Mayor Mitch Roth opposes the charter change, saying it wouldn't allow enough time to search for the best department heads.

A donor's land gift to Pololū Trailhead in Hawaii aligns with a management plan to improve visitor amenities and protect the ...

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck the Big Island of Hawaii on Thursday as officials tracked two rapidly developing storms in the Pacific. The temblor was reported nine miles south of Fern Forest ...

Communities on Hawaii’s Big Island, like Hilo, have seen rounds of squally weather, which is expected to continue through at least the start of the new workweek. Flash Flood Warnings were issued ...

Big Island resident Randy Glick, a Medicare recipient, is navigating the challenges of managing diabetes while facing the ...

Big Island police recovered the body of a man presumed to be a visitor who was last seen entering the waters of Boiling Pots ...

The Department of Education is seeking input on three new designs for the campus which serves about 432 students (pre-K to ...

Two upcoming Hawaii Island blood drives will give residents the chance to donate life-saving blood that is vital for ...

With the sound of beating drums and an abundance of brightly colored regalia, it was hard to miss members of over a dozen ...

At 4:25 p.m. Saturday, a magnitude-4.3 earthquake occurred 4 miles south/southwest of Volcano on Hawaii Island at a depth of 0.2 miles below sea level, according to Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. The ...

One effect of Hurricane Hone’s passage to the south of the Big Island in late August was to take almost all of the island out of drought conditions.

A former Big Island man was sentenced Monday to 97 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for cyberstalking and obstruction of justice offenses committed in Hawaii County.