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After conferring with prosecutors, police detectives have charged a 43-year-old Puna man in connection with a fatal shooting ...
HONOLULU (AP) — State Rep. Karl Rhoads says ongoing negotiations about the Hawaii shield law could lead to fewer protec...
HONOLULU (AP) — A $5.75 million settlement has been approved in a class-action lawsuit alleging bullying, assault a...
HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Authorities say a 3-year-old boy died on the Big Island after he was run over by a pickup truck.Haw...
HILO, Hawaii (AP) — A 53-year-old woman who was using a walker died of injuries after being hit by a car.Hawaii News No...
HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. Department of Labor is fining seven Big Island coffee farms and farm labor contractors $42...
A preliminary hearing will be held this afternoon for the man charged with last week’s fatal shooting of two women at t...
Autopsy results have confirmed that two Hilo women shot to death last Monday at their home on Leilani Street died from trauma...
(Ken Hupp - KPUA) An 18-year old Hilo man has been arrested and charged in Wednesday’s knifepoint robbery of two Califo...
HILO, Hawaii (AP) — A man who admitted to shaking his 2-month-old son, resulting in the infant's death a decade ago...
KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) — Big Island police say a Hakalua woman has died in a two-car collision in North Kohala.The Ha...
(Ken Hupp - KPUA) Former state and county lawmaker Helene Hale has died at the age of 94. Hale's career in public service...
WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — A federal bankruptcy judge has dismissed a petition from a couple who have a Maui mortgage broke...
(Ken Hupp-KPUA) A 40-year old Captain Cook woman will make her initial court appearance today after being charged with hinder...
One man was killed and another has been arrested following a fatal traffic accident early Sunday on 29th Avenue in Hawaiian B...
(Ken Hupp-KPUA) A 48-year-old Hawaiian Ocean View Estates man was arrested and charged with several offenses after a firearm ...
HILO, Hawaii (AP) — A Big Island man accused of shooting his former girlfriend earlier this year has been ordered to un...
HONOLULU (AP) — The Green Party of Hawaii is suing the state's chief elections officer over his handling of last mo...
HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Court documents say two inmates who escaped from a Big Island jail last week kicked open a gate and...
KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) — Police are still searching for one of two inmates who escaped from the Hawaii Community Corr...
(Ken Hupp - KPUA) A former Hilo man has been charged with multiple offenses for a May 25th robbery that sent the victim to a ...
HONOLULU (AP) — Prosecutors say a State Department special agent accused of killing a man at a McDonald's in Waikik...
(Ken Hupp - KPUA) Police are seeking the identity and whereabouts of a woman wanted for fraudulent use of a credit card, that...
HILO, Hawaii (AP) — The Board of Ethics has unanimously dismissed a complaint against the Hawaii County clerk.West Hawa...
(Ken Hupp - KPUA) Police say a new Internet scam is making the rounds. A victim who answered a message on Craigslist seeking ...
WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — Maui police say an anonymous tip has led to the capture of a Maui Community Correctional Center ...
(Ken Hupp - KPUA) Police have identified the woman found dead along Highway 11 in South Kona Tuesday as 30-year old Jasmin K....
(Ken Hupp - KPUA) Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a 27-year-old man wanted on three warrants. Alber...
(Ken Hupp - KPUA) Police are investigating the reported weekend robbery of a Volcano man at a water spigot site in Kurtistown...
(Ken Hupp - KPUA) A special executive session to discuss defense of the county in a potentially high stakes lawsuit filed by ...
(Ken Hupp - KPUA) Circuit Judge Ron Ibarra has sentenced a Big Island man to a maximum 20 years in prison for the death of a ...
HILO, Hawaii (AP) — A Hilo man has been indicted on charges that he watched women at a hostel.Paul Waathmad is charged ...
(Ken Hupp - KPUA) Police are seeking witnesses to a reported Tuesday night robbery in the parking lot below Kona Community Ho...
HONOLULU (AP) — A third man is charged in connection with transporting invasive game animals from the Big Island to Mau...
(Ken Hupp - KPUA) Police have arrested 10 individuals being sought in connection with a drug related burglary ring.The suspec...
KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) — A Big Island man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for setting himself on fire on Val...
(Ken Hupp - KPUA) A Hilo man has been charged with multiple counts of burglary, theft and firearms violations. 22-year old Ka...
(Ken Hupp - KPUA) Two employees fired by embattled Hawai`i County Clerk Jamae Kawauchi filed defamation lawsuits against her,...
