Police seek driver in critical hit-and-run in Ocean View
Police are searching for the driver involved in a hit-and-run traffic collision in Ka‘ū that left a 26-year-old woman pedestrian with life-threatening injuries. The single-vehicle collision occurred late Saturday evening near the intersection of Paradise Parkway and Luau Drive in Ocean View.
Funding for North Kohala agricultural well released
State funds have been released to develop an agricultural water resource for North Kohala.
Ka‘u residents call for preservation, limited development of Great Crack and Ala Wai‘i parcels
Ka‘u residents had mostly conservative ideas about how best to utilize nearly 5,000 acres of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park land.
Fern Forest to be battleground for yellow Himalayan raspberry
Fern Forest subdivision in Puna will become the newest front in a war against an aggressive invasive plant spreading around the Big Island.
Roth to host town hall meeting in Pahoa
Mayor Mitch Roth will host another town hall meeting this week.
Woman sought in custodial interference case
Police are seeking the public’s assistance with locating 35-year old Shereenmarie Dalao Godoy of Mountain View, who is wanted for questioning in a second-degree custodial interference investigation.
Caltech telescope removed from Maunakea summit
The Caltech Submillimeter telescope has been removed from the Maunakea summit.
Kalo grown in South Kona breaks world record
It’s official. A 50-pound kalo corm harvested last year at Aina ‘Ahiu Farm in South Kona has set a world record and is now included in the Guinness World Records.
Hilo man indicted for sex assault, robbery in 2019 incident
A 40-year-old Hilo man has been indicted in a case in which a federal DNA database identified him as the suspect in an alleged 2019 sexual assault.
Judge to hear petitions by defendants in Dana Ireland killing
Two of three Native Hawaiian men convicted of the 1991 Christmas Eve abduction, rape and killing of Dana Ireland in lower Puna will have their day in court on Oct. 23.
Hale Anuenue expands offerings
Hale Anuenue Restorative Care Center on Friday invited the public to tour its renovated facility and learn about new programs for kupuna.
Obituaries for September 24
Marian Yuriko Kihara, 85, of Pahoa died Aug. 22 at Hilo Medical Center. Born in Kealakekua, she was a retired secretary of the former RAK Repair in Hilo, a cook at the former Mall Foods Snack Bar in Hilo and member of Honomu Henjoji Mission (Odaishisan). Private services held. No flowers or koden (monetary gifts). Online condolences: dodomortuary.com. Survived by husband, Richard A. Kihara of Pahoa; sons, Gary (Debbie Connally) Kihara of Volcano and Clyde (Mari) Kihara of Pahoa; daughter, Cynthia (Cory) Shinshiro of Pahoa; brothers, Walter (Ruby) Hiraishi of Kailua, Oahu, and Jack (Gail) Hiraishi of Honolulu; seven grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren; nephews, nieces, and cousins. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
Police: Suspect fatally shot after firing at officers in HPP
A 30-year-old Keaau man is dead and four Hawaii Police Department officers have been placed on paid administrative leave following an officer-involved shooting incident this afternoon at Hawaiian Paradise Park subdivision in Puna.
Lahaina residents brace for what they’ll find as they return to devastated properties in burn zone
HONOLULU — Soon after one of Maui’s Japanese Buddhist temples, the Lahaina Hongwanji Mission, burned in the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, its resident minister was desperate to go back and see what remained.
Hawaii economists say Lahaina locals could be priced out of rebuilt town without zoning changes
HONOLULU — Residents who survived the wildfire that leveled the Maui town of Lahaina might not be able to afford to live there after it is rebuilt unless officials alter the zoning laws and make other changes, economists warned Friday.
Police release suspect in Ocean View shooting
Police said Tuesday they have released 26-year-old Jonah Pohaku Lott Farmer, the suspect in a nonfatal shooting early Tuesday, without charges, pending further investigation.
Green provides update on Maui; tourists can return to the west side Oct. 8
CORRECTION: A previous version of this story had an incorrect date for the Lahaina wildfires. The Tribune-Herald regrets the error.
Leina‘ala Drummond, Hawaiian Air logo model, dies at 77
Leina‘ala Ann Teruya Drummond was Miss Hawaii 1964, the first neighbor island contestant to win the coveted pageant crown. The Maui native also danced hula in Danny Kaleikini’s show at the Kahala Hilton in the late 1960s and was a Maui County Council member in the early 1990s.
Bells ring in honor of Peace Day
The sound of bells echoed Thursday through Buddhist temples and other sites across the state as people celebrated the International Day of Peace.
Bill regarding residential solar systems advances
A bill that would make installing residential solar systems easier passed a Hawaii County Council committee Tuesday, albeit not without changes.
