KAILUA-KONA — It wasn’t long ago that the better part of West Hawaii’s agriculture industry paid little mind to an invasive pest ravaging Hawaii Island’s windward shores.

KAILUA-KONA — Save the sharks?

KAILUA-KONA — Every January, service providers head out to the beaches and the bush to search for Hawaii Island’s most elusive population — its homeless.

KAILUA-KONA — Jim Smallwood was a temporary resident at Kona Community Hospital and the night staff realized they had a serious problem on their hands, or perhaps more aptly stated, under their skin.

KAILUA-KONA — If we build it, will they come?

KAILUA-KONA — Kona Community Hospital has lifted visitation restrictions after 40 days of patient quarantine, the hospital announced in a release Monday.

KAILUA-KONA — A large-scale emergency homeless site in West Hawaii may be operational inside of four months, as Hawaii County has made the preliminary development of Village 9 off Kealakehe Parkway in Kona a high priority for the upcoming year.

KAILUA-KONA — Hawaii County Department of Water Supply employees at a public meeting in Holualoa Wednesday evening fielded inquiries on a new 16-inch transmission line set to span 5,240 feet of Mamalahoa Highway between Water Pipe Road and Kamila Place.

KAILUA-KONA — Hawaii Island is known for several black sand beaches, but Spencer Beach Park isn’t one of them.

KAILUA-KONA — Sometimes, if you want something done, you just have to do it yourself.

KAILUA-KONA — Hawaii County Department of Water Supply has scheduled a public meeting to discuss a project that will add a transmission line to the Waiaha system in an effort to ease transport of water from mauka to makai throughout North Kona.

KAILUA-KONA — Less than two weeks was all it took to transform a tranquil space of refuge in West Hawaii to one characterized by disorder and disrespect.

KAILUA-KONA — There’s a high probability an El Nino will form and persist through the winter and spring, bringing with it threats to corals and farming concerns as well as an increased risk of wildfires.

KAILUA-KONA — Alekah Obra Garcia waited just long enough to be first.

KAILUA-KONA — Their boots are made for walking.

KAILUA-KONA — For the first time in 25 years, Hawaii Island farmers are exporting avocado to the mainland in earnest.

KAILUA-KONA — No one was injured Friday afternoon when a vehicle jumped the curb, upended a bench situated on the walkway and smashed through the glass entrance of the GNC store at the Lanihau Center in Kailua Village.

KAILUA-KONA — A federal agency has put in place what it described as “the most protective authorizations to date” to regulate environmental impact stemming from water-based military training exercises, but opponents of those actions aren’t convinced.