(Ken Hupp - KPUA) Witnesses are being sought to a motorcycle/motor vehicle crash in North Kona that claimed the life of a Wai...
(KPUA - Ken Hupp) An 18-year old Hilo man has been charged with robbery and unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle after...
HONOLULU (AP) — A British citizen must spend 30 years in prison after being caught with child pornography at a Hawaii a...
HONOLULU (AP) — Officials say a three-day sweep by federal and local authorities has taken dozens of fugitives off the ...
(Ken Hupp - KPUA) Circuit Judge Greg Nakamura has rejected a Puna man’s request for probation and drug treatment after ...
Police have requested an autopsy in the weekend death of a Big Island fisherman.South Hilo patrol officers say 37-year-old Ia...
(KPUA - Ken Hupp) A homeless man who resides in Pepeekeo has been arrested and charged with Monday’s attempted burglary...
HONOLULU (AP) — A federal judge has upheld a ruling ordering the founder of the Hawaii Cannabis Ministry to remain behi...
HONOLULU (AP) — The lawyer representing the founder of Hawaii Cannabis Ministry will ask a federal judge to release his...
(KEN HUPP - KPUA) An autopsy has been ordered in the death of a Japanese visitor who apparently drowned while snorkeling Mond...
HONOMU, Hawaii (AP) — A tenant of a Big Island man charged with murder says the stabbing may have been in self-defense....
HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Police say two Big Island residents were bound during a home invasion robbery by two armed and mask...
A new self-help center providing free legal information to self-represented litigants officially opens for business today at ...
Police are investigating a pair of weekend incidents in Hilo that reportedly involved a firearm.The first occurred at a fast-...
Police say Hilo’s Waiakea Houselots area has seen a rise in burglaries since May. Burglars have been entering homes thr...
A Hawaii judge will allow a Honolulu newspaper and other local news organizations to argue against sealing documents and tape...
A Puna woman faces arrangement today after she was arrested last week and held on $1 million bail after being charged wit...
A Ka'u man was arrested Monday, after a Grand Jury indicted him for murder in the 2006 death of his wife.Daniel DeJarnett...
Big Island police have charged a 72-year-old Puna man in connection with a shooting Sunday evening (May 13) at a home in Pana...
HONOLULU (AP) — The attorney for three Honolulu police officers suing the department for discrimination says newly unco...
A Na'alehu man was convicted of sexually assaulting a minor. Last week a jury found David Kaawa Jr. guilt of continuous s...
Big Island police have charged a 40-year-old Volcano woman who was arrested after a hit-and-run vehicle-bicycle crash in Hilo...
HILO, Hawaii (AP) — The woman and girl a Hilo man allegedly recorded while they were using public bathrooms say they we...
LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — A pilot who flies Kauai County's helicopter for rescue and training missions has been indicted...
Big Island police have located 9-year-old Disen Heu-Aragaki, who had been missing since Wednesday afternoon (March 14).He was...
Big Island police are renewing their request for information about the location of a car belonging to a man found dead in low...
Big Island police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man suspected of using a stolen credit card.A 33-ye...
A 56-year-old Hilo man who died Saturday after being struck while crossing Wailoa Bridge has been identified. The pedestrian ...
Petco says it's actively investigating after two dog owners filed a lawsuit claiming their pets were mutilated while bein...
Big Island police are searching for two men from the Ka'u district on separate warrents. Earl Camacho, of MiloliÊ&r...
Big Island police have arrested a Ka'u man in connection with a stabbing Monday evening (February 13).The suspect is iden...
Big Island police have arrested a second suspect in connection with a robbery January 12 at the Keauhou Store in Holualoa. Th...
Big Island police are investigating a body found in Puna as a coroner's inquest.Shortly after 10 a.m. Tuesday (January 17), a...
WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — Maui Police Department's new $4.5 million morgue recently received a certificate of occupanc...
KAHULUI, Hawaii (AP) — Maui police say the death of a man found with a severe head injury on a beach on Christmas appea...
HONOLULU (AP) — The Hawaii governor's special assistant has pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge that he was into...
Hawaii Police detectives are investigating the death of a 44-year-old man following an altercation early Saturday morning fro...
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (AP) — Four former workers of an air cargo company who pleaded guilty to conspiring to steal ...
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (AP) — Four former workers of an air cargo company who pleaded guilty to conspiring to steal ...
