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Hawaii County police officer enters plea for tampering with physical evidence
February 25, 2026 | 2 MIN READ
Hawaii Police Department Officer Blane Kenolio pleaded no contest today to a charge of tampering with physical evidence.
Rising child care costs strain Hawaii families
February 24, 2026 | 5 MIN READ
With Hawaii’s cost of living ranking among the highest in the nation, state leaders are accelerating public preschool and child care subsidy expansions aimed at helping working families afford early education.
County acquires Kona property to preserve shoreline access
February 25, 2026 | 1 MIN READ
Hawaii County has completed the purchase of a shoreline parcel in North Kona to preserve ocean access and recreation.
Clean government groups push for special prosecutor
February 25, 2026 | 6 MIN READ
Advocates for campaign finance and other “clean government” reforms on Monday renewed the call for the appointment of a special prosecutor to conduct an independent probe of allegations that an unidentified “influential state legislator” accepted $35,000 in a paper ba…
Planned new telescopes for Haleakala draw strong opposition
February 24, 2026 | 5 MIN READ
As the military moves forward on its plans to build as many as seven new telescopes on the summit of Haleakala, opposition to the project is mounting on Maui.
New Hawaii rental car tax proposed
February 23, 2026 | 6 MIN READ
Hawaii lawmakers are eyeing the local rental car industry as a resource to rev up tax revenue amid state budget concerns.
Mahuna formally sworn in as police chief
February 23, 2026 | 1 MIN READ
The Hawaii County Police Commission on Friday confirmed its selection of Reed K. Mahuna as Police Chief of Hawaii Police Department.
Toddler fatally struck by SUV in Waikoloa parking lot
February 23, 2026 | 1 MIN READ
Police are investigating a single-vehicle collision that claimed the life of a 3-year-old Waikoloa girl Friday evening. Police are not releasing the toddler’s name due to her age.
Bill offering relief to primary care doctors fails to advance
February 23, 2026 | 8 MIN READ
A legislative bill backed by many of Hawaii’s primary care physicians to improve health care in the state has failed this session.
Hawaii lawmakers look to space for economic diversification
February 23, 2026 | 8 MIN READ
Two bills pending at the Legislature aim to help a California company launch payloads via rocket into space at low cost from a winged booster ship towed high into the sky by plane.
Family, community honor late kumu hula Nalani Kanaka‘ole-Zane
February 22, 2026 | 5 MIN READ
Saturday’s memorial service for the late kumu hula Nalani Kanaka‘ole-Zane was a celebration of life that ran the gamut of human emotion with remembrances eliciting both tears and laughter.
Banyan Drive redevelopment bills advance in Legislature
February 22, 2026 | 5 MIN READ
Legislation to facilitate redevelopment of Hilo’s Banyan Drive — once an East Hawaii crown jewel, now a picture of dilapidation and disrepair — continues to move in both the state House and Senate, but not without contention.
Bills to protect reef fish from poaching advance
February 22, 2026 | 5 MIN READ
House Bill 2101 would ban the capture and sale of aquatic fish from Hawaii’s native reefs only for those doing so on behalf of the commercial pet trade, while Senate Bill 2078 would make poaching for aquariums a criminal penalty punishable by jail time and fines of up to $1,000 per fish.
It’s been a wet month so far in East Hawaii, but drought persists
February 20, 2026 | 3 MIN READ
February is the shortest month of the year, but this month has been long on rainfall in East Hawaii.
State bill would fund a sanctuary pilot program for homeless women, children
February 20, 2026 | 4 MIN READ
Homeless women and children under age 18 would be able to live in their vehicles or in a communal tent on government-sanctioned land that would offer security, case management and bathroom and laundry services under a Senate bill under consideration at the state Legislature.
Police seek three ‘armed and dangerous’ suspects from Ocean View
February 18, 2026 | 1 MIN READ
Police are seeking the public’s help to locate three people who are wanted on active arrest warrants and “should be considered armed and dangerous.”
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