Hawaii News

March 22, 2025 | 6 MIN READ

Almeda White Crozier

March 21, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Clarence Wilson Alameida Jr.

March 21, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Funding from Hawaii County and the state totaling $6 million is bringing the decade-long effort to build Hilo’s first skatepark closer to fruition.

March 21, 2025 | 7 MIN READ

A small sample of once-loyal Hawaii visitors from Canada have written to Gov. Josh Green and Hawaii tourism officials that they canceled their latest trips to the islands because of President...

March 21, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

KEALAKEHE — Waiakea softball had a successful business trip to the Kona Coast.

March 20, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Whether you already have a furry loved one to care for or you’re looking for that perfect animal addition to the family, Aloha Ilio Rescue’s fourth annual Cause for Paws event will...

March 19, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Myrtle Mae Gonzales

March 20, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

A 67-year-old San Pedro, Calif., man who stabbed his then 64-year-old girlfriend several times with a steak knife while the couple was vacationing in South Kohala in 2022 has been sentenced to...

March 19, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

A Pahala man was “clearing pests with a torch” late Sunday night and unintentionally set his residence on fire, according to a press release from the Hawaii Fire Department....

March 19, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Measles cases are on the rise across the United States and around the world, prompting health officials in Hawaii to urge residents to stay vigilant. The highly contagious viral illness, which...

March 19, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

A new preschool serving about 80 children between 3 and 4 years old will be built on the campus of the ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center in Hilo.

March 19, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

The driver of a gold Honda Civic sedan that police pursued Friday — believing it might have been transporting wanted suspect Christopher Lucrisia — has been charged with first-degr...

March 18, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Court documents paint a harrowing picture of an incident Friday in Hilo in which both a police officer and a suspect were wounded by gunfire.

March 18, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

The University of Hawaii at Hilo released a comprehensive plan earlier this month to halt years of declining enrollment.

March 18, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

United Public Workers has reached a settlement agreement with Hawaii County over temporary hazard pay for frontline workers who endured heightened risks during the COVID-19 pandemic.

March 18, 2025 | 8 MIN READ

Timi Gilliom, captain and builder of the voyaging canoe Mo‘okiha o Pi‘ilani, awoke from a midday nap in Hui O Wa’a Kaulua’s Front Street shop on Aug. 8, 2023, to the so...