HONOLULU (AP) — A jury has found a Honolulu man guilty in the October 2009 murder of a tourist from New Mexico.Aaron Su...
HONOLULU (AP) — A federal agent charged with killing a man inside a McDonald's restaurant in Waikiki is scheduled to ma...
KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) — A Kona coffee grower has paid more than $46,000 in fines and back wages to Mexican wor...
KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) — The executive director of a Big Island sobriety facility faces criminal charges in Mississip...
HONOLULU (AP) — A former U.S. service member arrested in Honolulu for allegedly sending emails from Thailand threatenin...
HONOLULU (AP) An 8-year-old girl has been arrested for allegedly punching the principal of her Oahu school.The Honolulu Star-...
HONOLULU (AP) — Owners of an alleged Oahu puppy mill have until Thursday to post bond and keep 153 dogs seized by the...
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Fort Collins, Colorado, police are investigating the death of a 19-year-old Honolulu woman.P...
HONOLULU (AP) — A U.S. veteran has been arrested in Honolulu because he allegedly threatened to kill Vice President Joe...
HONOLULU (AP) A federal appeals court has ruled Hawaii's Department of Education violated the law in denying special assist...
HONOLULU (AP) — The Hawaii farm owners who fought forced labor charges now want the federal government to pick up the t...
HONOLULU (AP) — Now that forced-labor charges against Hawaii farm owners have been dismissed, federal prosecutors are s...
A Honaunau woman was arrested Monday (August 1) after she allegedly tried to run her ex-boyfriend's pickup truck off the road...
HILO, Hawaii (AP) — A 43-year-old Big Island man is to appear in court on charges after police allegedly discovered a m...
HILO, Hawaii (AP) — A University of Hawaii at Hilo softball player is being sentenced to earn her baccalaureate degre...
Big Island police are investigating the destruction of 10 acres of papaya trees in Puna. On Tuesday morning (July 19) Puna pa...
HONOLULU (AP) — A new Hawaii law calls for the state to consider moving the Sheriff Division to its own state departmen...
An 18-year-old Waimea man died Wednesday (July 13) from injuries he sustained in a one-vehicle crash on Saturday (July 9) o...
HILO, Hawaii (AP) — A mistrial has been declared in a Big Island molestation case because of a delay in disclosing wi...
HONOLULU (AP) — Police say three people fled from a purse snatching with a woman hanging onto the hood of their vehicle...
HONOLULU (AP) — Federal and Honolulu fire investigators have been unable to determine the cause of the deadly bunker ...
Big Island police are searching for a 46-year-old Hilo man who was reported missing. Randall Chong left his Wainaku home Tues...
A 36-year-old Honaunau man was killed Monday (June 27) from injuries he sustained in a one-vehicle crash at Keahole Interna...
HONOLULU (AP) — Touching an endangered Hawaiian monk seal is going to cost a 19-year-old man $100.The Honolulu Star...
Big Island police are searching for a 56-year-old Puna woman who was reported missing.Sherry G. Deguair left her Mountain Vie...
A Kailua-Kona man was arrested and charged with numerous offenses stemming from alleged actions against his estranged wife on...
HONOLULU (AP) — A woman suspected of robbing a bank in Honolulu's Chinatown has been arrested after police responded ...
HONOLULU (AP) — Federal prosecutors want to introduce new allegations in the trial for Hawaii farm owners to show the...
HONOLULU (AP) — A divided Hawaii Supreme Court has ruled that a man convicted of punching his stepson should have bee...
HILO, Hawaii (AP) — A 68-year-old former mortuary owner on the Big Island has been charged with attempted murder and as...
Big Island police are investigating an incident that left a 65-year-old Hilo man in the hospital with severe head injuries ...
An unidentified man was killed Friday (June 10) from injuries he sustained in a motor vehicle/pedestrian crash on the Hawai'i...
HILO, Hawaii (AP) — A 63-year-old Big Island man has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for kicking a police officer.Haw...
Big Island police have located a sushi maker that was stolen during a February burglary in Hilo.Thanks to a tip from the publ...
Big Island police are asking for the public's help in locating three suspects involved in an identity theft case. They used a...
HONOLULU (AP) — A spokesman for the family of a man accused of a Hawaii freeway shooting rampage that left one woman de...
HONOLULU (AP) A 46-year-old tourist from Washington state has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a woman at a Big Isla...
Police traffic investigators have charged 52-year-old Fidel Jeronimo Bautista Jr. of Pahoa, with manslaughter, negligent ho...
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