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HONOLULU (AP) — A former Junior ROTC instructor has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for sexually exploiting one of his Hawaii high school students. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Police are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying a male suspect responsible for an armed robbery at a Kealakekua restaurant Tuesday evening. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Hawaii County is hoping to secure part of a $275 million federal recycling grant to pull the island out of its solid waste slump. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Manta ray viewing in West Hawaii may be curtailed under proposed rules to be considered at future public hearings. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

A three-year Hawaii County plan to fully reopen Waipio Valley Road by mitigating its safety hazards was met with little opposition Wednesday. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

The East Hawaii Jazz & Blues Festival is returning this weekend at a reduced capacity and in a new venue. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Mauna Loa’s continuing seismic activity is causing concern for some residents on Hawaii Island, but there are no signs an eruption is imminent, according to a Hawaii Emergency Management Agency advisory issued this afternoon. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

A popular South Kohala beach park and its cabins are closed through at least early November. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

The U.S. Department of the Interior will host its first formal consultation meeting with the Native Hawaiian community on Thursday, Nov. 10, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. HST. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Police have identified the victim found in the Sparky Kawamoto Swim Stadium swimming pool in Hilo as 24-year-old Tyler Michael Thor Withers. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

A Hilo woman has been charged with second-degree assault after stabbing a man in his leg at a Hilo residence on Monday. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

The Pahala Public and School Library has temporarily closed after two earthquakes on Mauna Loa’s flank damaged the building on Oct. 14. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Members of the public are invited to a meeting today to learn about efforts to remove unexploded military ordnance from the former Waikoloa Maneuver Area. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

A new minimum term will be set for a former Hawaii Police Department officer behind bars since his January 2002 arrest for fatally shooting his 42-year-old wife in Waikoloa Village. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

While national average test scores for English and math continued to decline following the COVID-19 pandemic, the scores of Hawaii’s fourth- and eighth-graders remained steady. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

County officials are once again hopeful that trailers could be allowed at certain county transfer stations by early next year. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

A 21-year-old Kona man indicted in 2019 for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor on the grounds of a South Kona public school and subsequently indicted in connection with two later, unrelated sex assaults was found fit to stand trial after spending over two years at the Hawaii State Hospital. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News…

Hawaii has a dearth of school psychologists, prompting some students to seek help from outside mental health providers. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Thirty-six U.S. Navy sailors from the USS Daniel Inouye joined members of the American Legion and Daughters of the American Revolution Saturday for a day of community service at West Hawaii Veterans Cemetery. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

Ocean View residents did not seem particularly reassured following a community meeting regarding a potential Mauna Loa eruption. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

The selection process for the next police chief was the only agenda item under “unfinished business” for Friday’s meeting of the Hawaii County Police Commission in the council chambers in Hilo. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaiian Airlines will operate 10 cargo planes for Amazon.com starting next fall under a deal that could eventually involve more planes and give Amazon a 15% stake in the airline. Top Featured Tags: – Hawaii News Press Release Distribution Service