5-04-19 Wanted fugitive located: Shilo Brent
South Hilo Patrol officers successfully apprehended an elusive fugitive late Friday evening (May 3) sought on outstanding warrants, auto theft,...
Law
June trial set for suspected Waiki associates By TIFFANY DEMASTERS West Hawaii Today
A Jury trial is scheduled to move forward next month for four associates of accused cop killer Justin Waiki. This...
The Hawai’i Police Department wants all occupants in vehicles to wear their seatbelts while traveling in a vehicle.
The Hawai’i Police Department wants all occupants in vehicles to wear their seatbelts while traveling in a vehicle. This is...
State defines sale, manufacturing of CBD in any form illegal in Hawaii
Cannabidiol has never been permitted for sale in any form in Hawaii, including as a food additive. Nevertheless, prominently labeled...
Mental health exam ordered for Naalehu woman charged with murder
KEALAKEKUA — A preliminary hearing for a 19-year-old woman accused of murder was waived pending a mental health examination. On...
Officer misconduct bill stalls in conference committee
A measure that would have disclosed the names of officers discharged or suspended from a county police department died quietly...
Lawmakers debate and pass pot decriminalization By Kevin Dayton
House and Senate lawmakers gave final approval to hundreds of bills Tuesday, including a measure to decriminalize possession of small...
Tentative deal reached in suit against Kona Brewing parent company
KAILUA-KONA — The parent company of Kona Brewing Co. agreed to a tentative settlement with the plaintiffs in a lawsuit...
Parole board denies request to reduce minimum term for convicted killer
KAILUA-KONA — There will be no early parole for a man sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of...
State Senate narrowly passes vacation rental tax bill
HONOLULU — The state Senate on Tuesday narrowly passed a bill that would require websites such as Airbnb to collect...
Trial set in fatal Mountain View shooting
A 35-year-old Puna man accused of a fatal shooting March 17 in Mountain View pleaded not guilty Monday in Hilo...
Woman charged with murder for fatal Ka‘u stabbing
Woman charged with murder for fatal Ka‘u stabbing By Tribune-Herald staff | Monday, April 29, 2019, 10 a.m. KALEIANUENUE BORERO-KALUNA...
Corruption claims, mailbox send Hawaii power couple to trial
HONOLULU (AP) — He was Honolulu’s Rolex-wearing police chief, an avid surfer who chatted with beat cops in Pidgin, Hawaii’s...
Lawmakers give preliminary OK to corrections reform measure By Sophie Cocke
Hawaii’s jails and prisons are poised to come under the oversight of an independent commission with powers to conduct investigations,...
HPD Needs Your Assistance
Hawai’i Island Police are asking for the public’s help with information about a burglary that occurred on Ohelo Street in...
State Senate might allow vacation rental platforms to collect taxes By Kevin Dayton
In the face of intense lobbying by the hotel industry, the state Senate signaled Thursday night it might once again...
Cardiac funding bill stalls
A bill that would further fund Hilo Medical Center’s interventional cardiac program has stalled in the final stages of the...
Hawaiʻi Island Police are asking the public for help in identifying two persons in connection with the theft of an All Terrain Vehicle and Farm Equipment in Kohala
Hawaiʻi Island Police are asking the public for help in identifying two persons in connection with the theft of an...
Man sentenced for assaulting, robbing minister
Kyle Arellano KEALAKEKUA — A Kailua-Kona man who pleaded no contest to charges connected to assaulting and robbing a Buddhist...
Funding measures for HINET, Hawaii Promise sent to Ige
Dozens of Hawaii Community College students will be among those who will benefit if legislation to fund programs intended to...
