‘I miss you so much Sam’: Hundreds pay final respects to teen fatally struck by police cruiser
Hundreds paid their final respects late last week to a 16-year-old Hilo High School junior who died in January from injuries he received after being struck as a pedestrian by an on-duty Hawaii Police Department officer at the wheel of a blue-and-white police cruiser.
Honokaa man electrocuted, impaled in bizarre accident
A Honokaa roofing contractor sustained life-threatening injuries last week in a freak accident in Southern California.
Ka‘u man sentenced for role in 2009 murder
A 56-year-old Ka‘u man once charged as being an accomplice to the 2009 shooting death of a 21-year-old rodeo champion was sentenced to five years in prison for his role in the murder.
Pot legalization bill advances
An bill that would legalize the recreational use of cannabis by adults 21 and over cleared its first legislative hurdle Tuesday.
Owner of Discount Fabric Warehouse chain dies at 65
Businessman. Outdoorsman. Visionary. Philanthropist.
Hilo man sentenced for fatal Halloween stabbing
A 44-year-old Hilo man will spend life in prison — with the possibility of parole — for stabbing a woman to death in her Hilo apartment on Halloween in 2020.
Captain Cook man sentenced for violent robbery
A 21-year-old Captain Cook man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for a violent robbery last June at an Ocean View business.
DLNR: Uncle Billy’s demolition still on schedule
The state Department of Land and Natural Resources says it expects to complete the demolition of the former Uncle Billy’s Hilo Bay Hotel by November.
Adult-use marijuana legalization bill to be heard Tuesday
A bill that would legalize adult-use recreational marijuana in Hawaii on Jan. 1, 2026, will receive a committee hearing this week.
‘We have to continue to remain vigilant,’ chief says; HPD releases disciplinary report
Two Hawaii Police Department officers were fired in 2023, and nine — including one of the terminated officers — received suspensions ranging from one to 12 days.
Settlement reached in Hilo case involving DLNR officer: Assault will cost state $1.25M
Companion bills in the state Legislature that appropriate money to settle claims against the state and its employees contain $1.25 million for a Hilo woman who was sexually assaulted when she was a teenager on a Hilo beach by a Department of Land and Natural Resources enforcement officer.
2024 starts off drier than normal for large swath of the island
In terms of precipitation, the Big Island in January was a tale of two halves.
Testifiers overwhelmingly support BAC reduction, committee vote deferred
A parade of testifiers Tuesday urged the state House Transportation Committee to lower the legal intoxication threshold for motorists from 0.08% blood alcohol content to 0.05%.
Bail reduced in Hilo domestic assault case
A judge reduced bail Tuesday for a 60-year-old Hilo man accused of assaulting his former girlfriend and breaking her nose in a Puueo Street hotel room.
Two remain in custody in separate drug cases
A Hilo judge maintained $215,000 bail Monday for a 36-year-old Mountain View woman accused of numerous drug offenses and assaulting a police officer.
Officers praised for responses to incidents at two E. Hawaii schools
A high-ranking police official is crediting school resource officers for their quick actions that kept a pair of serious incidents this week at East Hawaii public schools from getting worse.
Grandmother pleads no contest to manslaughter in child starvation case
A 66-year-old Hilo woman has pleaded no contest to manslaughter for the 2016 starvation death of her 9-year-old granddaughter.
Kona judge calls HMSA contracts ‘unconscionable’
A Kailua-Kona judge on Friday ruled that contract terms and conditions the state’s largest health insurer imposes on doctors and patients are “unconscionable” and “unenforceable.”
Judge maintains bail for man accused of meth distribution
A judge has refused a request by a 56-year-old Pahoa man accused of attempting to distribute methamphetamine at the Mo‘oheau Bus Terminal in downtown Hilo to be freed without monetary bail.
Resolution calls for updated lava zones map
A state senator from Puna has penned a resolution urging the U.S. Geological Survey to update its lava-flow hazard map of Hawaii Island.
