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Plant lovers become animals lovers this Saturday at the annual spring plant sale benefiting Hilo’s zoo. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

The full House and Senate will now consider the question of whether to allow each county to determine how — if at all — to regulate short-term vacation rentals on their islands, including the possibility of outlawing them. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

An Oahu developer who filed a lawsuit against a California woman who owns a Hawaiian Paradise Park lot on which his contractor mistakenly built a house more than a year ago testified Thursday that he paid contractors, subcontractors and vendors more than $300,000 in cash and that there was no insurance bond on the construction.…

Police are investigating a traffic crash that lead to the closure of Akoni Pule Highway for three hours near Kawaihae Harbor on Wednesday. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

A Kailua-Kona jury has convicted a 32-year-old Kailua-Kona man of first-degree electronic enticement of a child and attempted promotion of pornography for minors. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Police have initiated an unattended death investigation after human remains were discovered on an Ocean View property. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

The state Department of Health has confirmed one additional case of whooping cough (pertussis) in a third distinct region of Hawaii Island which is unrelated to previous cases. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

A Hilo attorney’s federal lawsuit against Hawaii County, Mayor Mitch Roth, county Prosecutor Kelden Waltjen, Deputy Prosecutor Kate Perazich and former Deputy Prosecutor Sylvia Wan that accuses them of malicious prosecution is on hold — for now. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

The nene gosling that died last month in Lili‘uokalani Park and Gardens in Hilo likely was killed by toxoplasmosis, an infection spread in the feces of feral cats, according to the state Department of Land and Natural Resources. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

The nene gosling that died last month in Liliʻuokalani Park and Gardens in Hilo likely was killed by toxoplasmosis, an infection spread only in the feces of feral cats, according to the state Department of Land and Natural Resources. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

In response to Gov. Josh Green proclaiming April as Tsunami Awareness Month in Hawaii, the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Progra partnered with organizations across the state to promote tsunami preparedness by creating a new 2024 Hawaii Tsunami Preparedness video. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Lana Vierra misses the swing set at her Lahaina home, which was reduced to ashes in the wildfires that swept through her community last summer. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

The state Department of Health issued a red “Closed” placard and immediately shut down Ocean Club at Haliʻi Kai on Friday due to an active rodent infestation, contaminated food products and unsanitary conditions within the facility. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Police on Sunday charged 31-year-old Vasiliy Viktorovich Trubachev of Keaau,with attempted murder in connection with a Friday morning shooting in Hawaiian Paradise Park. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Fall enrollment at the University of Hawaii in Hilo was down last year, continuing a years-long trend. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

A proposed law that would make motorists thrice convicted of driving without a license within five years guilty of a felony will go to Gov. Josh Green’s desk for his signature. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

The fate of the Thirty Meter Telescope rests in the hands of the Hawaiian community, observatory officials say. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

A 31-year-old Pepeekeo man was arrested Tuesday and charged for attempted distribution of fentanyl. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

The Hawaii Community Foundation on Thursday said its Maui Strong Fund has raised over $190 million from 250,000 donors across 76 countries — distributing almost $90 million to provide immediate and long-term support to Maui wildfire recovery efforts. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Police are investigating a shooting this morning in Hawaiian Paradise Park that left a 32-year-old man with multiple gunshot wounds. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

People statewide urged the Board of Land and Natural Resources on Friday to reject a proposed land exchange between the state and the U.S. Army that would allow it to continue to use land in the Pohakuloa Training Area and elsewhere. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

The 13th annual YWCA Remarkable People ceremony and luncheon on Thursday honored longtime community advocates Carol Ignacio and Irene Nagao for their decades of commitment and compassion. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service