April 23, 2026 | 7 MIN READ

Health advocates who have spent years trying to ban flavored vapes in 91Ö±²¥ are backing a new bill this year that prohibits disposable vapes due to environmental concerns.

April 23, 2026 | 5 MIN READ

The 91Ö±²¥ County Council came one vote short Wednesday of overturning Mayor Kimo Alameda’s veto of a bill that would have created a commission tasked with advising county officials abou...

April 23, 2026 | 3 MIN READ

The 90th Annual 91Ö±²¥ Lions District 50 Convention is today through Saturday at the Hilo 91Ö±²¥an Hotel.

April 23, 2026 | 1 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — A Virginia judge sided Wednesday with Republicans challenging the commonwealth’s new redistricting process for the third time, a day after voters approved a new map th...

April 23, 2026 | 1 MIN READ

Michael Lee Horst

April 23, 2026 | 3 MIN READ

Freeway jams, photochemical smog and a UCLA baseball victory.

April 23, 2026 | 1 MIN READ

91Ö±²¥ Care Choices invites the community to the 22nd Annual Celebration of Life Lantern Floating Event from 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 24, at Reeds Bay Beach Park in Hilo.

April 23, 2026 | 1 MIN READ

Friends of the Libraries, Kona (FOLK), a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the public libraries of Kailua-Kona and Kealakekua, has announced the launch of its new online bookstore...

April 23, 2026 | 1 MIN READ

91Ö±²¥ Police Department’s Community Policing Section will hold two free Coffee With a Cop events in West 91Ö±²¥.

April 22, 2026 | 2 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — Amid growing national security concerns, the FBI said Tuesday it has launched a broad investigation in the deaths or disappearances of at least 10 scientists and staff conne...

April 22, 2026 | 2 MIN READ

A group of 37 Democratic U.S. senators on Tuesday urged the U.S. Postal Service not to comply with a March 31 executive order issued by President Donald Trump tightening rules on mail-in votin...

April 22, 2026 | 3 MIN READ

School is back in session today at three Hilo public schools that were closed Tuesday due to a shortage of water on campus.

April 22, 2026 | 4 MIN READ

After two years of construction at Hilo Benioff Medical Center, progress on its expansion is becoming increasingly visible, with several new facilities slated to be completed by the end of thi...

April 22, 2026 | 3 MIN READ

Far-flung Pacific nations are reeling from the impact of a global fuel crisis as authorities scramble to manage energy supplies while families must grapple with fuel curbs and higher costs for...

April 22, 2026 | 2 MIN READ

Nearly 2,000 acres of rocky coastal land in Kapoho came one step closer to being preserved Tuesday as a 91Ö±²¥ County Council committee unanimously approved a resolution calling for the proper...

April 22, 2026 | 4 MIN READ

A 91Ö±²¥ County Council committee voted unanimously Tuesday to again postpone a controversial bill that would cap rates at privately owned parking lots in Kailua Village.