Improving educational opportunities: MIT grad to open Hawaii Keiki Museum in Kona
This fall, keiki will be able to learn about STEM concepts while experiencing hands-on, age-appropriate exhibits at Kona’s Hawaii Keiki Museum.
Con-grad-ulations: HCC — Palamanui graduates Class of 2022
Hawaii Community College — Palamanui held a drive-up commencement ceremony Saturday with 106 students graduating.
Culinary celebration: High school students show off skills at new Real Life Learning Center Pavilion
A culinary celebration was held Wednesday at Kealakehe High School’s new Real Life Learning Center Pavilion.
Two in custody after police recover suspected fentanyl during drug bust
Two people were taken into police custody Wednesday morning after vice officers from both sides of the island executed a search warrant at a home in Kailua-Kona.
Keauhou Shopping Center celebrates lei day
Keauhou Shopping Center celebrated May Day Saturday with hula and cultural activities.
Serving the community: Keakehe High football players help clean up Kona
Kealakehe High School football players got off the field to pick up trash along Ane Keohokalole Highway Friday afternoon.
No conflict: Judge to render verdict in bench trial despite previously representing defendant
A Kona Circuit Court judge will still render a verdict in a bench trial despite previously representing the defendant as a defense attorney.
Preserving Kohala: BLNR approves subgrant of funding for trust to purchase Mahukona acreage
Hundreds of acres in North Kohala, rich in cultural sites and once slated for development, have been approved for purchase to be preserved and protected.
‘I am tired of being chained’: Youth takes stand in trial of South Kona man
A 48-year-old South Kona man charged with first-degree unlawful imprisonment and persistent nonsupport in connection to allegations of keeping a minor under the age of 16 chained to a floor was in court this week for a bench trial.
Homelessness up on Hawaii Island; 1 in 3 unsheltered individuals considered ‘chronically homeless’
Approximately one in three homeless individuals on Hawaii Island is considered chronically homeless, according to details gleaned from this year’s Point-In-Time Count.
Pumping iron: Special Olympics athletes compete in first powerlifting competition since start of pandemic
Five West Hawaii Special Olympics athletes competed Saturday at Imua Iron in the nonprofit’s first powerlifting competition since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020.
A century of wisdom: Holocaust survivor celebrates 100th birthday
A Kailua-Kona woman, who as a young Jew fled Nazi Germany, recounted her life on the occasion of her 100th birthday Saturday afternoon.
Parole granted for two Kona men
A Kona man sentenced to up to a half-decade behind bars for a 2019 shooting that injured one and triggered an 11-day manhunt was granted parole by the Hawaii Paroling Authority on Wednesday.
Fire snarls traffic
Traffic was slowed to a crawl Wednesday afternoon on Queen Kaahumanu Highway in Kailua-Kona after a brush fire broke out makai of the major thoroughfare near the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority. The fire, reported about 3:45 p.m. Wednesday, scorched about 5 acres before firefighters could get the blaze under control. County firefighters were assisted by volunteer firefighters and Chopper 2 in dousing the flames. No injuries were reported. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today)
Delay crops in case of man accused of sexual assault
A 21-year-old Kona man indicted in 2019 for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor on the grounds of a South Kona public school and subsequently indicted in connection with two later, unrelated sex assaults remains in custody at the Hawaii State Hospital awaiting another competency hearing.
New trial date set for ex-cop in missing drug evidence case
It will be another 19 months before a former Hawaii Police Department officer will stand trial on charges stemming from a May 2019 indictment for allegedly stealing cocaine in 2014 from a police evidence locker in Hilo.
Back in action: Avocado Festival returns to Kona
Big Island avocados were celebrated Saturday at the 15th annual Avocado Festival in Kailua-Kona.
Coffee labeling bill now calls for study, no change to law
A bill that would have set tighter limits on using Hawaii location names to sell coffee cleared now requests the state study the impacts of such a move.
Scrap metal heap ignites
Multiple Hawaii Fire Department comapnies responded to a fire Friday morning at Big Island Scrap Metal on Honokohau Street in Kailua-Kona.
Going back in time: Holualoa school to mark centennial with opening of time capsule
Students at Holualoa Elementary School will be able to take a trip back 25 years when they open a time capsule this spring.
