Loved ones plead for shooting suspect’s safe return
KAILUA-KONA Loved ones are pleading for Walter Gomes III to turn himself in to authorities safely as the police search for him continues into a fourth day.
Speak out about county government: Charter Commission schedules public hearings
HILO Whats your opinion about four-year council terms? How about a 1 percent disaster fund? The power of council members to discipline one of their own? Should the Police Commission and Fire Commission be authorized to discipline their respective chiefs?
Hirono talks Trump, budget and ‘20 field
KAILUA-KONA President Donald Trumps 2020 budget proposal is out of whack, U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono said Wednesday.
Search drags on: Police continue manhunt for man wanted in Kona shooting
HAWI A man wanted for a shooting in Kailua-Kona has been on the lam for three days with the police pursuit stretching from Kona to North Kohala.
Suspect has 3 criminal convictions on record, none higher than misdemeanor
KAILUA-KONA Walter Gomes III, the man police suspect in a Kona shooting case, has three criminal convictions on his record, according to the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center.
PGV ‘pioneer road’ could be open by April 1 for residents of lava-locked kipuka
Kona man gets 1 year in jail for sexually assaulting 3 girls
KEALAKEKUA A Kailua-Kona man will serve one year in jail for sexually assaulting three juvenile girls.
Residents describe tense night: Search continues for man wanted in Kona shooting incident
KAILUA-KONA The search continues today for Walter Gomes III, a Kona man wanted in connection with a shooting incident Wednesday in Kailua-Kona.
Spring has sprung: Hawaiian monk seal welcomes pup at North Kona beach
KONA COAST Its said spring breathes new life into the world around us and that was certainly true this year when Hawaiian monk seal RA20 welcomed her second pup Wednesday.
Not guilty: Eber Miranda-Garcia acquitted of 2015 murder
KEALAKEKUA After two trials, a jury found a Holualoa man not guilty of the murder of his landlord in 2015.