a gunshot wound, a woman testified Friday, the defendant in the Painted Church Road shooting admitted to her that hed messed up.
Testimony points to robbery, assault prior shooting
KEALAKEKUA A late piece of admitted evidence connects the Painted Church Road shooting victim to a reported theft and assault the day before his death, testimony indicated during the second day of jury trial for a Honaunau man accused of second-degree murder.
Preliminary hearing continued in Gomes case
KEALAKEKUA A scheduled preliminary hearing for a Kailua-Kona man charged in connection to a shooting last month was continued to later this month.
‘You just killed my friend’ : Witness describes fatal shooting on Painted Church Road
KEALAKEKUA Testimony in 3rd Circuit Court points to an argument over a woman and a theft that led to last years shooting on Painted Church Road that left one person dead and two injured.
Officer recounts assault of beat partner
KEALAKEKUA A Hawaii Police officer on Tuesday took the stand to recount the injuries his partner suffered in an altercation outside a popular Kailua Village restaurant last week.
