West Hawaii Today

January 26, 2024 | 1 MIN READ

An investigation into a possible drowning at Keauhou Bay is being conducted by Hawaii Island Police.

November 5, 2023 | 2 MIN READ

Big Island leeward residents are asked to be on high alert and take precautions as a Red Flag Warning is anticipated to take affect today around 10 a.m. and continue through Monday.

October 5, 2023 | 1 MIN READ

Transfer station and landfill closed for Ironman

August 6, 2023 | 3 MIN READ

Marine pollution is a very significant threat to marine life in the ocean. Abandoned, lost, and discarded fishing nets can ruin essential habitat like coral reefs, as well as entangle marine l...

July 19, 2023 | 2 MIN READ

Fire damages structure in Holualoa

July 7, 2023 | 1 MIN READ

Kona Community Hospital joined community leaders and legislatures Tim Richards, Nicole Lowen, Kristin Kahaloa and Hawaii County Mayor Mitch Roth in a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday at the Ke...

July 6, 2023 | 3 MIN READ

Waikoloa Family Affordable — Hawaii Island’s newest affordable housing development — is ready for occupancy.

June 30, 2023 | 1 MIN READ

Child &Family Service (CFS), Hawaii’s family-centered, full-service nonprofit on Saturday hosted a Child and Family Fun Day for Kona families at Kamehameha Schools Hawai‘i at K...

June 25, 2023 | 1 MIN READ

A Special Olympics athlete from West Hawaii took home one silver and three bronze medals in powerlifting at the Summer World Games in Berlin, Germany.

June 2, 2023 | 1 MIN READ

Police have identified the elderly Kailua-Kona man who died following a single bicycle crash on Sunday, May 21, 2023, on Hinalani Street in North Kona, as 82-year-old Stuart S. Dunn.

May 16, 2023 | 1 MIN READ

The Hawaii Police Department seeks your help in locating a missing one- year-old child.

May 10, 2023 | 1 MIN READ

Discriminaton against voucher holders and recipients of other housing assistance programs is now illegal for many landlords in Hawaii.

April 19, 2023 | 2 MIN READ

The Hawaii County Office of Housing and Community Development announced Tuesday a $3,000 sign-on bonus for Hawaii Island Landlords taking part in select housing assistance programs.

April 6, 2023 | 1 MIN READ

Hawaii Island police have charged four Kona men for child sex solicitation as part of a multi-agency undercover operation designed to identify and arrest individuals using the internet to faci...

April 1, 2023 | 1 MIN READ

Dozens of people recently rallied for Kona Community

March 30, 2023 | 4 MIN READ

Over 300 volunteers gathered data from the shores of Kauai, Oahu and Hawaii islands during the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Ocean Count and from Maui during the Gr...