Akoni Pule (270) Construction Next Week
As many of you have probably seen, there are highway construction signs on Akoni Pule Highway (270) between Hawi &...
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Fire Hydrant Flow Tests
AFFECTED AREA: CUSTOMERS IN THE KAWAIHAE INDUSTRIAL AREA ALONG MALUOKALANI STREET, MALUOKALANI PLACE, HONOKOA STREET AND KALAEOLO STREET, KAWAIHAE; SOUTH...
Hawai’i Island Police DUI Arrests
During the week of October 8, through October 14, 2018, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested nine (9) motorists for driving under...
Donor Gives Money to 4 Year Old for Treatment
A mystery donor has given $130,000 to a four-year-old boy with cancer to help him get treatment in the US...
Best Winter Vacation Spot: HAWAI’I ISLAND
On Tuesday, U.S. News &World Report named Hawaii’s southernmost island the 2018-19 Best Winter Vacation spot in the world, beating...
Police & Farmers meet to Stop Thefts
In an effort to curb agricultural thefts from Puna-area farms, farmers and police met Friday to discuss how to improve...
Police Need Your Assistance
The Hawaiʻi Police Department and Area II Special Enforcement Unit is asking for the public’s assistance in locating 28-year-old Hokuokekai...
Trim PONC Fund?
How much of the budget should the county set aside for preservation and open space land purchases each year? It’s...
Stop Flu @ School
The annual Stop Flu at School, a voluntary program administering free flu shots to students in kindergarten through eighth grade,...
A Good Hacker!
A hacker is breaking into people's routers and making changes to their settings to prevent abuse by cyber-criminals. The internet...
Police Ask For Assistance
Media Release Hawaiʻi Island Police are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying someone who is possibly removing mail from...
Paul Allen Dies at 65
Microsoft co-founder and Seahawks owner Paul Allen has died. He was 65. Janet Greenlee, director of philanthropic communications at Vulcan,...
53 Year Old Identified in Fatal Crash
A 53-year-old Waikoloa man died following a single-vehicle crash Sunday, (October 14) on Queen Ka’ahumanu Highway just north of the...
Volcano Update
On May 4, a powerful magnitude-6.9 earthquake on the south flank of Kilauea Volcano shook the Island of Hawaii. It...
Vacation Rental Bill Revisions Discussed
The fifth version of a bill regulating short-term vacation rentals will be considered by the County Council Planning Committee on...
50 Year Chamber Celebration
Fifty years in, the Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce isn’t slowing down. Since its incorporation in 1968, the Chamber has consistently...
Queen K Closed N of 4 Seasons Resort
HAWAII POLICE DEPT: reports Queen K highway closed North of Four Seasons, between MM 84-85, Kaupulehu due to a traffic...
No Quick Fix for Repairs from Lava
Mayor Harry Kim estimates the price tag for repairing roads covered by lava could be more than $30 million. When...
UH Requests to Revise Maunakea Admin Rules
The University of Hawaii wants to revise its proposed administrative rules for Maunakea after receiving public feedback. The UH administration...
Puna Fatal Shooting (Update)
Update.....4:45pm Hawaiʻi Island Police have identified the woman shot and killed in an officer-involved shooting that occurred on Friday, (October...
