Hospital in Waimea Expands
Work is well underway on the expansion of three North Hawaii Community Hospital (NHCH) facilities in Waimea that will largely...
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Public Invited for Oct. 29 and Nov. 1 to Discuss Waimea Energy Project
Innergex Renewable Energy Inc., an independent public power company based in Quebec, Canada, was selected by Hawaiian Electric Companies earlier...
2,000 Daily Visitors @ Reopened Park
Monday marked the one-month anniversary since the reopening of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, and business seems steady. Park spokeswoman Jessica...
Unemployment Up on Hawai’i Island
Hawaii County recorded an increase in unemployment during September, the state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations reports. About 3...
Police seeking information on stolen truck and trailer from parking lot in Keaau, September 28, 2018
Hawaii Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in finding a stolen Toyota, Tacoma truck and two-wheel trailer removed...
Student Annual Foam Fight
Hundreds of students at a Scottish university gathered on a school lawn Monday to fling shaving cream for the student...
REPOST: TODAY: Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Initiative
The Hawaiʻi Police Department is encouraging the public to participate in a nationwide prescription drug take-back initiative. On Saturday, (October...
Earl Bakken, Founder of Medtronic, Died Yesterday Kiholo Bay
DAVID BREWSTER – STAR TRIBUNE Earl Bakken, founder of Medtronic Earl Bakken, the Minneapolis electronics repairman who invented a pacemaker...
Tires a Problem for County
Hawaii County doesn’t consider tires rubbish, but that hasn’t stopped residents from abandoning them on roadsides or dropping them off...
Saving a Language
http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2018/10/22/hawaii-news/saving-a-language/
House Bill 2739 Goes Into Effect 1/1/2019
A series of free presentations planned around the Big Island intend to educate residents and health care professionals about the...
ʻŌHIʻA LOVE FEST IN HILO CELEBRATES HAWAI‘I’S MOST REVERED PLANT
Hilo) – Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death (ROD), the fungal disease that’s impacted hundreds of thousands of acres of native ‘ōhi‘a forests...
$28M Ag Damage From Eruption
Less than 50 Big Island farmers reported nearly $28 million in total agricultural damages in a survey of farmers affected...
HUNTERS & RESEARCHERS COLLABORATE TO COUNT GAME BIRDS
Maunakea) – Two weeks before the hunting season for game birds opens in Hawai‘i, hunters, researchers and staff from the...
Hawi Woman Indicted
A Hawi woman has been charged in connection with a 2016 fatal crash in North Kohala that left two dead....
Medically Assisted Suicide
Hawaii health officials are urging health care organizations to prepare for the law allowing doctors to fulfill requests from terminally...
Hawaii Island Women’s Leadership Summit
An energy was undeniable as over 200 women gathered at a Kona resort to listen and talk about ways to...
Hawaii Police Have Many Openings
Police Chief Paul Ferreira said the department’s vacancy rate is a challenge that is “going to get worse before it...
Police Ask Public’s Assistance
Hawaii Police are asking for the public's help in locating a stolen CASE backhoe with a hydraulic hammer, stolen from...
ConAm Invalidated by Hawaii Supreme Court
The Hawaii Supreme Court has invalidated a question on general election ballots asking voters if they want to amend the...
