KAILUA-KONA — Aerial fireworks lit up West Hawaii’s sky as residents welcomed the new year on Monday, despite warnings to avoid handling illegal pyrotechnics.

KAILUA-KONA — Ahi supply for the Big Island has been anything but normal this year, according to many in the fishing industry.

KAILUA-KONA — While the holidays can be an overwhelming time of year, churches on the island do their part to bring the community together with a candlelight service and a Christmas message.

KAILUA-KONA — Brandon Williams stood, shocked, in the parking lot of Big Island Toyota as Kona Crush Soccer players chanted his name next to a minivan adorned with a gold bow.

KAILUA-KONA — A 23-year-old Keaau man pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of negligent homicide in connection to a fatal moped crash that left a woman dead more than two years ago.

KAILUA-KONA — A Hilo grand jury indicted a Mountain View man on charges of possession of child pornography, according to a press release from the Department of the Attorney General Thursday.

KAILUA-KONA — A slight uptick in weekly DUI arrests islandwide was recorded in a police report released Tuesday.

KAILUA-KONA — A Kailua-Kona man pleaded guilty to lesser charges after he was indicted twice by a Kona grand jury this year on several class A felony sexual assault charges.

KEALAKEKUA — A mental health evaluation has been ordered for an Alaska woman accused of attempted murder after police say she hit her boyfriend with a rental car last week.

KAILUA-KONA — Fifteen months after police began an investigation into a violent rape at Old Kona Airport Park, the victim testified in court last month on the alleged incident, describing her two attackers.

KAILUA-KONA — One of three people taken into custody during a narcotics-related arrest at a Kalaoa residence Monday afternoon appeared in District Court Tuesday for an initial appearance on various drug charges.

KAILUA-KONA — A man accused of DUI after striking a man on Alii Drive earlier this month had just been arrested for driving under the influence the day before, police confirmed Monday.

KAILUA-KONA — A Kona grand jury has indicted a Kailua-Kona woman for the murder of her husband in 2015.

MAUNA LANI — Lights, trees and ornaments were strewn about a corner of the Mauna Lani Bay Hotel lobby earlier this month as different nonprofit groups assembled themed Christmas trees for the annual Charity Trees.

KEALAKEKUA — Originally found unfit to stand trial in a negligent homicide case, Justin Rohan was deemed by a 3rd Circuit Court judge to be a danger to himself and others, and committed him to the Hawaii State Hospital in August.