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Police say a Hawaiian Paradise Park woman died Monday night in what appears to be a bizarre automobile mishap.

With just three months before they’re required by the county charter to present a report to the County Council and mayor, some members of the Cost of Government Commission reported Thursday they’re having a hard time drumming up interest from some county departments and boards and commissions.

Three Big Island teachers were selected by the state Department of Education as finalists for the 2023 Teacher of the Year award.

The Hawaii Japanese Center in Hilo will be opening its doors for regular visiting hours for the first time in more than two years and will be presenting its first permanent exhibit.

Despite opposition from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Hawaiian Electric has an opportunity to extend its rights to keep generating power on Wailuku River.

Eight-and-a-half months into 2022 the Island of Hawaii is on the cusp of equaling, or perhaps even eclipsing the number of traffic fatalities for all of 2021.

It was a dry July in Hawaii County, despite a brief uptick in rain brought by the remnant of the former Tropical Cyclone Bonnie and the passing of Tropical Storm Darby south of the Big Island.

A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine calls for the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a risk assessment of the active ingredients found in sunscreens to understand their impact on ocean environments.

Hilo Circuit Judge Peter Kubota has released a redacted version of a document apparently related to post-conviction DNA testing performed in the Dana Ireland murder case.

A bill proposed by North Kona Councilman Holeka Inaba aims to address a common complaint among West Hawaii residents that developers’ rezoning applications, once approved, get numerous time extensions without regard to how conditions and infrastructure may have changed in the intervening five, 10 or even 25 years.