Torch Run raises funds for Special Olympics
KAILUA-KONA With a torch held high, Special Olympics West Hawaii athlete Byron Pabre, joined by state law enforcement Torch Run director Tom Billins, led a group of volunteers, officers and athletes into Old Kona Airport Park Saturday morning to the sounds of cheers and applause from volunteers and spectators ready for the days event.
Passover Celebrated
Members of Kona Beth Shalom welcome visitors for their Passover seder Friday evening at Makaeo Pavilion.
A measure of security
HILO Following an incident in which a Pahoa man allegedly stabbed three health care workers and punched another in the Emergency Department of Hilo Medical Center where he was a patient, additional security protocols have been implemented by hospital administrators to help better protect patients and those working there.
Commission grants petitions for contested case hearings over proposed Banyans condo
KAILUA-KONA Two Kona residents pushing back against a proposed five-story, 11-unit condominium on the makai side of Alii Drive had their petitions granted for contested case hearings Thursday by the Leeward Planning Commission.
Another delay for building permits
HILO New software that is supposed to expedite the building permit process ran into some glitches, and wont be ready until the end of the year.
County cleans out more homeless camps
KAILUA VILLAGE Hawaii County Highways Divisions crews, Hawaii Police officers and HOPE Services Hawaii employees worked to clear more homeless camps Thursday in the village and downtown Kailua-Kona areas.
Civil Defense on the hot seat
HILO Civil Defense Administrator Talmadge Magno found himself in the hot seat Thursday, as County Council members grilled him about communication lapses during two recent disasters.
Kona Earth and Ocean Day set for Saturday
KAILUA-KONA The world is waking up.
Who owns aloha? Hawaii eyes protections for native culture
HONOLULU Last year, much of Hawaii was shocked to learn a Chicago restaurant chain owner had trademarked the name Aloha Poke and wrote to cubed fish shops around the country demanding that they stop using the Hawaiian language moniker for their own eateries. The cease-and-desist letters targeted a downtown Honolulu restaurant and a Native Hawaiian-operated restaurant in Anchorage, among others.
State launches aquaculture accelerator program at NELHA
KAILUA-KONA A three-year aquaculture accelerator pilot program the state hopes will make Hawaii a bigger player in the global aquaculture industry is poised to kick off this summer.