Police seek witnesses in North Kohala gulch shooting
KAILUA-KONA Authorities are seeking possible witnesses to a shooting last week in the area of of Wainaia Gulch in North Kohala.
Police charge shooting suspect Walter Gomes III
Another botched transport: Kailua-Kona man charged with attempted murder not released by HCCC for hearing
KEALAKEKUA A preliminary hearing was rescheduled after a Kailua-Kona man, accused of assaulting a police officer, was not transported by deputies from the Hilo jail to the Kona courthouse.
Charges pending on Kona man who led police on manhunt for 11 days
KEALAKEKUA Probation was revoked and bail was increased to $100,000 in an unrelated case for a Kailua-Kona man who was captured after evading police for more than a week.
Gomes captured without incident in South Kona
KAILUA-KONA A Kona man wanted in a shooting has been apprehended after 11 days on the lam.
Investigations continue into North Kohala shooting incidents
NORTH KOHALA Sections of Akoni Pule Highway in North Kohala were shut down as police continued to investigate shootings a week apart from each other in the North Hawaii community.
Kailua-Kona man charged with attempted murder, hate crime
KEALAKEKUA A Kailua-Kona man who assaulted a Kona patrol officer has been charged with attempted murder with the enhancement of a possible hate crime.
Community reacts to second shooting in North Kohala
KAPAAU Authorities are investigating a shooting incident Wednesday in North Kohala that left one man hospitalized with gunshot wounds and prompted an hours-long lockdown of Kohala Middle School.
Suspect search hits day 6
KAILUA-KONA Authorities continue to search for a man suspected of shooting a woman in the face and eluding capture on three different occasions last week.
Loved ones plead for shooting suspect’s safe return
KAILUA-KONA Loved ones are pleading for Walter Gomes III to turn himself in to authorities safely as the police search for him continues into a fourth day.
Kona man gets 1 year in jail for sexually assaulting 3 girls
KEALAKEKUA A Kailua-Kona man will serve one year in jail for sexually assaulting three juvenile girls.
Search drags on: Police continue manhunt for man wanted in Kona shooting
HAWI A man wanted for a shooting in Kailua-Kona has been on the lam for three days with the police pursuit stretching from Kona to North Kohala.
Not guilty: Eber Miranda-Garcia acquitted of 2015 murder
KEALAKEKUA After two trials, a jury found a Holualoa man not guilty of the murder of his landlord in 2015.
Cases rest in murder trial
KEALAKEKUA For a second time, a jury has begun to deliberate in the trial of a man accused of murdering his landlord almost four years ago.
Arrest made in fatal South Kona crash
KAILUA-KONA A Kailua-Kona woman has been charged with negligent homicide in connection to a motorcycle crash eight months ago that left one man dead.
Police chase suspect sentenced up to 5 years
KEALAKEKUA A Hilo man was sentenced to an indeterminate period of five years in prison after pleading no contest to charges stemming from a 2018 police chase that lasted several hours.
‘Shock and grief’: Hawi’s community-based Hub Pub destroyed in fire
HAWI The air smelled of smoke as drivers entered Hawi town Thursday. Just hours earlier, the community suffered a devastating loss at its town center when a historic building went up in flames.
Historic building catches fire overnight in Hawi
KAILUA-KONA Fifteen people were evacuated from a Hawi hotel after a fire erupted from an adjoining historic building overnight, officials confirmed this morning.
Hokulia brush fire burns 16 acres
KAILUA-KONA A brush fire scorched about 16 acres near the Hokulia Golf Course Monday evening.
Leilani Estates man pleads guilty in Circuit Court
KEALAKEKUA A Leilani Estates man who pleaded guilty to a federal charge after pointing a gun and firing shots at a lava evacuee last year has now also pleaded guilty to terroristic threatening in 3rd Circuit Court.