A 53-year-old man suffered critical injuries after crashing his motorcycle while traveling south on Highway 137 in Pāhoa on Saturday afternoon, the Hawaiʻi Island police said. The single-vehicle traffic collision occurred in the area of the 14-mile marker... See more
Hawai‘i Island police located an endangered juvenile in Waikōloa last Friday with the help of the nose of Trina, one of the department’s K9. At approximately 9:30 a.m. on Sept. 4, South Kohala Patrol officers responded to a Waikōloa residence after receiv... See more
Updated at 10:30 a.m. Aug. 29, 2026. While Hawaiian Electric crews made significant progress repairing utility infrastructure, there are several hundred customers in various locations around the Big Island yet to be restored because of issues accessing eq... See more
Updated regularly. Hawaiian Electric crews, with help from personnel, equipment and resources from throughout the state and mainland only, continue their restoration efforts islandwide, addressing outages in Puna, North Kona, Kaʻū, Hāmākua and Honokaʻa. H... See more
Update at 5:49 p.m. Aug. 26, 2026: Hawai‘i Island police renew their request for the public’s help with finding 16-year-old Keliʻi Nobriga, who was reported as a runaway 8 months ago. The last time anyone saw Keliʻi was Dec. 21, 2025, in the 1700 block of... See more