A 44-year-old Ocean View man has been arrested and charged with numerous offenses, including attempted murder. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service
Police investigating online gun threat at Hilo High School
The Hawaii Police Department is investigating a gun threat made at Hilo High School this morning. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service
VIDEO: Watch Army paratroopers descend from the sky above PTA
In this U.S. Army video, soldiers assigned to 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division, jump from C-17s on Tuesday at Pohakuloa Training Area. The mass-tactical jump operations included hundreds of paratroopers from Alaska and Hawaii. The exercise is part of an ongoing Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center training operation, which includes more…
Decomposed body found on vacant lot in Ocean View
A decomposed body was discovered Monday night on a vacant property in the Hawaii Ocean View Estates subdivision, according to police. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service
Recall warning issued for WanaBana Apple Cinnamon Fruit Puree Pouches
The state Department of Health is alerting residents about a voluntary recall by WanaBana of all of its Apple Cinnamon Fruit Puree pouch products distributed to retailers nationally, including online retailers such as Amazon.com. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service
Maui’s struggling small businesses driven by the spirit of aloha
Dreams shattered. Shops burned to the ground. Irreplaceable losses. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service
Maui police release 16 minutes of body camera footage from day of Lahaina wildfire
HONOLULU — Maui police held a news conference on Monday to show 16 minutes of body camera footage taken the day a wildfire tore through Lahaina town in August, including video of officers rescuing 15 people from a coffee shop and taking a severely burned man to a hospital. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News…
‘Spooky Farm’ at Kalakaua Park
Pumpkins and fun costumes were abundant during the weekend-long “Spooky Farm” at Kalakaua Park in Hilo. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service
Daniel K. Inouye’s son making first run at House seat against La Chica
The son of the late U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye plans to make his first foray into politics at the age of 59 by challenging fellow, first-time Democratic state Rep. Trish La Chica for the House seat representing Waipio-Mililani in 2024. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service
Lottery for surf school permits to be held Nov. 17
After years of public meetings, draft rules with numerous amendments and jurisdictional disputes, surf schools wanting to operate at Kahalu‘u Beach Park will find out on Nov. 17 if they are awarded one of four coveted spots determined by a lottery. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service
Future of 28th KWXX Hoʻolauleʻa up in the air
Despite the announcement that the 28th KWXX Ho‘olaule‘a is cancelled, county officials and event organizers remain confident the festival can still be held sometime in 2024. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service
County hopes water study will shed light on Hilo Bay contaminants
Hilo Bay’s water quality could be improved in the future following a planned watershed study. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service
County delays Waikoloa siren installation
One of two emergency sirens planned to be installed in Waikoloa Village this fall has been postponed to 2024. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service
Former Big Island assistant police chief requests trial
A former Hawaii Police Department assistant chief was in Circuit Court Friday for his arraignment on charges stemming from a Sept. 22 altercation with his police detective ex-girlfriend. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service
New $46 million housing complex helps fill ‘a tremendous and urgent need’ for Waikoloa
A new affordable rental housing complex has opened in Waikoloa Village for qualifying families and kupuna. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service
Hawaii bribery scandal casts a shadow over Lahaina’s ruins
HONOLULU — After a major contracting scandal broke out in Hawaii last year, the mayor of Maui County appeared on television to express outrage and announce a sweeping audit of contracts awarded to a corrupt business owner. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service
Hawaii family working for auntie’s safe return from war-torn Gaza
Ramona Okumura, a prosthetics expert, was volunteering with Palestine Children’s Relief Fund in Gaza when the hostilities broke out Oct. 7. She has been stuck there ever since. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service
KTA vaccination clinic to help fill ‘a gap in care’
KTA Super Stores Pharmacy on Saturday is hosting its first free vaccination clinic in over a year. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service
Can the University of Hawaii, others create a ‘perfect’ reef? Why the US military is banking on it
The nation’s military has been working on a new weapon: Creating a “perfect,” self-healing coral reef that can withstand disease, warming temperatures and sea rise. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service
Suspect in the fatal shooting of 18 in Maine is still at large; residents sheltering in place
LEWISTON, Maine — Authorities searched forests, waterways and small towns today for a U.S. Army reservist who they say killed 18 people and wounded 13 in a mass shooting at a bowling alley and a bar that sent panicked patrons scrambling under tables and behind bowling pins and gripped the entire state of Maine in…
Gov. Josh Green revamps housing proclamation
Gov. Josh Green on Tuesday issued a third emergency proclamation to stimulate development of affordable housing, satisfying plaintiffs who withdrew a lawsuit they had filed over concerns that Green’s proclamation removed safeguards on protecting the environment, cultural resources and government transparency. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service
Hilo wastewater plant upgrades could start next summer
Long-planned upgrades to the Hilo Wastewater Treatment Plant should begin next summer. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service
