Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reports that fountains rapidly grew into vigorous 500-foot molten rock geisers that ejected from the vent as they fed lava flows that had covered about 10% to 20% of the ...

In 1962, President John F. Kennedy proclaimed May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week it falls in as National Police Week. It serves as a time to honor and recognize officers who have died ...

SINGLE LANE CLOSURE possible in either direction between mile posts 9.7 and 10.2, in the vicinity of Huina Road and Ualani Road, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 12-16 for installation of a new waterline.

The county continues to increase support of efforts to stop the spread of the highly destructive coconut rhinoceros beetle, an invasive scarab first detected in October 2023 on Hawaiʻi Island in ...

U.S. Coast Guard 14th District and U.S. Coast Guard Base Honolulu personnel procured antibiotics, which an HC-130 Hercules ...

Hawaiʻi’s economic outlook has taken a decisive turn for the worse, according to economists at University of Hawaiʻi Economic ...

A 1950s-era dilapidated house in Keaʻau is transforming into a dormitory for female college students who are either homeless ...

Eruptive activity at Kīlauea’s summit began again Dec. 23, 2024, with the first in what has become 20 discrete lava ...

Big Island state Sen. Lorraine Inouye, who represents Hilo, Paukaʻa, Pāpaʻikou and Pepeʻekeo, recently announced the release ...

Hawaiian Electric is improving its outage reporting system on Hawai‘i Island and elsewhere throughout the state, and as part ...

Officers from the Hawai‘i Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement Hawai‘i ...

U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz, a Hawai‘i Democrat, invites residents throughout the islands to a statewide telephone town hall ...