KAILUA-KONA — One of Hawaii Island’s own, Sgt. 1st Class Reymund R. Transfiguracion, died Sunday from wounds he suffered five days before while serving his country in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

HILO — When the dust settled on the Hawaii County Council District 4 primary election race, the final returns showed a political newcomer winning a 20-point landslide as a result of what she called an “aloha-driven, clean, positive campaign” and the ousted incumbent saying it “was anything but that.”

KAINALIU — There was a time when Kainaliu was a center of Kona life.

KAILUA-KONA — Hawaii’s primary elections were over as of today, but the race for Hawaii County Council District 7 is far from the finish line.

HONOLULU — Hawaii Gov. David Ige won the Democratic primary in his bid for a second term in office Saturday, defeating U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, who gave up her seat in Congress to run for governor.

KAILUA-KONA — Dru Kanuha defeated Brenda Ford in a hotly contested case Saturday for the Democratic nomination for the state’s 3rd Senate District.

KAILUA-KONA — As midnight this morning approached, it appeared Big Island Sen. Josh Green had eked out victory in the Democratic primary for lieutenant governor of the state of Hawaii.